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…The British drugstore chain Boots (a subsidiary of Walgreens Boots Alliance, 2021 turnover of US$133 billion, up 7.5%) will launch a digital marketplace in spring 2023 with Mirakl...

19 September 2022

Printemps expected in New York

Article by Sophie Baque, published on September 16, 2022…The Printemps department store retailer, controlled by the Qatari-Luxembourg fund Disa, will open a department store in Manhattan in...

19 September 2022

John Lewis Partnership to give staff free meals during 3 months

JLP, which owns the John Lewis department stores and Waitrose supermarkets (sales of € 15 billion in 2021 up by 1%), will give its some 80,000 employees free meals between 3 October 2022 and...

16 September 2022

In China, H&M is finally back on Tmall

After being suspended from the Chinese Internet following the boycott of Xinjiang products in 2020, the Swedish fashion retailer H&M (US$5.36 billion turnover in Q2 2022, up by 12% in local...

8 September 2022

Walmart wants to take full control of Massmart

On August 29, Walmart launched a US$377.6 million offer (53% above the closing stock price) to fully acquire Massmart, which operates Builders, Game, Masscash and Makro stores in South Africa. The...

8 September 2022

Walmart speeds up stock management with Vizpick and Blue Yonder

During the company’s Q2 earnings conference call (which ended on July 29, 2022), Walmart announced increased efficiency and speed for inventory management at 4,500 U.S. stores. The...

2 September 2022

USA: Sephora fined US$1.3 million for CCPA non-compliance

…The California Attorney General announced on Wednesday 24 August, 2022, an agreement with cosmetics retailer Sephora to pay a US$1.3 million fine for failing to comply with the CCPA, the...

1 September 2022

Influential Mary Dillon appointed CEO of Foot Locker

…At 61, Mary Dillon, the woman who made Ulta Beauty the leading beauty retailer in the US, has been appointed C.E.O. of Foot Locker (2800 stores in 28 countries, turnover of US$2.07...

1 September 2022

BNPL: Saudi fintech Tamara raises US$100 million

Article by Caroline Soutarson, published on 23 August 2022…In Saudi Arabia, the fractional payments solution Tamara completed a US$100 million Series B capital raise on 22 August, 2022.

1 September 2022

Klarna quadruples losses in first half of 2022

Article by Caroline Soutarson, published on 31 August 2022…Despite a 24% increase in half-year business volume (GMV) compared to the same period last year, Swedish fractional payment...

1 September 2022

Mango maintains a presence in Russia through franchises

…Condemned by the West, Russia is turning to Turkey and India. Mango (with 42% online sales) has announced a sale of 55 Russian stores, and maintaining a franchise presence. The...

31 August 2022

EU. Retailers embrace energy efficiency

…Since the start of the war in Ukraine, EU countries have been facing soaring energy prices. Retailers are being asked to become energy efficient this autumn with a package of measures to...

31 August 2022

For Decathlon Belgium, consumer reviews boost in-store conversion

…In Belgium, Decathlon (sales of €13.8 billion in 2021, up by 11% compared to 2019) considers consumer reviews as a lever to convert an enquiry to sales. The sporting goods retailer...

26 August 2022

Julien Tessonneau poached by Foodpanda Asia

Julien Tessonneau leaves Central Food Retail, Thailand’s largest grocery retailer and a subsidiary of Central Retail (2021 turnover of US$5.89 billion, with 20% of sales online). He becomes...

25 August 2022

Pinduoduo : Imminent launch in the U.S.A.

Chinese online retailer Pinduoduo wants to compete with Amazon to find new growth drivers, at a time when the Chinese economy is slowing down (G.D.P. grew by 0.4% in Q2 2022 year-on-year, after a...

24 August 2022

Sephora bets on partnerships with Glossier and Kohl’s

On July 26, 2022, the beauty DNVB Glossier signed an agreement with Sephora to increase omnichannel revenue. Starting in Q1 2023, Glossier’s products (the firm was valued US$1.8 billion in...

22 August 2022

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On March 10, 2026, Mirakl and JPMorgan Payments (JPMP) unveiled a partnership to deploy agentic commerce by combining the Mirakl Nexus agentic orchestration platform with the U.S. bank’s...

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