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The British retailer Sainsbury opened a 1st Selly Oak store. The new concept raises the level of sophistication for shopping in a supermarket, offering complex and multiple department store...

16 January 2019

Beauty retailer Douglas AG expands market position

As one of Europe’s leading premium beauty retailer, Douglas continues to develop and enhance the well-established brand. The German group (2,400 stores in 21 countries) has changed logo and...

16 January 2019

Clas Ohlson’s cautious strategy of less international and more services

Swedish home improvement chain Clas Ohlson AB (237 stores) is taking a completely different business direction. Following her appointment as C.E.O. in June 2017, previously Ikea’s Head of...

16 January 2019

Amsterdam promotes local retailers.

The city of Amsterdam and property developer Greenhouse launched a new digital platform promoting local Dutch retailers. The platform is “Bij Ons Amsterdam”, translated as “With...

16 January 2019

New service helps independent shops in West London.

The giant London landowner Grosvenor Estates introduced a new retail concierge service as a landlord to help smaller, independent retailers build a high street presence in the West End. With the...

16 January 2019

Danish designer Henrik Vibskov takes on Paris with new Pop up-store.

The Danish fashion designer Henrik Vibskov has opened a first pop-up store in Paris, offering direct sales of designer men’s and women’s collections for the autumn/winter. This is...

16 January 2019

Amazon under fire in Europe.

The e-commerce giant Amazon is the target of an antitrust probe into the terms the company sets for other sellers in Germany. Amazon is both the largest retailer and the biggest platform for...

16 January 2019

Sézane, the French cult-brand expands in U.K.

The French fashion brand Sézane founded by Morgane Sézalory is expanding outside France. Sézalory started her career by selling vintage clothes on eBay before developing her...

16 January 2019

Ikea déploiera au printemps un premier magasin urbain à New-York

The world’s leading furniture company Ikea is heading out into cities to meet customers “wherever they are” and to win future clients, as 70% of the global population will live...

16 January 2019

Italy: Clothing Italian chain OVS in difficulty.

An exceptionally mild autumn in Europe hit low-cost clothing group OVS (turnover of €1.4 billion in 2016), issuing a profit warning on 5th December. With 1,473 stores in 2016, OVS is the...

16 January 2019

Four new formats for Leroy Merlin España.

Leroy Merlin and Akí (both part of French Groupe Adeo) joined forces on 1st January 2019. According to web site “diyinternational.com”, Leroy Merlin will operate under four...

16 January 2019

Germany: First losses for Aldi Nord occurs.

The German discounter has made losses for the first time in its home market, selling via 2,300 stores. Turnover was only up by 1%, well below the planned rate of 4% growth. In 2017, Aldi Nord...

16 January 2019

Poland: Biedronka plans 100 to 150 new stores in the coming years.

Portuguese retail group Jerónimo Martins plans to open up to 150 Biedronka supermarkets each year in Poland. The company operates 2,850 stores under the Biedronka banner in Poland following...

16 January 2019

Gemo begins international expansion with its “family store” concept

Faced with a competitive environment against Primark or Amazon, Gemo is remodelling operations. Founded in 1991 by the family group Biotteau, which also owns Eram, the value brand previously sold...

16 January 2019

IN CHINA, RETAIL businesses face a new law on e-commerce in 2019

China will implement new e-commerce laws with effect from January 1st 2019. Market leaders such as Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent and Xiomi (B.A.T.X.) or the Chinese G.A.F.A. (Google, Apple, Facebook and...

16 January 2019

Retail is « Datail »

Algorithms. Data science. Robotics. Artificial Intelligence (AI) helps retailers to handle a vast amount of challenges, including optimisation of supply-chain management in real time, delivery...

16 January 2019

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