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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

Lesotho. Wool producers protest against Chinese monopoly

At the end of June 2019, several thousand goat farmers demonstrated in the Lesotho’s capital city (Maseru) to denounce a recent agreement that obliges them to sell all their wool and mohair...

16 July 2019

Employee activism. Wayfair workers protest

The fast-growing furniture retailer Wayfair (net sales of US$6.7 billion in 2018, up by 45%) faces adversity from their employees after the sale of US$200,000 worth of bedroom furniture to a...

16 July 2019

Nakheel Mall, Mall of the Month

The new soul of Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah, Nakheel Mall is a premium lifestyle shopping, dining and entertainment destination by master developer Nakheel. It is set to open this year, and...

16 July 2019

Brazil. Casino sells home electrical business

As part of a large debt reduction plan and simplification strategy, Casino is restructuring its Latino assets. The retailer sold the 38.3% in its home electrical business called Via Varejo...

16 July 2019

Brazil. Magazine Luiza aims to build a Brazilian equivalent of WeChat

The non-food Brazilian retailer Magazine Luiza (162 stores, 33 million app downloads) has big ambitions for the online footwear retailer Netshoes, which it has just bought after winning a fierce...

16 July 2019

Amazon increases inventory capacity in the U.S.

“Amazon’s quest for same-day and one-day delivery quest means that product warehouses are moving closer and closer to customers”, said Andre Pharand, Global Managing Director...

16 July 2019

How far will Facebook move into retail and e-commerce?

All over the world, the Facebook Group is developing payment options directly on apps, including WhatsApp, Messenger and Instagram. Since March 2019 in the U.S.A., the group has been testing an...

16 July 2019

International airports are hot channels for luxury retailers

In the U.S., retailers of luxury goods, from alcohol to high-end bags, could have found the antidote to a declining format for shopping malls. Perhaps the elixir is found at airport terminals...

16 July 2019

Thierry Garnier on the Kingfisher bridge

The “One Kingfisher” reorganisation plan is being deployed across the company, aiming to standardize the whole business including private labels and buying processes. Thierry Garnier...

16 July 2019

Ikea adopts McDonald’s best practices

In the restaurant retail sector, touch screens for self-ordering are widely available as a ubiquitous customer-facing technology. In Europe, the world’s largest furniture retailer Ikea has...

16 July 2019

L’Occitane’s profits jump, driven by the highly digital Elemis

The Swiss-based but Hong Kong-listed beauty retailer posted net sales up by 8.7% to € 1.43 billion last year (1,572 units worldwide, +17 new units year-on-year). The 22% jump in net profits...

16 July 2019

Why outlets growth is identical to e-commerce

According to Cushman & Wakefield, the productivity of brand villages in Europe would have dropped from 6.9% to 4.7% in the last ten years. As this sector attracts an array of investors...

16 July 2019

Lego owner to take control of Disney’s biggest rival

This is one of the largest acquisitions ever for the owners of the Danish toy retailer Lego (sales of US$5.6 billion in 2018 up by 4%). In a huge deal of US$7.5 billion, including debts...

16 July 2019

The Californian footwear retailer Allbirds to make inroads in Germany.

The brand of durable and high-end shoes (sold between US$130 and US$160) accelerates in Europe: it will launch a European website (Allbirds.eu) and picked up Berlin to open a first store in Europe...

16 July 2019

Maisons du Monde. Five years to double turnover?

This is the ambition of home equipment retailer Maisons du Monde (MDM, sales of €1.1 billion in 2018, up by 10%), which jousts at sales of €2 billion by 2024. Online revenue should grow...

16 July 2019

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