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At the end of 2019, children's clothing retailer Petit Bateau (Rocher Group, turnover of €2.5 billion in 2019) operated 441 stores in 60 countries. 50% of turnover in 2019 was generated outside...

20 April 2020

SPECIALISED RETAIL. STRATEGIC business interventions in force

Delaying collections, shifting online, operating smarter promotions. Fashion and accessory retailers share their strategic choices.

20 April 2020

Grocery stores. What strategies for the end of the crisis?

Many food retailers could emerge from the crisis with more punch than they have entered. But with which organisational schemes? G.R.N. decrypts their short and long-term action plans from Europe...

20 April 2020

“Chinese may (carefully) return to stores. Or perhaps not.”

As a retail expert based in Shanghai, Eric Song Yun is the Founder of Songyun Information Technology Co. For Global Retail News, he explained how business is resuming in China’s economic capital...

20 April 2020

China and Austria. Which learnings as stores reopen?

From China to Austria, retail is gradually emerging from hibernation. What are the most effective strategies and timetables?

20 April 2020

“Retail businesses will continue to shift online, depending on their capacities to do so”

What’s happening in the U.S. and South Korea? Neil Stern, Senior Partner at McMillan Doolittle in Chicago and Board Member of E-Mart (South Korea) offers an analysis.

19 March 2020

Ingka Group. “Instead of building malls, we are looking to buy existing urban assets”

While Ikea has clearly prioritised city centre formats, Sophie Baqué met Jan Kristensson, in charge of the brand's real estate strategy.

18 March 2020

Retailers face an enforced halt to business

Non essential store operations are closed by governments whilst grocery retailers struggle with exploding demand, both online and in stores. Retailers have tough questions as they face a temporary...

17 March 2020

IS DATA PRIVACY THE NEW PILLAR OF THE U.S. AGAINST CHINA?

In just 12 months, the U.S. retail landscape changed its attitude regarding protection of private data. Some experts go even further, comparing Western democraties and ‘Chinese autocracies’ run...

18 February 2020

3 questions to Otto Ambagtsheer, C.E.O. of Via Outlets

“Second-hand products and outlets have a natural connection”

18 February 2020

Amazon moves to global n°3 retailer

Fresh from the Retail Big Show, Deloitte publishes a detailed study of the World’s top 250 retailers. G.R.N. considers the results. What are the main trends forming international retail? The...

18 February 2020

Phygital. Return to basic principals

After emerging as a disruptive new business, digital is transforming core retail business. What are the technologies which allow more operational efficiency in stores? Looking of ‘phygital’...

14 January 2020

With Greenweez, Carrefour aims to become Europe’s n°1 organic e-retailer

The organic market is gaining customer traction, both online and in physical stores. Greenweez.com, a Carrefour subsidiary which specialises in online grocery, is moving pawns into Europe. Sophie...

12 December 2019

“Values of medium-sized shopping centres are falling, we don’t see a clear future for this class of asset”

Patrick Delcol, Head of Pan-European Retail at BNP Paribas Real Estate answers key questions for G.R.N.

12 December 2019

Are shopping centres still justifiable?

What is the “raison d’etre” of shopping centres in 2020, and after? At the Mapic conference held in November, GRN explored a sector in the midst of critical change.

12 December 2019

2nd hand retailers with zero climate impact

How to combine environmental care with savings? The 2nd hand trend, born from childcare and furniture, now disrupts an array of categories, from luxury to mass fashion and sporting goods.

14 November 2019

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