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Japanese online retail company Rakuten is partnering with Wal-Mart-owned supermarket Seiyu to launch an online grocery service. 20,000 products will be available on the site. “We can tap...

12 December 2018

Metro is exploring partnership in China

Metro AG, the German big-box retailer and wholesaler is exploring options such as selling a minority stake or finding a strategic partner for its Chinese business. Metro China has been very...

12 December 2018

Hong Kong sports brand Xtep launches first store in India

Hong Kong-based Xtep Sports has opened its first Indian flagship store, in Bengaluru. The Xtep group specialises in footwear and sportswear with 6,035 stores in 31 China provinces plus Vietnam...

12 December 2018

Foreign brands continue for high-end home interiors market in Vietnam

Brands like Cassina, Badari Lighting, Cantori, Diemme Cucine, Formitalia, and Versace Home continue to open within the high-end interior market in Vietnam. According to the Vietnam Chamber of...

12 December 2018

Mall of the month: Bangkok’s IconSiam

Asia’s newest retail destination has finally open. With 500 stores and more than 100 restaurants, the ambitious development called ‘IconSiam’ near the riverfront in Bangkok...

12 December 2018

Chinese grocery market is expected to grow 32.6% by 2022

The Chinese grocery market is the largest grocery market in Asia. It is expected to grow significantly by 2022, preserving its status as Asian market leader. A report released by the international...

12 December 2018

Thor Equities opened 4 retail centres in Mexico

Thor Equities Group, (Mexico City-based Thor Urbana, Thor Equities Europe and Thor Equities North America), is launching 4 new projects in Mexico totalling approximately 650,000 sq.m in October...

12 December 2018

2018 Retail Reputation Report

For its annual study, Retail Reputation.com analysed 4.7 million online consumer posts on Google and Facebook, detailing in-store shopping experiences at 30,000 locations owned by 88 retail...

12 December 2018

Solid performance for Brazilian Natura & Co

The multi-brand and multi-channel group Natura &Co posted a 3rd quarter of solid performance. Consolidated sales rose 37.1% (reported sales) to reach US$837,9 million. Reported income more...

12 December 2018

Lowe’s will withdraw from Mexico

The American D.I.Y. retailer Lowe’s is looking to close retail operations over 13 stores in Mexico and 2 smaller U.S. businesses. The company has already shut 99 Orchard Supply stores in...

12 December 2018

Macy’s set to recover

The department store chain Macy’s reports fresh strong sales growth. Total sales grew 2.3% to US$5.4 billion and net income more than doubled to U$62 million from U$30 million the year...

12 December 2018

The North Face prefers mobile P.O.S. in prototype store

After a 12-month search for a site, outerwear specialist The North Face opened a 372 sq. prototype store in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg. “We consider this as a retail laboratory. This...

12 December 2018

Brandless’ pop-up shop conveyed the brand’s mission

Brandless, a San Francisco-based start-up opened in November a “pop-up with purpose” store in New York City in the trendy Meatpacking District. Brandless sells “better for...

12 December 2018

Canada Goose transforms dressing room’s into freezers

The Toronto-based company is adding frigid rooms to some of its stores where shoppers can test the luxury coats in temperatures as low as -25 degrees Celsius (-13 Fahrenheit). A Montreal location...

12 December 2018

Ferrero opened a flagship in New-York

Italian group Ferrero opened a permanent Nutella Cafe in the heart of New York City in November. The cafe, the brand’s second in the US after its debut in Chicago last year, is designed to...

12 December 2018

Office Depot likes co-working spaces

The American office supply retailer is hoping to find another use for its 1,400 store locations by turning them into co-working spaces. The company is testing the concept through a Los Gatos...

12 December 2018

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