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After withdrawing from the hypermarket segment with the sale of 71 Extra stores to Assai, the Brazilian GPA (€6.7 billion turnover in the six months to the end of June 2021, subsidiary of the...

17 November 2021

Conversational commerce. Walmart buys Botmock

On November 2nd, 2021, Walmart (2 billion baskets per quarter) bought shares in the start-up Botmock. The latter, created in 2016, specialises in conversational chat apps and has more than 50,000...

12 November 2021

Carrefour to invest €3 billion in digital between 2022 and 2026

During the Digital Day, on November 9th in Paris, Carrefour (sales of €58.7 billion in the first 9 months of 2021) presented its digital expansion plan.

12 November 2021

Australia. Ikea launches a marketplace dedicated to second-hand

Ikea Australia will offer the sale of second-hand furniture on its website from the beginning of 2022. Its “As is” section will allow users to view used furniture available at the...

12 November 2021

Ikea believes in the urbanisation of shopping and moves into the heart of London

Ingka investments is spending €446 million in retail space to bring IKEA to Oxford Street in London.

5 November 2021

Frederico Trajano, head of Magazine Luiza, is revolutionising Brazilian e-commerce

Since taking over the household appliance retailer in 2015, Frederico Trajano (C.E.O.) has transformed the chain nicknamed Magalu into a hive of e-commerce and digital startups.

5 November 2021

Central Retail joins the world of immersive shopping

Central Marketing Group, a subsidiary of Central Retail (Thailand’s No. 1 retailer, with sales of €4.7 billion in 2020), is banking on virtual reality and launching a virtual shopping...

2 November 2021

Migros wants “click & collect” in autonomous mode

After investing in the delivery start-up Smood (delivery in less than an hour), the Swiss cooperative Migros (turnover of about €25 billion last year) is rolling out click & collect...

2 November 2021

Danish retailers commit to developing sustainable packaging

In Denmark, the Ministry of the Environment has teamed up with 16 retailers (including Coop, Salling Group, Lidl, Dagrofa, Aldi, Rema1000, Elgiganten, Matas…) to design recyclable packaging.

2 November 2021

Japan. Retailers are hiring employees over 80

Faced with a labor shortage, Summit supermarkets (Tokyo) have pushed back the retirement age to 75. Nojima electronics stores decided to go further by dropping an age limit.

2 November 2021

Amazon launches a “Made in France” e-store

In 2019, Amazon launched in Italy a “Made in Italy” e-store. On October 11, 2021, the U.S. retailer opened in France an online store dedicated to “Made in France” products.

2 November 2021

Standalone stores are burgeoning in Europe

Whilst Amazon launched the concept of checkout-free store in January 2018, Tesco, Aldi and Auchan are now following these steps.

22 October 2021

Average basket rising with digital transformation at Value Retail

“There is no return to normal” in the sector of outlet centres, said Scott Malkin, Founder of Value Retail (11 outlet centres in Europe and China). However, the company sees some...

22 October 2021

Sephora and The Body Shop speed up deliveries

In the U.S. and Canada, The Body Shop (a subsidiary of Brazilian cosmetics giant Natura Group) partnered with on-demand delivery platform Instacart.

22 October 2021

Glovo, Xiaomi and Giordano invest in Ghana

The Spanish-based on-demand delivery platform Glovo will invest €3.5 million to develop business in Ghana by the end of 2022.

22 October 2021

China. Meituan attracts the wrath of Beijing

In mid-October, The Chinese delivery platform Meituan (which delivers for restaurants and retailers) was fined US$533 million for anti-competitive practices.

22 October 2021

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