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In May, Wal-Mart spent US$16 billion to win a bid against Amazon for the online retailer Flipkart, Amazon’s primary rival in India. Boosted by a vision of the vast potential of Indian...

13 November 2018

JD expands its grocery chain 7Fresh

The e-commerce giant JD.com signed agreements with 16 property companies to expand JD’s ‘7Fresh’ grocery chain across China. Customers in cities like Shanghai or Shenzhen can...

13 November 2018

A pop up store for Love Your Melon

Love Your Melon, a philanthropic clothing brand that began with the idea of a hat for every child battling cancer in America, generated more than US$31.5 million in revenue in 2017. To date, the...

13 November 2018

Argentina: The fashion brand 47 Street has 8 new stores

The Argentine young fashion company opened another store for Buenos Aires in Dot Baires shopping centre, a complex opened in 2009 and owned by the Irsa property company. This is the 8th new unit...

13 November 2018

Grupo Éxito open 2 malls in Colombia

With the opening of 2 new Viva shopping centres in October, Grupo Éxito completes 15 shopping centres and 18 galleries in 22 cities in Colombia. Viva Envigado (137,000 sq. m.) opened in...

13 November 2018

Carrefour Brazil targets 5% of sales in organic products

In the daily publication “O Estado de Sao Paulo”, Carrefour Brazil’s President, Noël Prioux suggests that an uncertain socio-political environment is impacting consumer...

13 November 2018

Concept of the month: Nike Live designed for local consumers and build with data

The Footwear American brand is piloting a new store concept. This is built as a hub for local ‘NikePlus’ members. The first store, called ‘Nike by Melrose’, opened in July...

13 November 2018

Wal-Mart strengthening top rank for clothes

In October, the American big-boxes retailer announced the purchase of plus-size clothing brand and retailer Eloquii, together with lingerie and night wear retailer Bare Necessities. No values were...

13 November 2018

Natura reports a decline in profits for first half 2018

The leading manufacturer and direct-seller of cosmetic, toiletry and fragrance in Brazil is simplifying its structure. The Brazilian group that bought Body Shop in 2017 absorbed its subsidiary...

13 November 2018

Sears – the end of the line?

Sears was once the dominant American retailer, selling everything from dresses to power tools. However, on the 5th of October, Sears Holdings Corporation filed for bankruptcy protection after...

13 November 2018

Buzzfeed will open “Camp”, a toy store in New York

According to The New York Post, Buzzfeed, the online news and entertainment site is to open a 1,000 sq. m. toy store in New York. Called “Camp”, this will be a showroom to display toys...

13 November 2018

Home Depot starts express delivery in 35 regions

Home Depot, the D.I.Y. market leader in the U.S.A. and worldwide, has launched express same-day and next-day local delivery for more than 20,000 popular items, covering 35 major metropolises...

13 November 2018

Mall of America partners with Amazon and the magazine Good Housekeeping in pop-up store

Perhaps U.S.A. shopping centres are fading away. Significant names have vanished, including Toys R’Us and Sears. The vacancy rate is growing at 9.1% in the first quarter of 2018, the highest...

13 November 2018

Canada: Cirque du Soleil launches Creactive, a concept for Shopping Malls

Property company Ivanhoé Cambridge, a susbidiary of the Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec, partnered with iconic theatrical company Cirque du Soleil to launch a new...

13 November 2018

Tesco: weak results in Poland

On October 3rd, Britain’s biggest retailer, which acquired wholesaler Booker in March, reported operating profit before one-off items of US$1.21 billion, a 24% increase on the same period...

12 November 2018

H&M teams with Klarna for global payments solution

Fast-fashion retailer H&M has announced a global partnership with Klarna, a Swedish provider of online payments. The two firms will integrate H&M’s digital and physical stores...

12 November 2018

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