Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is in talks with Germany’s Metro about taking a stake in the German wholesaler’s China operations, three sources told Reuters. Metro and Alibaba …
Tiffany & Co. opened its Tiffany Cafe in Tokyo, the first of its kind in Japan. Unlike the upscale locales of many of its other stores, this one is located …
China’s largest toy retailer and distributor, Kidsland, has introduced FAO Schwarz with its first Asian flagship store. The FAO Schwarz Beijing flagship is located inside the Kidsland flagship store at …
Food, e-commerce and store-within-a-store concepts take center stage in a new “urban supercenter” format that Walmart Canada opened in Toronto. The new 139,000-square-foot store blends an omnichannel shopping experience with enhanced …
Landmark Group’s largest fashion retailer, Centrepoint, plans to open 18 new stores across locations in the GCC by June 2020, it has been announced. The expansion will take the brand’s …
Leading coffee chain Starbucks has opened a “silent cafe” in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, where about half of the staff are hearing impaired, as part of an initiative to …
Amazon just made another big move into food, picking up a stake in one of the United Kingdom’s top restaurant delivery services. Deliveroo announced that it had raised $575 million …
Walmart unveiled a new “store of the future” and test grounds for emerging technologies, including AI-enabled cameras and interactive displays. The store, a working concept called the Intelligent Retail Lab — …
Five key trends for 2020 include Preemptive Distribution, Mobile Proliferation, Price and Product Personalization, Retailer Collaborations with Technology Companies and Associate Empowerment & Virtual Assistance. 1. Preemptive Distribution A key …
High street brand Zara has launched its online shopping platform in the UAE in both English and Arabic, offering womenswear, menswear, childrenswear and TRF lines. Shoppers will be able to …
French supermarket group Auchan Retail has agreed to sell almost all the activities of its loss-making Auchan Retail Italia arm to Conad, the Italian co-operative retail group. The French retailer …
Ikea opened a new city-centre concept store in Paris as the Swedish furniture giant tries a new strategy for winning over urban consumers that will be rolled out internationally this …