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The Pan-European retail real estate investment manager Redevco (405 assets worth €7.1 billion) purchased 3 German malls via an investment of €160 million

9 February 2017

Fewer investors, more retail experts at Carrefour

The scope of Carrefour’s shareholders changed in January 2017, as the largest shareholder is now the Moulin family, owner of the Galeries Lafayette department stores.

9 February 2017

Diving into Sephora’s strategy

Regardless that Sephora does not reveal online results, e-commerce has become a top priority. Having launched e-commerce sites in Romania, Rep. Czech, Switzerland, Spain and the U.A.E. (with...

9 February 2017

Fashion, between expansion and degreasing

News from fashion retailers around the world is dizzy. The Netherlands-based C&A (1,500 stores across Europe) will close 20% of the Spanish store network, counting 23 unprofitable stores out...

9 February 2017

Will Apple soon manufacture in India?

Apple is discussing manufacturing in India to emulate the Chinese model. Local manufacturing would allow the U.S. giant to open stores in India, matching the legal requirement for foreign...

17 January 2017

Brazil. Lojas Americanas is ready for new capital increase

Eager to gain agility, the retail giant Lojas Americanas has set up a plan to increase capital of up to US$2.5 billion. It wants to enhance investment in its online business B2W, which operates...

17 January 2017

European D.I.Y. retailers face mixed housing markets

In 2016, the housing property market reached record highs in some European countries. This market, which directly affects the sales of equipment retailers such as Kingfisher, Leroy-Merlin and...

17 January 2017

THE WORLD’S 10 LARGEST GROCERY RETAILERS

17 January 2017

How will the Western European online market share evolve by 2020?

12 January 2017

Clothing and textile markets will remain in the red in 2017

In the five largest European economies of the U.K., Germany, France, Italy and Spain, sales of textile and clothing have ended the year 2016 in a negative trend. In these five combined markets...

12 January 2017

WHO ARE THE 10 LARGEST GROCERY RETAILERS IN ASIA-PACIFIC ?

12 January 2017

Chinese tourists flock to New York

In 2016, Chinese visitors to the Big Apple are expected to hit a record high of 958,000, seven times the number in 2007. New direct flights and recent favourable visa polices have boosted Chinese...

12 January 2017

The U.S. private equity firm Warburg Pincus raises US$2 billion fund to invest in China

The private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC said in December that it has raised a $2 billion fund and closed financing after 6 months.

12 January 2017

Carlyle is eager to invest in the McDonald’s franchise in China

McDonald’s aims to sell up to 80% of the Chinese business to the Carlyle consortium, which already includes Citic, the Chinese state-owned conglomerate. The proposed deal value is expected...

12 January 2017

Chinese retail sales soared in the year to November 2016

Chinese retail sales soared in the year to November 2016. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, retail sales increased by 10.4% in China during the period between January and November...

12 January 2017

Payment by smartphone gains ground at Etam stores in China

According to Laurent Milchior, C.E.O. of the Etam Group, WeChatPay and Alipay account for more than one third of transactions at Etam stores located in Chinese malls.

12 January 2017

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