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Alibaba. Where is Jack Ma?
Has the charismatic 56-year-old founder of Alibaba, a member of the Communist Party, been isolated by the Chinese authorities or just keeping a low profile? The mystery remains. Jack Ma was last...
22 January 2021
China. Starbucks is aiming for 600 openings in 2021
Starbucks (33,000 locations worldwide) is planning 600 openings in China in 2021. It will focus in particular on “walk-thru” locations, which allow customers to collect their orders...
22 January 2021
Walmart wants to develop Made in India
The American giant wants to triple its exports of products made in India to US$10 billion a year by 2027. Today, India is already one of Walmart’s main markets for products such as jewellery...
22 January 2021
PELOTON, THE CONCEPT OF THE MONTH
United States. Home-use anchored bike specialist Peloton is “Retailer of the Year” according to Forbes magazine. As consumers flock to Internet-connected bikes and treadmills to...
22 January 2021
Inditex. Fewer stores, bigger impact
By the end of January, Inditex will have closed all its physical stores under Bershka, Pull & Bear and Stradivarius banner in China. A year ago, these 3 brands had 162 stores in China. Their...
22 January 2021
Lagardère. A store whose offer changes morning and evening?
Lagardère Travel Retail Group wants to test a store in Parisian train stations whose offer will be adapted to the commuting movements of travellers. On the programme: pastries and hot...
22 January 2021
To sell on Veepee rather than Vinted?
Veepee, European leader in private sales (operating in 8 countries, 4 to 5 million visitors per day) wants to offer an alternative to the Lithuanian platform Vinted (34 million members in 2020...
22 January 2021
Food. Organic attracts investment
Organic products have been one of the big winners of 2020, both in the U.S. and in Europe. Whilst Nordic countries and Switzerland remain the most advanced markets in terms of organic per capita...
22 January 2021
Auchan chooses a family management structure
Alexandre Mulliez, (aged 34) is the grandson of Gérard Mulliez, a founder of Auchan Group. He is now Vice President of Auchan – France. Graduating from EM Lyon in 2010, his first...
21 January 2021
Couche-Tard: France blocks €16.1 billion bid for Carrefour
The Canadian Couche-Tard‘s offer of €20 per Carrefour share was rejected by the French government, citing food security and employment issues. Carrefour, whose share price has fallen to...
21 January 2021
Ikea. The end of the mandatory customer path?
Recent results say a lot about smart strategies from Ikea, which managed to limit Covid-19 losses last year (retail turnover of €35.2 billion, down by 4%). At the beginning of January 2021...
21 January 2021
Japan. Starbucks launches a coffee co-working business
Catering. Charging customers to reserve a seat? That’s the bet the American giant is taking in Tokyo with a new type of facility in high-traffic areas. Starbucks’ very first...
21 January 2021
Canada. Lululemon, winner in the health crisis?
The Canadian brand Lululemon Athletica specialises in yoga outfits (turnover of US$4 billion in 2019, 43% from e-commerce in the last quarter) is defying the gloom of the Covid-19 crisis, and...
21 January 2021
LVMH. Mr de Lapuente takes charge of retail
From January 2021, Mr. Chris de Lapuente will be C.E.O. of the selective distribution branch of LVMH. Already running Sephora (2,600 stores) for more than 10 years, de Lapuente previously had Le...
9 December 2020
From Kiko to Euronics
Massimo Dell’Acqua (aged 51) takes over as C.E.O. of Euronics Italia (turnover of €2.4 billion in 2019). Dell’Acqua is a very experienced expert of retail and digital...
9 December 2020
Simon Property. Brick & mortar serving e-commerce returns
As the Christmas holiday approaches within a context of increasing online orders, the American property company Simon Property and Narvar, a major player in customer engagement on the Internet...
9 December 2020
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While his start-up shakes up an array of players focused on product data management solutions, Edouard Margain, Co-Founder of Upsellr, shared with us at NRF Europe the results of the data...
19 September 2026
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Hanshow makes a breakthrough in the US but stumbles on the economics of smart trolley
While at NRF Europe, Hanshow revealed a major contract with one of the U.S. retail giants to mind Retail, its smart trolley has yet to prove a market match. A hardware-focused strategy that raises...
18 September 2026
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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