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By the end of December, the discount retailer Dollar General (DG) will replace traditional checkouts with a “self-check-out” system in 200 of 18,000 stores.

7 June 2022

Lionel Jouve, Carrefour : “The growing complexity of the payment chain is underestimated”

How does a global retail Group (turnover: €81.2 billion in 2021), selling in more than 30 countries, adapt to the continuous changes in payment methods? What are the Carrefour group's priorities...

3 June 2022

LVMH and Chanel hit by current Chinese Covid-19 lockdowns

What will be the effects for the Chinese luxury sector of inflation combined with the severe lockdown over the last two months? A recent study from Daxue Consulting provided some answers.

3 June 2022

U.S.A.: new home sales plummet in April

…In the United States, 591,000 new homes were sold in April 2022, compared with 709,000 in March, a drop of 17%. On a year-on-year basis, the decline is down by 27% (sources...

3 June 2022

Kyle Leahy, the new face of Glossier

…Kyle Leahy has been appointed C.E.O. of Glossier. She takes over from Emily Weiss, the blogger and entrepreneur who created one of the most iconic direct-to-consumer brands in the USA. A...

3 June 2022

Majid Al Futtaim partners with Binance to offer crypto payments

;;;Carrefour’s exclusive Middle East franchisor Majid Al Futtaim (also owner of 29 malls and 13 hotels in 30 countries) has partnered with Binance, a Hong Kong-based blockchain of over 300...

2 June 2022

Aude Vicaire (Marketpay): “To succeed, crypto payments must be able to rival the speed of Visa”

Available in Brazil, France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Lithuania and Denmark, payment provider Marketpay handled €2.3 billion transactions in 2021. Aude Vicaire, Director of Products, Solutions and...

2 June 2022

Lush: “We left Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and Facebook to protect our community”

Lush, the cosmetics retailer whose fiscal year ends in June 2022, decided to leave social media six months ago. Chloé Chazot, Communications Manager for France, Belgium and Luxembourg, takes a...

30 May 2022

Cofidis launches Pay Later in stores

…Beyond e-commerce, deferred or split payments are gaining ground in stores. Credit specialist Cofidis (CM-CIC banking group) announced the launch of a “Pay Later” payment...

30 May 2022

65% of polish people approve of boycotting brands operating in Russia

According to Inquiry, a Warsaw-based research company, the attack on Ukraine was both a shock and a great challenge. The Polish people have committed all possible resources to help Ukrainians in...

30 May 2022

Retail Media: Ulta Beauty enters the race

…The attraction of beauty retailers to turn data into sales started in Germany with Douglas and the cosmetics pure-player Flaconi. After two years of tests, the leading American cosmetics...

27 May 2022

Alibaba and WeChat push the digital Yuan

At Alipay and WeChat Pay, the Digital Yuan, a central retail banking digital currency that originated in 2014, is now in the roll-out stage.

20 May 2022

Deliveroo and Hero: arm wrestle over delivery workers’ pay in the Emirates

//In the UAE, Talabat’s delivery drivers (a subsidiary of the German group Delivery Hero) have refused, for the second time in a month, to deliver meals in the city of Dubai. They are...

20 May 2022

Tesco tests flexible office rental in its supermarkets

In South London, an in-store flexible workspace is expected to open over the next few weeks at Tesco’s New Malden supermarket.

20 May 2022

Reebok, McDonald’s and Shell sell Russian assets for good

Faced with threats of seizure and nationalization of their assets (including brands), some retailers have decided to close down in Russia. In mid-May, Shell sold its fleet of 411 service stations...

20 May 2022

Customer relations and loyalty: what are the new CRM levers?

Retailers are facing more restricted customer data, increased need for personalisation and customization plus rising costs of digital projects like SEO, customer acquisition and advertising. In...

16 May 2022

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ChatGPT: Bureau Vallée’s recipe to capture back-to-school spending

By launching a conversational chatbot with Algolia and a new module converting school lists into e-commerce carts this summer, Bureau Vallée aims to ease the chore of back-to-school supply list...

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