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In the U.S.A., the retail media market (including advertising investments on e-commerce sites) will pass US$30 billion in 2022. Amazon alone accounts for 75% of this market.

17 December 2021

Zara: the heiress takes charge of a group that has undergone a digital transformation

Marta Ortega Pérez, aged 38, will become President of Inditex in April 2022, the holding company of the fast-fashion group built by her father (€7.56 billion in sales via 6,829 stores...

17 December 2021

4 years after its liquidation, Toys R Us is rising from the ashes

Under the leadership of new owner WHP Global, Toys R Us is returning to brick & mortars.

13 December 2021

Property. New projects mushroom in the Gulf region

Whilst the Central Bank forecasts a GDP of 2.1% in 2021 and 4.2% in 2022 for the United Arab Emirates, the property market is catching up. In the first half of 2021, Dubai’s hotels returned...

13 December 2021

Canada. Ikea is keeping pace online

In a summary on December 1st, Ikea- Canada said that e-commerce reached US$969 million, up by 161% in the fiscal year to August. It accounted for 37% of total sales of US$2.59 billion (+11.8%)...

13 December 2021

“In franchising, you sometimes have two sheets shearing each others’ wool”

Across Europe, co-operatives such as Intersport, John Lewis, Co-op Danmark or E.Leclerc as not-profit systems, do not aim to make a profit. The objective is to improve costs by high volume...

13 December 2021

China. Canada Goose under fire for return policy

Three months after being fined €60,000 for false advertising, fashion retailer Canada Goose (winter jackets and coats) has been warned by the leading consumer protection association (C.C.A.)...

3 December 2021

Singapore. Decathlon focuses on stores dedicated to “click & collect”

Since opening in Singapore in 2016, Decathlon launched 14 stores across the island. At a time when many retailers are reducing store numbers under a triple threat from falling visitor numbers...

3 December 2021

The young designer of Parade wants to dethrone Victoria Secret

The news is rich for the highly emblematic Cami Téllez, Founder of Parade, a direct-to-consumer lingerie brand currently valued at US$140 million. In November 2021, she opened her first...

3 December 2021

India & Italy. Antitrust watchdogs focus on Amazon’s practices

In mid-December 2021 in Italy, Amazon was fined €1.13 billion for Abuse of Dominant Position. The competition authority cited discrimination against merchants who had not used Amazon’s...

3 December 2021

Vinted in the crosshairs of several European regulators

Is the second-hand app Vinted (45 million unique users by the end of May 2021) compliant with the European General Data Protection Regulation (G.D.P.R.) framework?

1 December 2021

Alice Chang. With her, virtual make-up has become a reality

She is the embodiment of three major trends in the retail sector: the emergence of Asia, the shift towards retail tech and the rise of women. Recognised four years ago by the American magazine...

26 November 2021

Livat Gurgaon, Mall of the Month

Ingka Centres, a subsidiary of Ingka Group (turnover of €37.4 billion as of 31 August 2021, up by 6% year-on-year) is investing €400 million to develop a first Indian shopping...

26 November 2021

For Tod’s, more than a third of business comes from China

In the first 9 months of 2021, China generated 36% of sales for the Tod’s shoe retailer. The country is increasingly chasing the heels of Europe, which represents 45% of sales. In China (the...

26 November 2021

Jennyfer will launch its digital marketplace with Mirakl

In April 2022, French teenage girl retailer Don’t Call Me Jennyfer will launch its Mirakl-operated marketplace. As a reminder, Mirakl is valued at more than US$3.5 billion following a US$555...

26 November 2021

Beijing. Starbucks launches a cultural store concept

On November 10, Starbucks (2020 turnover of US$21 billion vs. US$23 billion in 2019) opened a new kind of store in Beijing, which combines the display of local art (an ancient wax printing...

19 November 2021

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Walmart finally accepts in-store payments with Apple Pay and Google Pay

Sanctioned by financial markets after a sharp US slowdown in Q2, Walmart is reviewing a checkout strategy. Abandoning a rejection of technological giants, the group is rolling out Apple Pay and...

24 August 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

Lidl’s owner continues cloud services offensive

With €2.2 billion in cloud revenue and growth 3 times faster than the rest of the business, Schwarz Group continues a technological shift. Between investments in its own data centres, buyouts in...

1 September 2026