All International articles – Page 42
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NewsCarrefour launches customer data platform for third-party brands
Grocery giant Carrefour, one of the world’s biggest retailers, has unveiled a shopper data, personalisation and media platform designed to enhance customer insight and relationships.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why the Tesco-Carrefour partnership failed to meet expectations
As Tesco and Carrefour bid one another adieu, Retail Week examines why the alliance failed and what it means for international partnerships more widely
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AnalysisThe Disruptors: The new online fashion players hunting down Asos and Boohoo
The new online fashion players hunting down internet giants Asos and Boohoo.
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NewsExclusive: Tesco to axe international wholesale business
UK grocery giant Tesco is set to axe its international wholesale business, which exports its own-brand range to partners across the globe.
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AnalysisDeep dive: Curation, destination, imagination – the new department store foundations
How can the retail format be revived to resonate with contemporary and future shoppers?
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AnalysisAnalysis: Lush and Watches of Switzerland on nailing international expansion
‘Non-essential’ UK retailers have had a bruising year and many of those that have proved most resilient have relied on international markets to bolster growth in 2020. Should more businesses look to do the same in 2021 and beyond?
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Opinion‘G7 tech tax deal won’t do much for hard-pressed retailers’
The Treasury has hailed the new G7 agreement for a minimum level of corporate tax announced on Saturday as ‘seismic’, yet it’s not as earth-shattering as it would perhaps like to suggest.
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NewsTesco and Carrefour to sever partnership after three years
Global grocery giants Tesco and Carrefour have decided to end their buying partnership, that was meant to lower prices and offer greater product choice for consumers, after just three years.
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NewsH&M’s online second-hand fashion store expands across Europe
Sellpy, the second-hand platform backed by fashion giant H&M, is to launch in 20 European countries.
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NewsOcado raises prospect of international retail expansion
Online grocer Ocado is weighing up retail opportunities outside its domestic market.
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DataData: Oxford Street – Europe’s hardest hit high street by Covid
New data has found that of Europe’s six biggest retail high streets, Oxford Street has suffered the most from lost footfall and consumer spend.
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NewsDebenhams’ Magasin du Nord sold to European fashion group
Magasin du Nord, the Danish department store business formerly owned by Debenhams, has been sold for an undisclosed sum.
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NewsM&S promotes Bickerstaffe and Machin to become chief operating officers
Marks & Spencer has unveiled a management restructure, including promotions for Katie Bickerstaffe and Stuart Machin.
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GalleryAnalysis: From weddings to skate parks – eight unique retail experiences worldwide
With Selfridges offering its world famous Oxford Street store for “non-traditional ceremonies” to couples as coronavirus restrictions are relaxed, Retail Week looks at some of the other one-of a kind experiences that stores around the world provide.
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NewsThe Entertainer targets Spanish expansion with first branded store
Family-owned toy retailer The Entertainer has set its sights on expanding its own-brand store estate in Spain, following the opening of its first fascia in Valencia.
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NewsChinese factory price hikes spark global inflation fears
Prices charged by factories in China have risen at the steepest rate for more than three years, sparking inflation fears across the globe.
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AnalysisWorldview: Key lessons from the USA’s retail sales rebound
Judging by some of the latest data on retail sales, which rose by over 30% in March, the US retail sector has not so much emerged from the pandemic into the sunlit uplands as come forth into a blazing heatwave.
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NewsZalando upgrades outlook for the year following ‘standout’ first quarter
German pureplay giant Zalando has upgraded its outlook for the 2021 financial year following what it called a “standout” first quarter.
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AnalysisRevealed: The world’s top 40 start-ups helping retailers rebuild after Covid
Retail Week’s annual Discovery report celebrates the start-ups powering retail innovation at a time when it is needed most and features cutting-edge solutions helping Tesco, Nespresso, AO.com, Marks & Spencer and more