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According to Patrick Brenninkmeijer, Portfolio Director for Redevco Switzerland and Central Europe, secondary cities offer bright spots for retailers. He explains why Geneva is one of these.

10 June 2018

Are retailers heading towards a zero plastic strategy ?

Plastic is derived from fossil fuels and often made for a single use. It ends up in landfills and in all oceans, infiltrating all living creatures (including us) in the form of tiny “micro...

2 June 2018

Where are the retail “Eldorados” in 2018 ?

The 11th survey by C.B.R.E. “How Global is the business of retail” reveals the most targeted destinations for retailers operating outside their domestic markets. This survey identifies the 123...

2 June 2018

Interview. “Brazil is clearly in stand-by”

A discussion with Gontran Thüring, former Chief Leasing Officer at Klepierre for 27 years and General Delegate of the French National Council of Shopping Centers since 2016.

2 June 2018

How JD.com built a Chinese empire

Just like Alibaba was the biggest attraction of the NRF in New York in early 2018, the Chinese online and offline retailer JD.com created the buzz during the World Retail Congress held in April...

28 May 2018

The Future of Retail by Jerry Storch

Editor Marie Driscoll met the veteran retail executive Jerry Storch. As founder of Storch Advisors his career of over 30 years included prime role such as Vice Chairman of Target hypermarkets...

23 May 2018

FROM THE EXPERT

For Andrew Foulds, Portfolio Director of Redevco U.K., retailers should have a city view rather than a country view for their European expansion.

16 April 2018

Home-Decoration. New invaders from cold countries

Hema, Action, Sostrene Grene and Flying Tiger manage to mix functional and clean design with extremely low prices. As an interesting trend, all come from Nordic countries, where people pamper...

13 April 2018

Mc.Kinsey. Navigating into fashion’s new centre of gravity

For the 2nd year in a row, McKinsey unveiled an annual report called “The State of Fashion”. This study tracks sales, operating and economic profit of fashion retailers. Personalisation, speed to...

20 March 2018

Are showrooms the future of retail ?

For some retailers, inventory should be invisible in stores transformed into showrooms. For others, “warehouse stores” with staff preparing online orders in the back-office are a smarter...

19 March 2018

Amazon is now the 6th largest global retailer

The 21st edition of the “Global Powers of Retailing” survey from Deloitte showcases how the 250 largest retailers performed in 2016. U.S. firms, headed by Wal-Mart, remain the big gorillas...

27 February 2018

From the Expert

Three questions answered by Mrs Bonnet-Desplan, Associate Lawyer at Ernst & Young

26 February 2018

“Who’s the boss” new grocery brand is expected in Spain and Brazil

After the wave of retail private labels, a new brand created by consumers has launched in Europe. Sophie Baqué met Nicolas Chabanne, co-founder of “Who’s the boss” and partner Gilles Tisserand...

16 February 2018

“We are the boss”

Whilst consumer mistrust has spread across traditional business and the associated inaccurate content of goods, this has sparked new and exciting initiatives in the form of “niche” brands. These...

16 February 2018

D.I.Y. ‘‘At Mano Mano, we have a wide-open opportunity ahead of us”

Becoming Europe’s biggest online retailer of D.I.Y. and gardening products is the grand ambition of Mano Mano, a specialised and fast-growing marketplace, which fills a gap unexploited by the...

18 January 2018

Market place. My best ennemy ?

For some retailers, large market places such as Amazon and Tmall can help generating additional revenue or quickly evaluate a new territory. For others, trading with them means joining forces with...

18 January 2018

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