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Sam Bergius, Amazon Marketplace Manager, is responsible for Fulfillment By Amazon in the UK, managing FBA selling partners in both the U.K. and the European Union. Amazon has just postponed by 10...

3 July 2023

USA. Why Paco Rabanne and Kering are investing in beauty

In parallel with a diversification into make-up, Paco Rabanne announces the opening of a flagship store in New York. Meanwhile, Kering is due to acquire the Creed perfume brand. For the luxury...

29 June 2023

Sandrine Préfaut, Locala: “A quarter of retailers have begun to ‘discountise’ their offer”

In an exclusive interview with mind Retail, Locala, a specialist in multi-local solutions ranging from "drive to store" to visibility issues, presents the three key findings of an annual survey of...

28 June 2023

Online returns: Rendez Vous Déco’s initiatives to recreate value

Repacking workshops, sending spare parts to customers... To get more value out of returned products, the furniture pure-player is stepping up initiatives. A 2 month-trial increased returned...

23 June 2023

Carrefour Banque: “The turnover generated by PASS cardholders is 2.4 times higher than other customers”

Between now and 2026, the Carrefour Group has set up an objective to accelerate the digital transformation of financial services. Orli Hazan, C.E.O. of Carrefour Banque since February 2021...

19 June 2023

[op-ed] How European retailers are getting prepared for the new-generation Chinese tourists ?

Selvane Mohandas du Ménil, Managing Director at International Association of Department Stores, explains the current retail strategies after the reopening of the Chinese borders in January 2023...

2 June 2023

Carrefour to cut up to 1,500 head office jobs

Carrefour's strategy for reducing staff has two aims. The first is to increase the leased stores (by the end of June, 25% of French hypermarkets will be leased and more than 50% of Carrefour...

1 June 2023

Unibail Rodamco Westfield sells assets in Florida and France

With 1st quarter results showing an increase in mall vacancies in both the U.S.A. and in Europe, URW continues to clean up a balance sheet amid a tightening credit market.

31 May 2023

[Case study] Merchandising : How Etam went from 15 to 4 days for new collections set up

With 1,300 points of sale, which account for most of turnover, the Etam Group (Etam, Undiz, Maison 123, Ysé and Livy) adopted the Yoobic application to ensure compliance with in-store...

24 May 2023

Lease transfer: Mall of America wins Supreme Court case

With the Supreme Court's decision, the largest mall in the U.S. continues the challenge against a former president of Sears, requiring the ability to rent commercial space at a higher rate than an...

24 May 2023

Non-food: Lidl expands an online non-food business

Following the Belgian online store launch by Action last week with 150 products (already selling in Netherlands since 2021), Lidl has just launched an e-commerce website in France dedicated to...

23 May 2023

B2B: Ikea, Home Depot and Lowe’s strengthen their loyalty programmes for professionals

Since the beginning of the year, brands in the home and D.I.Y. sectors have launched and enhanced loyalty schemes for B2B customers. What are the different offers? An overview of the initiatives.

17 May 2023

Peter Pernot-Day, Shein: “With our production model, we have an unsold rate of 10%”

The Singaporean ultra-fast fashion retailer, which is due to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, is estimated as the world’s third largest fashion retailer. While Shein is accused of forced...

16 May 2023

Coty, Estée Lauder, L’Oréal: China at the heart of the strategy

Cosmetics giants have accelerated their investments and development for the Chinese market in 2022, including new outlets and building innovation centres. We consider the main strategies.

4 May 2023

Galeries Lafayette: New impetus in China, concern for the 25 French stores in provinces

While Galeries Lafayette has signed with a new Chinese partner, in France, the financial safeguard procedure for 26 department stores raises stakes of territory appeal at a national level.

28 April 2023

Decathlon relies on Heyteam on-boarding to optimise integration of dual work-study

From 2021, the sporting goods retailer Decathlon partnered with a Heyteam staff induction platform to seamlessly integrate new work-study students. These have more than doubled in three years. The...

28 April 2023

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On October 20, 2025, the Amazon Web Services cloud (Amazon Q2 2025 revenue: 168 billion dollars, up by 13.3%) was down for several hours before returning to normal. Numerous websites and...

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During Advertising Week in New York, the Canadian food retailer Loblaw (2024 turnover: 44.8 billion dollars, up by 2.5% year-on-year) announced on October 8, that it would strengthen a network of...

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