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The news has gone unnoticed in the wider press, but for retailers, this gives important signposts about the future of the outlet centres. In July 2019, China’s largest outlet operator called...

10 September 2019

The expert’s eye – 3 questions from Global Retail News for Jean-Christophe Brindeau, Managing Director of CFAO RETAIL

You worked for 15 years in international positions for the Casino Guichard Group in South America and the Indian Ocean. How was the retail business changed by the growth of e-commerce during the...

10 September 2019

Kantar. Online grocery market share will double in 5 years

The latest report from Kantar estimates the current size of the e-commerce food market and a future evolution over the next 5 years. Growth will be driven by the Asian countries moving far ahead...

10 September 2019

Otto Ambagtsheer. from travel retail to outlets

Via Outlets, the specialist of outlet centres operating 11 brand villages across 9 European countries, has just promoted Otto Ambagtsheer from C.O.O to C.E.O. Otto Ambagtsheer joined Via Outlets...

16 July 2019

Carrefour takes a step back, Wal-Mart accelerates

In China, the race for ultra-fast delivery has defeated Carrefour. This pressure continues to disrupt across the entire landscape of large food retailers. Carrefour has been selling into China for...

16 July 2019

What strategy for Costco-China?

As Metro is selling its Chinese assets and Wal-Mart expands its premium Sam’s Club banner, Costco is about to make inroads there. It will open its first wholesale store in Shanghai...

16 July 2019

Takashimaya department stores will exit China

One day after the Carrefour announcement, the Chinese exit of the Japanese department store operator, in late August 2019, almost went unnoticed. Opened in 2012, its Chinese department store...

16 July 2019

China’s biggest women’s shoe retailer has submitted a listing application

The Shenzhen-based retailer Belle International Holdings, which is the biggest women’s shoe retailer in China and operates more than 20,000 stores selling shoes, including Belle, Staccato...

16 July 2019

Alibaba. 100 Hema stores in China. No more

Miriam Forte, Director of Corporate Communication at Alibaba Group, told Global Retail News “We have no more than 100 Hema stores in China at the end of June 2019. We have no further news...

16 July 2019

A key focus on Chinese visitors visiting Europe

Guerlain has created a role called ‘Global Shopper Manager’ for Maria Rosaria Marguglio. Her mission is to boost the brand on Chinese social media like WeChat and Little Red Book. This...

16 July 2019

Tata dreams to be the new Zara in India

Tata Group, partner of Inditex SA (US$29 billion in 2018) for a decade and running 20 Zara stores, is building its own fashion chain, as fashionable as Zara but half price. Trent (US$306 million...

16 July 2019

MINISO Plans US$1 Billion IPO

All over the world, the decoration sector is gaining ground, driven by expanding 100% offline players, focused on low prices such as Action, Sostrene Grene, Hema, Flying Tiger, etc. In China...

16 July 2019

India. Go Sport aims to catch up with Decathlon

Go Sport, French sporting goods retailer (sales of €800 million in 2018, + 6% year-on-year), concluded a master-franchise agreement at the end of 2017 with the Indian Tablez Group (part of...

16 July 2019

Africa’s single market perspective boosts stores openings

“The 20th century was the century of Asia, the 21st will be Africa’s”, said Jacques Carles, President of the Centre of Luxury and Creation, during a conference Paris in June. For...

16 July 2019

African designer values haute couture garbage

Originally from Comoros, fashion designer Sakina M’Sa (whose brand is listed at the BHV, at the Front de Mode store in Paris with a turnover up by 67% in the year to March 2019) combines...

16 July 2019

Seddiqi hosts Gentle Monster in Middle East

South Korean sunglasses retailer Gentle Monster signed an agreement with the Dubai-based group Seddiqi Holding to open in the Middle East. On May 30, 2019, the first Emirati Gentle Monster store...

16 July 2019

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