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Article written by Regine Eveno and published on July 11, 2022;;;How can Swarowski crystal, famous in the post-war years, be restored to a former glory? Born from the brilliant idea of its founder...

7 July 2022

An American lady at the head of the Arabian Centers Company

Article written by Regine Eveno on July 5, 2022…An American woman with a high international profile is taking over management of the largest shopping center operator in Saudi Arabia, the...

7 July 2022

Cybersecurity: Shoprite attacked by ransomware

In mid-June 2022, the South African retail group Shoprite (2,933 stores in February 2022, under various banners including Shoprite, Usave, LiquorShop, Checkers Hyper, Checkers and House &...

28 June 2022

Majid Al Futtaim sets up wholesale in Egypt with Supeco

Majid Al Futtaim (MAF), Carrefour’s exclusive franchisor in the Middle East, opened a first wholesale store in Egypt in May 2022. Located in the October City mall (West of Cairo), it is the...

28 June 2022

Longchamp extends partnership with Adyen to Asia and North America

…After choosing Adyen as PSP for European e-commerce sites and stores one year ago, Longchamp announced on June 14, 2022, to extend the solution to the USA and Canada in July...

24 June 2022

Unibail wants to launch automated ‘click & collect’ at Forum des Halles

…In France, Unibail Rodamco Westfield (URW) is following an omni-channel strategy. After Vélizy 2, the Forum des Halles Paris centre will host an automated ‘click &...

24 June 2022

USA: Simon Property wants to aggregate product data with “Simon Search”

…From 19 June, the world’s no 1 shopping centre operator Simon Property Group (SPG) will launch Simon Search, a solution that allows customers to see what items are in stock over 29...

23 June 2022

Vinted launches lockers at Carrefour and Franprix

…After Back Market, Vinted is taking first steps into stores. The marketplace (GMV of €2.75 billion in 2021 via 45 million users) will launch, at the end of June, lockers in Carrefour...

23 June 2022

Pricing : perceived inflation is 4 times higher than actual inflation

;;;According to Dunnhumby‘s Consumer Pulse global survey edited at the end of May 2022, perceived inflation on food prices is significantly higher than measured inflation. In May 2022, food...

22 June 2022

The Mulliez family association moves into retail media with Gamned!

…Valiuz, the data entity of the AFM created in 2019, is partnering with Gamed! (TF1 Group) to launch a retail media tool and customer data monetization offer.

17 June 2022

Ukraine: new provisions adopted to facilitate dismissals in wartime

Since the martial law introduced in March 2022 (see article n°12971) was not able to take into consideration all labour relations issues in times of war, the Ukrainian parliament adopted a...

17 June 2022

China : Ikea closes a second unprofitable store

…In China, qualified as a major expansion priority only 6 months ago by Ikea, the Swedish retailer has started to rationalise the store footprint. Following successive lock-downs and a...

17 June 2022

Chanel, Hermès, Audemars Piguet: how to preserve customer experience when demand peaks?

…In Asia and in the USA, luxury retailers record strong demand and excessive traffic in their stores. As a result, Chanel has decided to open stores dedicated to premium customers by 2023...

17 June 2022

Cegid acquires StorIQ, one of the rivals of Yoobic

…On 13 June, during its “Cegid connections retail 2022” event in Monaco, POS solutions provider Cegid (sales of €632 million in 2021 up by 11.5% from 2020) announced the...

17 June 2022

K-way to enter Asia with Bluebell Group

After the launch of its e-commerce site in Hong Kong in June 2022, the K-Way brand has announced the opening of a first Asian store in the city-state in October.

8 June 2022

Gopuff, Gorillas and Getir: the party is over

It was inevitable, as investors look for more stable investments in a context of rising interest rates. American company Gopuff cut 3% of its global payroll. On 24 May, Germany’s Gorillas...

8 June 2022

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On February 26, 2026, Walmart (2025 revenue: US$713.2 billion, up by 5.1% at constant rates) agreed to pay US$100 million in response to allegations of misleading compensation to delivery drivers...

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Agentic commerce : After Stripe, Mirakl partners with JPMorgan Payments

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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Online authentification : Prelude expands a “message free” solution globally

A competitor to Twilio, Vonage and Plivo, the French startup Prelude, which has 75 retail clients, is actively deploying Prelude Zero, an authentication method that requires no message delivery...

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