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Located to the north of Lucerne and a 60-minute drive from Zürich, the Mall of Switzerland will open on November 8th, 2017. This covers a total of 65,000 sq.m GLA, including...

26 July 2017

Sephora makes inroads in Germany

Germany is Europe’s 3rd largest beauty market. In late June 2017, the cosmetics retailer Sephora (part of LVMH Group)

26 July 2017

Which retailers are still expanding in Turkey ?

While most international players have suspended expansion plans in Turkey (Douglas from Germany, Tesco from the U.K. and C&A from the Netherlands have closed operations), local grocery...

26 July 2017

An IPO would help expansion plans for Sandro and Maje

The accessible luxury firm SMCP (Sandro, Maje and Claudie Pierlot)

26 July 2017

The Dutch retailer Hema is again for sale

The British venture capital group Lion Capital is exploring various scenarios regarding its non-food retailer Hema, purchased in 2007 from Maxeda for €1.1 billion.

26 July 2017

Galeries Lafayette has landed in Istanbul

In late May 2017, Galeries Lafayette opened its first Turkish unit within the high-end mall Emaar Square in the Çamlıca district of Istanbul via a franchising agreement with the luxury...

26 July 2017

Which stores post annual sales of US$70,000/ sq.m ?

This is the productivity of the duty-free stores operated by DDF (i.e. Dubai Duty Free) and located in Dubai International and Al Maktoum International airports.

11 July 2017

H&M expands in Kazakhstan

Having made inroads into Kazakhstan in March 2017, with a first fully owned H&M store in the Mega Alma-Ata mall with two floors over 3,000 sq.m in the capital city

11 July 2017

Home equipment retailer Maisons du Monde opens in the U.A.E

In late June, the home furnishing retailer Maisons du Monde (289 stores, sales of €882 million in 2016, up by 26%)

11 July 2017

Will Ikea be exempted from India’s 30% rule of local supply ?

The Indian government plans to ease local sourcing rules for single-brand retailers such as Ikea and Decathlon.

11 July 2017

JD offers premier luxury delivery

Eager to represent more luxury brands, the Chinese online retailer Jingdong (known as JD.com) launched a “white glove” delivery service for premium items, such as luxury watches and...

6 July 2017

Alibaba is more powerful than Amazon and eBay combined

Last year, Alibaba’s processed more than US$547 billion in transactions,

16 June 2017

Can discount retail prosper in China?

After 20 years of Chinese operations, the South Korean Shinsegae

16 June 2017

100 million inhabitants in the new Beijing?

In China, the governmental is moving ahead to create the mega-city of Jing-Jin-Ji.

16 June 2017

Asia. Online and offline mergers have started

Why are Europeans so interested in Amazon’s entry into the bricks-and-mortar sector in the United States of America, and not interested in Alibaba’s similar investments in China? In...

16 June 2017

India to become the 3rd largest consumer market by 2025

According to the Boston Consulting Group, India will be the 3rd largest consumer market in the world by 2025. “Even assuming conservative annual G.D.P. increases of 6% to 7%,

16 June 2017

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