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In the U.S.A., supermarket chain Good Food Holdings operates 51 stores. According to C.E.O. Neil Stern, inflation, staff shortage and higher wages encourage retailers to automate operations.

26 January 2022

Retail Media. Tesco and Best Buy opt for an omnichannel approach

Faced with both development of e-commerce and restrictions on third-party tracking cookies on mobile technology, retailers continue to develop their own solutions to monetise transactional data.

20 January 2022

Exotec raises US$ 335 million to double in 12 months

Robotics is gaining momentum in retail. The manufacturer of automation solutions for warehouses Exotec (300 employees, €100 million turnover expected in 2021) has raised US$335 million from...

20 January 2022

Bed Bath & Beyond is closing 37 stores

In the USA, a market more saturated than the European commercial sq.m, expansion strategies have ceased, reflecting a big shift of investments towards technology and e-commerce.

20 January 2022

Inclusion. In the Netherlands, Ikea is committed to refugees

While the theme of diversity and inclusion was one of the main focuses of NRF 2022, Ikea plans to train 70 people with a refugee background in the Netherlands by way of a three-month paid work...

20 January 2022

U.S.A. Companies request a national framework for use of online data

In the United States, the IAB, which represents advertising technology providers, the ANA, which federates the main advertisers, and several dozen chambers of commerce from different states, sent...

20 January 2022

Property. “Quick commerce” is driving up prices in London.

A booming online food delivery sector has caused commercial property rental values to soar in London. As Getir, Gorillas and Zapp multiply networks of “dark stores”, prices per sq.m...

20 January 2022

“Spain is now the 4th European country in terms of e-commerce sales”

By Magda Espuga, co-founder of Kiss Retail. Based in Barcelona, this strategy consulting firm specialises in the transformation and optimisation of retail concepts. Kiss Retail includes customers...

19 January 2022

China. Duty free sales soar on Hainan Island

The tropical island of Hainan, which has become one of the only vacation destinations for the Chinese since 2020, is experiencing an extraordinary growth in duty free sales.

18 January 2022

USA. Google and Citigroup impose vaccination

In the USA, it is up to the management of large companies to decide on mandatory vaccination. Some companies are sending unvaccinated employees to work from home whilst others take a rigid line.

18 January 2022

How will people pay in 2022?

Hervé Denis, Head of Flow, Offer, Trade, Innovation & Data Payments Department at Crédit Mutuel Arkéa.

13 January 2022

“Independent retailers are not the best experts in use of data”

By Philippe Sence, President of the digital transformation commission at IREF, Federation of European Franchise and Partnership Networks. IREF represents all forms of independent collaborative...

13 January 2022

Patrick Raffort, FG2A : “There is a true complementarity between insurance and retail”

Patrick Raffort, President of the FG2A* is also Head of Insurance at Orange. He explains how insurance products have become a new frontier for many retail companies.

13 January 2022

“77% of retailers want to increase the drive-to-store portion of their advertising investment”

By Sandrine Prefaut, Managing Director of S4M in France. Operating in 10 countries (USA, Canada, France, Italy, UK, Switzerland, Benelux, Asia-Pacific region…), S4M is an international “drive to...

13 January 2022

Nykaa, the Indian pure player to watch in 2022

By Gautam Chowdhury and Imtiaz Batkoo, respectively C.E.O. and Senior Vice President of Bangalore-based consulting firm RXG Business Consulting. They decode for Mind Retail the business model of...

13 January 2022

USA. “Inflation and logistics challenges put increased pressure on retailers to manage costs”

Amanda Lai, Consulting Senior Manager / Food Retail Practice Leader, McMillanDoolittle in Chicago

13 January 2022

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