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7-Eleven will enter Vietnam. The Japanese chain 7-Eleven will open its 1st store in Ho Chi Minh City in early 2017 via a franchising agreement with IFB Vietnam, which also runs Pizza Hut in the...

12 January 2017

Department stores travel from Japan to Southeast Asia

Department stores travel from Japan to Southeast Asia. Faced with a declining population, Japanese department stores are looking for growth elsewhere in South East Asia. Takashimaya is preparing a...

12 January 2017

Spar-China celebrates a 12-year anniversary with an I.P.O

Spar-China celebrates a 12-year anniversary with an I.P.O. Jijiayue Group, which controls the franchisor of Spar’s operations in China, is now listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Funds...

12 January 2017

Lego makes inroads in South Korea via a department store

The 1st Lego store opened in December 2016 in South Seoul as a “corner” within the high-end Hyundai Department Store, Pangyo branch. This store houses an array of international...

12 January 2017

Muji will open a hotel in Beijing

The Japanese retailer Muji will open an hotel (41 rooms, café, bookstore and lounge) during the 2nd half of 2017. The 4th floor has a café & restaurant overlooking Tiananmen...

12 January 2017

Can Africa become a source for global textiles?

Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius and Ethiopia are proving that sub- Saharan Africa has the capability to produce export quality clothing for a global market. “Saying that Africa will be the next...

12 January 2017

The Emirates move to attract tourists

Hotel occupancy in Abu Dhabi fell by 10% in October 2016 (to 73%) within a supply surplus. The length of stay dropped by 9% year-on-year to 2.8 nights. As a result, the government introduced...

12 January 2017

Amazon is eager to invest in the Gulf’s biggest online retailer

Amazon is in discussions to buy a stake in Souq. com, the region’s biggest e-commerce site. In December, Al Tayer Group, which runs Bloomingdale’s, Crate & Barrel, Coach and...

12 January 2017

Cash-on-delivery leads in the Gulf region

In the U.A.E., 70% of payments to online retailer Sivvi.com (which sells 140 fashion brands, average ticket of €90) are by cash when delivered. In Saudi Arabia, this is 85%. “The...

12 January 2017

Saudi firm invests in McDonald’s in South-East Asia

The Saudi Arabian firm Lionhorn, led by Sheik Fahd and Abdulrahman Alireza and franchisee for 100 McDonald’s restaurants in Saudi Arabia, has purchased new franchise rights for Singapore and...

12 January 2017

Barnes & Noble goes further in catering services

The U.S. bookstore chain (sales down by 3.5% in the quarter to October) is testing a fullservice restaurant named “Barnes & Noble Kitchen” at 3 U.S. locations (2,000 sq.m, 120...

12 January 2017

A French-U.S. giant for children’s clothing is born

After months of discussions, the French retailer Orchestra-Premaman finally signed a deal in December 2016 to buy U.S. rival Destination Maternity, which is valued about US$100 million. The deal...

12 January 2017

Victoria’s Secret has high ambitions in China

In 2017, the U.S. lingerie retailer plans to sell products on Tmall, Alibaba’s online marketplace. “We look at China as a 2nd home market with a potential equal to the U.S.,”...

12 January 2017

Fashion retailer Jennyfer lands in Guatemala

In December, the discount retailer Jennyfer opened its 1st stores in the capital of Guatemala, in Oakland Mall and Naranjo Mall. They cover 198 sq.m GLA and 190 sq.m GLA respectively. Jennyfer...

12 January 2017

56% of Russians regret the fall of Soviet Union

According to a poll conducted by the Levada Centre Institute in November 2016 for 1,600 people in 134 Russian cities, 56% of the polled people regretted the collapse of the U.S.S.R. 28% felt no...

12 January 2017

The British retailer Tesco enters East Africa

Tesco made a debut in Kenya via the F&F fashion chain. The first store opened in December 2016 in The Hub (Karen vicinity in Nairobi), where Majid Al Futtaim already operates a Carrefour...

12 January 2017

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Why Shein emits twice as much CO2 as Inditex for equivalent revenue

On the occasion of an IPO, Shein revealed a carbon footprint of 25.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2025, up by 20% compared to a reference year. For an equivalent sales level, the fast...

3 September 2026

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