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Mall of Switzerland, The Mall of the Month
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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Electronic shelf labels: why the US regulator threatens rollout
In the USA, the Federal Trade Commission has just required full transparency on the use of pricing algorithms based on personal data, under threat of penalties. In this regulatory framework...
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From ChatGPT Ads to Amazon Alexa for Shopping: advertising in LLMs scales up in Europe
This summer, OpenAI successively rolled out its ChatGPT Ads platform in the UK and in 30 European countries. From formats used, CPM levels notably for FMCG products and the new role of GEO...
27 August 2026
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With Claudeforce, Salesforce opens data to Anthropic and shifts into the conversational AI era
With the announcement of deep integration of the Claude LLM within the Salesforce ecosystem via MCP servers, SaaS software interfaces are fading in favour of AI agents. According to...
9 September 2026
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Retail media & LLMs: navigating intent-driven and custom experiences
From store aisles to ChatGPT Ads placements, retail media is shifting away from traditional slots, formats and keywords toward intent-based targeting. Driven by lower access costs to LLMs, full...
31 August 2026
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Facing SharkNinja’s hegemony, Carrefour and Darty gain ground on TikTok Shop
While Sephora follows in Ulta's footsteps on TikTok Shop in the US, mind Retail analyzed sellers performance in Q2 2026. Based on exclusive data from Lengow and Kalodata, this European market...
7 September 2026
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Fnac Darty to launch Wero on its e-commerce sites
According to our information, Fnac Darty is about to deploy European payment solution Wero, based on account-to-account instant transfers, on its e-commerce sites. Already active in Germany at...
4 September 2026