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In Tunisia (with a population of 11.5 million), Carrefour aims to accelerate sales via e-commerce. The Group is planning a move from a pilot business model of in-store picking and delivery to...

17 June 2019

Has online grocery in the U.S. become more popular?

Today, in the U.S.A., food retail represents also the biggest challenge and opportunity for e-commerce. According to a 2019 study from Coresight Research, 37% of U.S. consumers bought groceries...

17 June 2019

U.S. Wayfair expands into “brick & mortar”

After numerous of pop-up stores in the U.S., the online home furnishing retailer Wayfair, (most of staff are Millennial profiles) announced a new 350 sq.m store this Autumn in the Natick Mall...

17 June 2019

Brazilian giant Natura Cosmeticos grows with Avon

The British beauty company Avon is moving under a Brazilian flag. The Sao-Paulo based Natura Cosmeticos aims to purchase Avon (founded in 1886) for more than US$2 billion. With an all-stock offer...

17 June 2019

Weight loss cure for Auchan Retail

Appointed in October 2018 as President of Auchan Retail, Edgard Bonte is in the midst of a radical restructure to reduce losses. As a global player in the grocery retail sector with a turnover of...

17 June 2019

U.K. The retail property market is under pressure

The Romans called a “hectatomb” a sacrifice of at least 100 oxen. With Mothercare (60 store closures), Debenhams (50), Marks & Spencer (110), New Look (25), and now Boots (with...

17 June 2019

Italy. The potential of retail parks

According to a Duff & Phelps study published at Mapic Italy (23rd and 24th May 2019), Italy has 914 shopping centers (78% of GLA sq.m) and 214 retail parks (16% of GLA sq.m). 44% of these were...

17 June 2019

France. Leroy Merlin opens a cooking concept store

The D.I.Y. giant opened a 170 sq.m concept store in Nice at Malaussena Street. This is dedicated to the Delinia ID kitchen program. The store offers 140 models of facades and 27 kitchen handles...

17 June 2019

Switzerland. 8 Decathlon stores planned

The French chain of sporting goods (with 16 units in Switzerland) announced 8 new openings by the end of the year, according to the development director of Decathlon Switzerland. This strategy is...

17 June 2019

Germany. Rewe invests in catering

The supermarket chain Rewe bought Lekkerland. This wholesaler runs service stations, bakeries, restaurants (snacking and take-away meals) in 7 European countries. In 2018, the company generated an...

17 June 2019

Specialised retail. The biggest players expand into 2nd hand businesses

If Decathlon was a trailblazer with the Trocathlon fairs dating back to 1982, a cohort of online and offline specialised retailers are now expanding second-hand businesses, creating a trend called...

17 June 2019

Germany. Hornbach in a media storm

Presenting annual results on May 27th, the C.E.O. of the D.I.Y. chain is reeling from media outrage caused by an advertising campaign. This potentially racist advert showed Asian women swooning...

17 June 2019

Spain. Mikhail Fridman wins discounter Dia

The Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman succeeded in taking over the Dia discounter. Already the major shareholder, Fridman won the support of banks like Santander to avoid bankruptcy for Dia. The...

17 June 2019

Sweden. Ikea accelerates mobile e-commerce

The Swedish group announced an upgraded new smartphone function to allow direct product orders within the app. Available for France and the Netherlands, this will launch at the end of 2019 in 8...

17 June 2019

Department stores. Printemps flirts with new territories

Acquired in 2013 by Qatari investors for €1.6 billion, the Printemps Group is expanding again in foreign markets. By 2021 a very large department store covering more than 30,000 sq.m GLA will...

17 June 2019

In Berlin, H&M tries a “Big Data” collection

After poor results of 2018, with a turnover of €23.65 billion and a fall in new profit by 13%, the world’s second largest fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz promised to...

17 June 2019

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