Americas
In the USA and Canada, Walmart is removing traditional checkouts and offering only self-service in several stores. Decathlon, which uses RFID, made the same choice for stores in Brossard...
Despite a 5% drop in sales to US$7.4 billion (fiscal year ending mid-September 2021 via 399 stores), Primark opened 15 new stores last...
Americas, World news - November 2021
U.S. investor supports Ahold Delhaize’s IPO plans
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Americas, World news - November 2021
Conversational commerce. Walmart buys Botmock
On November 2nd, 2021, Walmart (2 billion baskets per quarter) bought shares in the start-up Botmock. The latter, created in 2016, specialises...
To prevent this hiccup, 52% of U.S. shoppers surveyed are starting gift buying earlier than usual....
Americas, World news - November 2021
Frederico Trajano, head of Magazine Luiza, is revolutionising Brazilian e-commerce
Since taking over the household appliance retailer in 2015, Frederico Trajano (C.E.O.) has transformed the chain nicknamed Magalu into a hive of...
From Costco to Ikea or Nike, no major retailer is immune to surprises of the post-Covid economic recovery. The issue is all...
Ron Johnson. This is the story of a modern retail guru (in 2001, Johnson helped Steve Jobs create the first Apple Store)...
The U.S. grocery retailer Walmart (2 billion transactions per quarter) is launching Walmart Luminate, a customer data sharing platform operated by Dunnhumby....
In the U.S. and Canada, The Body Shop (a subsidiary of Brazilian cosmetics giant Natura Group) partnered with on-demand delivery platform Instacart....
