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Mind Retail met Marcella Wartenbergh, C.E.O. of AWWG (formerly Pepe Jeans Group) in a video interview. After a difficult year during which the Web accounted for 21% of the activity, she shares her...

4 May 2021

The US economy grew by 6.4% in Q1

After a G.D.P. decline of -3.3% during 2020, the U.S.A. economy grew by 6.4% in the first quarter of 2021, announced the Commerce Department.

4 May 2021

“Miniso relies on Big Data to create in-store traffic”

The Miniso Chinese retailer (4,500 stores, €10 billion turnover in 2020) built a data-driven model for range management. Mind Retail discussed with Jonathan Siboni, Co-Founder of Miniso in France...

4 May 2021

E-commerce. Affirm and Returnly invent a new customer service territory

In the U.S.A, the Affirm company which specialises in Buy Now Pay Later (B.N.P.L.) is extending their services with the purchase of Returnly. The specialist in deferred payments combines instant...

4 May 2021

Franprix. Which profitability for e-commerce?

Faced with the onslaught of on-demand delivery startups, Franprix (872 stores at the end of December 2020, including 479 franchises) wants to emphasis their e-commerce offensive. A discussion with...

27 April 2021

Online marketplaces now subject to V.A.T.

Initially scheduled for January 1st, 2021, the implementation of the European directive from 2017, related to V.A.T. on e-commerce transactions, will be effective on July 1st. Marketplaces...

27 April 2021

Beauty. Yves Rocher pushes digital boundaries

From partnerships with marketplaces, focus on e-commerce growth, acceleration in social selling to considerations for physical stores, Yves Rocher is reviewing fundamentals. Mind Retail shares the...

16 April 2021

Retailers and tenants clash over the very notion of turnover

In the United States and in Europe, variable rents are dividing retailers and landlords. It is increasingly difficult to distinguish between online and in-store sales. This involves solving a...

16 April 2021

Is relocation a realistic option ?

A talk with Sébastien Breteau, C.E.O. of the QIMA company specialized in industrial audits.

22 March 2021

Fashion. How to accelerate the Time to Market ?

Based in Hong Kong, Francesco Zancanaro is the Managing Director of the manufacturing company New Flame. He produces garment for retailers such as Fila, Bra N’ Things, Champion, and Boxeur.

22 March 2021

A cultural revolution for retailers in China

In China, the digital shift is forcing high-end brands and retailers to innovate at breakneck speed. They have to change their state of minds, taking a step back from former arrogant postures to...

22 March 2021

Staff incentives. What are variable pay schemes for a digital age?

“Beyond individual incentives based on physical sales, it is necessary to integrate customer satisfaction criteria in a collective and more qualitative approach”

26 February 2021

China remains the world’s economic engine

“According to forecasts from the World Bank and the FMI, the Chinese economy is expected to overtake the American by 2028”

26 February 2021

COMMERCIAL SPACES ON SALE ?

Debt gives managerial instability and loss of value. Questions are swirling about the strategy of property owners, who historically focused only on retail and destination shopping centres.

26 February 2021

Property. Arbitrate – right now

In the U.S.A. and Europe, G.R.N. interviewed major retail and property management. Their answers illustrate a future business model.

22 January 2021

C&A. Throwback on an unusual year

After 3 years in general management teams at Primark Italy, Damien Defforey joined the Dutch group C&A (1,400 stores in 18 countries). At the head of the French subsidiary, G.R.N. interviewed him...

21 January 2021

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