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In Malaysia, McDonald’s is caught up in the consequences of the war between Israel and Gaza. On 5 January 2023, the company’s Malaysian franchisee took a local pro-Palestinian group...

10 January 2024

Supply-chain : container prices jump 250% between Asia and Europe

Will 2024 be the year of a new logistics crisis for retail, as suffered in 2021? According to the Drewry World Container Index, the Asia-Europe rate for a 40-foot sea container has jumped from...

10 January 2024

Sports : Valuations of Li Ning and Anta plummet by US$25 billion

As consumer spending slows in China, retailers are reviewing strategies. During the Q3 2023 financial results, Adidas noted a plan to offer cheaper shoes to Chinese consumers. “If we want to...

9 January 2024

China’s beauty market plummets in November, joining the D.I.Y. market

After a 1st half-year up by 4.8%, the Chinese cosmetics market continued to show signs of weakness in H2 : -4.1% in July, +9.7% in August, +1.6% in September, +1.1% in October and -3.5% in...

9 January 2024

Daniel Kretinsky has Brussels’ green light for the takeover of Casino

From the beginning of March, the consortium led by the Czech businessman will take over what remains of the Casino Group. A business that has been halved since the sale of Latin America. The...

9 January 2024

Supply chain: Blue Yonder launches generative AI functionality

As generative AI use cases have been mushrooming in the retail sector, US supply-chain management software publisher Blue Yonder (formerly JDA, with customers including Asda, Walmart and PVH)...

9 January 2024

Amazon and Macy’s tighten returns policies

In the U.S.A. initiatives aimed at preserving e-commerce margins were stepped up over the holiday season. At Amazon, which already charges US$1 per return via UPS, the free delivery window has...

9 January 2024

Online retailer Zulily enters liquidation agreement

The liquidation of the pure-player Zulily (children’s fashion, home decoration, 2022 sales of US$ 906 million) in favour of creditors directly implicates Amazon, via a legal action. This...

9 January 2024

Descrozailles Law: EuroCommerce asks Brussels to take action against France

In mid-December, EuroCommerce, the supermarket and wholesaler lobby, lodged a formal appeal with the European Commission against the Descrozaille (or Egalim 3) law, passed by the French Parliament...

3 January 2024

B&Q (Kingfisher Group) launches a retail media business in the U.K.

The rise of retail media continues in the D.I.Y. sector. Kingfisher (turnover of £3.2 billion in the Q3 to the end of October 2023, down by 2.7% at constant exchange rates) is now rolling...

20 December 2023

Payment: Paypal’s subsidiary Venmo loses Amazon contract

Venmo, the Paypal-owned online and offline application for mobile payments between individuals, will no longer be one of the payment methods available on the Amazon‘s U.S. website from...

12 December 2023

Casino takes 100% of Cdiscount and turns a page in Brazil

Casino grocery retailer is preparing to sell the Brazilian supermarkets GPA (a 41% stake holding) and sell more domestic grocery stores. With a focus on French operations pending a sale to Daniel...

7 December 2023

In China, beauty retail sales stagnate for a second month

In China, after a first half-year of growth of 4.8%, cosmetics sales fell by 4.1% in July, rose by 9.7% in August, by 1.6% in September and by 1.1% in October (National Bureau of Statistics)...

7 December 2023

BNPL: Before an IPO, Tabby is valued at US$1.5 billion

Less than a year after a US$58 million funding round, the U.A.E.-based Tabby, now headquartered in Riyadh, raised US$200 million in early November 2023. Wellington Management and Bluepool Capital...

7 December 2023

SMCP fashion group to open in India with Reliance Retail

While the recovery is “slow and fragile” in China, the SMCP Group (Sandro, Maje, Claudie Pierlot, Fursac) announced on November 30th an agreement with Reliance Brands Ltd. This moves...

5 December 2023

In South Korea, Chanel condemned again for excessive data collection

On November 23,2023, Chanel (2022 sales up by 17% at €16 billion, with 50% coming from Asia-Pacific) was fined US$2,761 by the South Korean data protection watchdog called PIPC (Personal...

5 December 2023

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Hugues Chanoine (Hygie31 Digital): “The next step is to eliminate filters to move to 100% conversational search”

The Hygie31 retail group, known for the Lafayette Pharmacies, is continuing to transform its websites, driven by Cocooncenter. Thanks to an AI strategy and a fully redesigned IT architecture, it...

10 September 2026

ChatGPT: Bureau Vallée’s recipe to capture back-to-school spending

By launching a conversational chatbot with Algolia and a new module converting school lists into e-commerce carts this summer, Bureau Vallée aims to ease the chore of back-to-school supply list...

10 September 2026

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

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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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...

21 August 2026