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Uber: meal and grocery delivery outpaces personal transportation
For Uber, the 2021 financial results confirm the decline of the historical business of private passenger cars and the growth of Uber Eats.
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24 February 2022
Etam opts for a multimodal supply chain with KBRW
Use Case. To optimise stock rotation, the Etam Group (1,400 points of sale, 3 warehouses in 59 countries) completed 2 years of OMS, which manages inventory of 4 brands on a single platform...
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24 February 2022
CBRE “Property companies are lining up to avoid changing a commercial lease”
For the past 2 years, Covid-19 has heavily impacted the value of commercial property. For the 10 largest countries in Western Europe, commercial rents fell sharply. Here is a summary in figures...
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23 February 2022
Walmart targets US$100 billion in online sales by 2022
Walmart, the world's leading retailer, published annual financial results and notes that 2020 and 2021 have been a complex year. Their results show a sustained turnover growth and large expansion...
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23 February 2022
UK. Substitutions are a problem at Aldi
The British consumer association Which? voted Aldi as the worst retailer for online order substitutions. According to the survey, 49% of Aldi customers received a substitute item in their last Web...
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22 February 2022
Change management and franchising. Fitness Park relies on Yoobic
Fitness Park (turnover of €200 million in 2019, 250 sports clubs in France, Spain and Portugal) plans to open 50 new stores this year, including 15 in Spain.
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22 February 2022
Qatar welcomes first international Printemps store
On February 17th, the Printemps Group (15 department stores and 9 Citadiums) announced a long-postponed opening of a first international department store in September 2022 in Doha.
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22 February 2022
Lise Charmel : “Any cyber risk is even greater today because there is no longer full insurance cover”
Lingerie retailer Lise Charmel, highly active in Russia and Eastern Europe, reported a massive cyberattack two years ago. For the company, whose annual turnover reached €60 million in 2018 as the...
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18 February 2022
Machine Learning. Amazon reduces packaging waste
Amazon (sales of US$469.8 billion in 2021, up by 22% from 2020) has declared battle against “vacuum logistics”. This is a real ecological and economic scourge of e-commerce, with...
18 February 2022
Shein strengthens a presence in Singapore
On February 16, Reuters reported that Shein (valued at US$50 billion in 2021) is planning more staff and expanding in Singapore, where the Chinese pure player moved headquarters.
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18 February 2022
Austria. Skiing becomes a climate issue
The popularity of skiing is in free fall in Austria, where ski resorts welcomed 52.8 million visitors in 2019 including 66% of foreigners. But in 2022, Covid-19 is forcing visitors to change...
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18 February 2022
Carrefour partners with Brut to create a live broadcast shopping service
On Tuesday February 1st, in a joint statement, the video and social media Brut and the Carrefour Group announced a new joint venture.
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18 February 2022
Dare the franchise!
To reinvent yourself professionally, investing in a franchise can be a reassuring and clever choice. It's time to inquire to participate in the next edition of Franchise Expo Paris, the major...
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17 February 2022
Fitness Park & Yoobic. “Training savings amount to hundreds of thousands Euros”
How to lead digital change within a staff, whilst opening 60 points of sale per year, in branches and franchises? This is the case for Fitness Park sports clubs, which have expanded from 50 to 250...
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17 February 2022
Fashion. Gen Z stuck between ethics and overconsumption
The "Greta Thunberg generation" demands more inclusion and commitment from retailers. However, these customers remain the backbone of fast-fashion, one of the world's most polluting industries...
The French e-retail media market grew by 42% in 2021
The growth of the French digital advertising market in 2021, around 24%, is notably driven by retail media, a lever boosted by the increase in online purchases and which is more effective since...
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16 February 2022
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Profound raises US$96 million in Series C funding, becoming a first GEO unicorn
Founded in 2024 in New York by James Cadwallader, GEO startup Profound raised US$96 million on February 24, 2026, in a Series C round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, including Sequoia Capital...
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Romain Mombert, Eurazeo: “Tomorrow, retailers and brands will no longer acquire customers, but AI agents”
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The SaaS licence model falters in the face of AI automation
With the launch of Claude Cowork, the software sector, prized by investors for predictable and recurring revenue, is slowing down. According to Bain, stock market indices for SaaS tech editors...
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