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According to David Le Douarin, retailers must monitor key indicators to enhance retail efficiency, including seamless customer identification, acquisition cost and price expectations.

6 June 2017

“LINA’S BUSINESS IN LEBANON MOVED FROM EUPHORIA TO A PERIOD OF RATIONALISATION”

While Lebanon is a historic market for the Lina’s restaurant chain, stability remains uncertain. Sophie Baqué met Antoine Guillorit, Director of International Development at Lina’s.

18 May 2017

“LEBANON IS AN ARABIC COUNTRY INFUSED WITH A QUALITY EUROPEAN SCENT”

In Lebanon, the ABC Group is active in all the key retail sectors. The firm is a traditional retailer and outlet operator, plus a franchise partner and a developer of shopping centres. Sophie...

18 May 2017

CATERING SECTOR. A EUROPEAN OFFENSIVE FOR TASTE

Within the catering sector, no European player managed to become truly global compared to Burger King or McDonald’s. Faced with such Anglo-Saxon domination, new European players such as Vapiano...

19 April 2017

NOSTRUM MIXES FOOD SERVICE AND SUBSCRIPTION

As Carrefour, Tesco and Picard are expanding their in-store restaurants, the Spanish chain Nostrum has invented a smart discount model, which combines food service and subscriptions. Sophie Baqué...

18 April 2017

A FOCUS ON THE WORLD’S BIGGEST ONLINE RETAILERS

If Amazon is leading the shift to online, many traditional stores are also seeing strong online growth. Based on the Deloitte’s survey, Global Retail News analysed the performances of the most...

30 March 2017

HOW MADE.COM IS CHANGING THE RULES OF RETAIL

In the home furnishing sector, Made’s business relies on digital services and attracts younger clients through a mix of excellent design and low prices. Sophie Baqué met Philippe Chainieux, who...

14 March 2017

Three retailers disrupting the furniture sector

Faced with demand for customisation, e-commerce, low prices and innovative design in the highly-fragmented furniture sector, few retailers have reached economies of scale. Global Retail News...

14 March 2017

How do European shoppers think?

Marrit Laning, Head of Research at Redevco, explains the latest survey of 14,000 consumers in the U.K., Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France and Spain.

9 February 2017

Global retail ranking. Amazon is now the 10th largest retailer

The 20th edition of the “Global Powers of Retailing” survey from Deloitte showcases the performances of the 250 largest retailers. U.S. firms, headed by Wal-Mart, remain the big gorillas and...

9 February 2017

“We want to roll out franchised store networks in emerging countries”

Within developing countries and an unsophisticated retail market, LafargeHolcim has expanded beyond cement manufacturing into a full retailer of building materials. Sophie Baqué met Iqbal Omar...

9 February 2017

MOROCCO MALL, THE MALL OF THE MONTH

In Casablanca, the owner of Morocco Mall has a vertical business strategy. We investigate how this mall keeps attracting tenants, despite mixed results.

12 January 2017

CHINESE FAILURES : WHAT WENT WRONG FOR RETAILERS?

In 2016, several foreign retailers closed operations in China, where the retail market is increasingly mature and competitive. What did not work? Between e-commerce business, building flagships or...

12 January 2017

Which are the world’s most expensive High Streets?

After years of tremendous growth, the world’s highest rental values have reached a plateau in 2016. How can they recover growth again?

20 December 2016

Rent the Runway, The Concept of the month

“Look at the dress I rented at Neiman Marcus!” Neil Stern, Senior Partner at McMillan Doolittle, explains this amazing U.S. innovation.

20 December 2016

A race to the best retail space

As a growing share of retail sales now happen outside stores, how are retail property owners seeing the future? Between brand exposure and rationalisation, how should retailers operate their store...

20 December 2016

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