Sophie Baqué

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Ikea advances in India and takes a step back in Russia

;;;In India, Ingka Group (whose fiscal year will close in August 2022) is pursuing an omnichannel expansion strategy. After opening a 42,500 sq.m store in Bangalore (Karnataka state) in May 2022...

7 July 2022

Fractional payments: the state of grace is over

Fractional payment fintechs have eaten their fill. After two years of euphoria, in 2020 and 2021, they are facing rising interest rates, following inflation, and an increase in the risk of...

1 July 2022

Quick commerce and new online players. What is a value proposition and challenges for brands?

In the highly competitive sector of food delivery, FMCG manufacturers are increasingly interested in the quick commerce market. They are betting that some of them will survive and have entered a...

1 July 2022

Cybersecurity: Shoprite attacked by ransomware

In mid-June 2022, the South African retail group Shoprite (2,933 stores in February 2022, under various banners including Shoprite, Usave, LiquorShop, Checkers Hyper, Checkers and House &...

28 June 2022

Majid Al Futtaim sets up wholesale in Egypt with Supeco

Majid Al Futtaim (MAF), Carrefour’s exclusive franchisor in the Middle East, opened a first wholesale store in Egypt in May 2022. Located in the October City mall (West of Cairo), it is the...

28 June 2022

Alexander Soncini, VTEX : “In Brazil, 40% of online sales of C&A come from Whatsapp”

Listed on the US Stock Exchange for one year, the Brazilian unicorn VTEX stands out from many IT publishers thanks to its broad functional scope (e-commerce, marketplaces and OMS) and wants to...

28 June 2022

Unibail wants to launch automated ‘click & collect’ at Forum des Halles

…In France, Unibail Rodamco Westfield (URW) is following an omni-channel strategy. After Vélizy 2, the Forum des Halles Paris centre will host an automated ‘click &...

24 June 2022

Pricing : perceived inflation is 4 times higher than actual inflation

;;;According to Dunnhumby‘s Consumer Pulse global survey edited at the end of May 2022, perceived inflation on food prices is significantly higher than measured inflation. In May 2022, food...

22 June 2022

China : Ikea closes a second unprofitable store

…In China, qualified as a major expansion priority only 6 months ago by Ikea, the Swedish retailer has started to rationalise the store footprint. Following successive lock-downs and a...

17 June 2022

Lily Cadell, Ankorstore: “We launch a fulfillment service from September 2022”

Présente dans 33 pays d’Europe, la marketplace Ankorstore (€ 379 millions levés depuis sa création, risque de solvabilité classé élevé par Societe.com) digitalise la vente en gros. Comme...

17 June 2022

Inflation remains high in the Eurozone

According to Eurostat, the EU‘s statistical agency, the Eurozone recorded a high average in April 2022: the annual inflation rate was 7.4% (in annual terms, i.e., April 2022 compared to...

7 June 2022

Amazon in logistical overcapacity

According to Bloomberg, Amazon now has too much storage capacity in the U.S., as e-commerce returns to normal after two years of euphoria.

7 June 2022

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Shoprite adopts Yoobic solution for 3,600 stores and 160,000 employees

As announced in April in mind Retail, the African grocery retailer Shoprite has confirmed the rollout of the Yoobic application to optimise staff task management and anomaly detection in stores...

29 October 2025

Faced with debt and declining sales, Fossil files for bankruptcy

Competition from Apple and Samsung in the smartwatch segment, collapsing sales, customs tariffs… Cornered with a debt of US$179 million, Fossil has filed several bankruptcy petitions in the U.S.A...

29 October 2025

EU: Omnibus bill stalled in Parliament

On October 22, MEPs rejected by a narrow majority the negotiating mandate that would have allowed trilogue negotiations to begin on the omnibus directive watering down the CSRD and duty of care...

27 October 2025

Verizon, Starbucks, DoorDash and Grubhub impacted by AWS outage

On October 20, 2025, the Amazon Web Services cloud (Amazon Q2 2025 revenue: 168 billion dollars, up by 13.3%) was down for several hours before returning to normal. Numerous websites and...

27 October 2025