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The French retailer is leaving Asia by selling its Taiwanese stores to PX-Mart. Faced with the dynamics of local players, Asia is a market where foreign retailers are becoming rare.

2 November 2021

Danish retailers commit to developing sustainable packaging

In Denmark, the Ministry of the Environment has teamed up with 16 retailers (including Coop, Salling Group, Lidl, Dagrofa, Aldi, Rema1000, Elgiganten, Matas…) to design recyclable packaging.

2 November 2021

[Exclusive] Showroomprivé to launch ephemeral storage with Monstock

Showroomprivé, one of the European leaders in e-commerce, partners with Monstock for the optimization of its supply chain.

2 November 2021

Japan. Retailers are hiring employees over 80

Faced with a labor shortage, Summit supermarkets (Tokyo) have pushed back the retirement age to 75. Nojima electronics stores decided to go further by dropping an age limit.

2 November 2021

Amazon launches a “Made in France” e-store

In 2019, Amazon launched in Italy a “Made in Italy” e-store. On October 11, 2021, the U.S. retailer opened in France an online store dedicated to “Made in France” products.

2 November 2021

Standalone stores are burgeoning in Europe

Whilst Amazon launched the concept of checkout-free store in January 2018, Tesco, Aldi and Auchan are now following these steps.

22 October 2021

Average basket rising with digital transformation at Value Retail

“There is no return to normal” in the sector of outlet centres, said Scott Malkin, Founder of Value Retail (11 outlet centres in Europe and China). However, the company sees some...

22 October 2021

UK : Selfridges department stores soon under Qatari flag?

Prolonged closure, falling tourist numbers...After suffering the pangs of lockdowns, Selfridges department stores are looking for a new investor to make a real digital shift and secure the future.

22 October 2021

Turkey. Erdogan wants to bet on co-operative retail

As Turkey's economic difficulties erode his popularity, President Erdogan wants to control inflation by hard choices.

22 October 2021

Sephora and The Body Shop speed up deliveries

In the U.S. and Canada, The Body Shop (a subsidiary of Brazilian cosmetics giant Natura Group) partnered with on-demand delivery platform Instacart.

22 October 2021

Glovo, Xiaomi and Giordano invest in Ghana

The Spanish-based on-demand delivery platform Glovo will invest €3.5 million to develop business in Ghana by the end of 2022.

22 October 2021

China. Meituan attracts the wrath of Beijing

In mid-October, The Chinese delivery platform Meituan (which delivers for restaurants and retailers) was fined US$533 million for anti-competitive practices.

22 October 2021

China’s economy slows in Q3

Following the 2.3% increase of the Chinese economy in 2020, will the 6% target be reached this year?

22 October 2021

Supply chain. Retailers wait for a return to normal business

What impact will the current supply chain disruption have on store out-of-stock and sales as the Christmas season approaches?

22 October 2021

With Dunnhumby, Walmart launches a new retail media platform

The world's biggest retailer by sales wants to increase data value, extracted from 150 million weekly visitors. It picked Dunnhumby to deliver this highly strategic subject.

22 October 2021

Quick Commerce bets on partners and franchise to keep accelerating

The Quick Commerce companies adjust business models. Some move towards franchise, others adopt fast lease signatures or optimise suppliers in partnership with Carrefour or Casino. Mind Retail...

22 October 2021

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