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The Italian footwear retailer has opened a store dedicated to babies, children and teenagers (55 sq.m of sales area) in the Europesky mall, recording 40 million visitors per year. In 2017, Geox...

25 May 2018

Kiko aims to boost Eastern growth

The beauty retailer Kiko is in advanced talks with the Luxemburg-based fund Peninsula (Rothschild), which could become a minority shareholder via a 30% investment and a capital increase of...

25 May 2018

Smyths Toys becomes Europe’s n°1 toy retailer

The Irish retailer Smyths Toys (110 medium-sized stores in Ireland and the U.K.) is about to double in size with the purchase of Toys’R’Us stores in Germany (68), Austria (15) and...

25 May 2018

Sunday work. Germany is adapting to e-commerce

Eager to help physical retailers dealing with online competition selling 24h/24, the newly elected government of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populated area including Cologne...

25 May 2018

Amsterdam. Ekoplaza tests a zero-plastic packing aisle

In the capital city of the Netherlands, the supermarket operator Ekoplaza (47 active supermarkets) has opened a totally plastic-free aisle, where 700 products are only sold in natural and...

25 May 2018

The Concept of the Month : Moleskine launches a Literary Café

The Moleskine manufacturer of black notebooks has launched a unique store concept inspired by the European “literary cafes” from the 18th and 19th centuries. The Italian company...

25 May 2018

The Galeries Lafayette on the Champs-Elysees in late 2018

The Galeries Lafayette prepare the opening of a 9,000 sq.m GLA store on the Champs-Elysees (on the site of a former bank) by the end of 2018, i.e. 1/10th of the Haussmann flagship. Its design was...

25 May 2018

The German DM Drogerie Markt expands all ways

The drugstore retailer continues its physical expansion with a goal of 100 openings in 2018 (after 90 last year, including 67 in Germany). In Italy, it added 7 stores since November 2017. Online...

25 May 2018

Ahold Delhaize explores Artificial Intelligence

The food retailer has teamed up with the Innovation Center for Artificial Intelligence (ICAI), run by several universities in Amsterdam, in order to create a laboratory called Airlab. This lab...

25 May 2018

Naf-Naf under a Chinese flag

A consortium of investors led by the Chinese giant La Chapelle paid €52 million to acquire the Naf-Naf label from Vivarte Group. This is the 1st foreign investment for La Chapelle, a fashion...

25 May 2018

Spain. Cortefiel renames as Tendam

Ahead of its expected Initial Public Offering, Spain’s fashion retailer Cortefiel has changed its name to become Tendam, a contraction of trends and tandem. “Our multibrand portfolio...

25 May 2018

BELGIUM. ALDI rolls out its brand-new concept Aniko

The German retailer Aldi Nord is launching a modernisation of the hard-discount store concept for all 5,000 units in European stores. The retailer is rolling out a brand-new concept called Aniko...

25 May 2018

Belgium. Albert Heijn tests a “compass app” for a store

Since May 7, Albert Heijn has been testing an in-store route application in its Hoofddorp supermarket, Netherlands. It is similar to a GPS service, which guides customers in-store according to

24 May 2018

Italy. Lidl rolls out its urban format

In Milan, the German discount retailer Lidl has opened a store according to its brand new urban format. This concept, specifically designed for urban areas, is larger than typical units with a...

24 May 2018

The British developer Hammerson renounces to Intu

The U.K. property owner Hammerson no longer recommends to shareholders to vote in favour of its proposed acquisition of Intu Properties, because of the current weakness of the British retail...

24 May 2018

Primark continues opening in Continental Europe

Announcing its half-year results in the end of March 2018, the Associated British Foods group reported strong growth in sales (+ 7% to US$ 5 billion) for its Primark subsidiary. The market share of

23 May 2018

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