Microsoft is opening its first European store in the UK on July 11th. The software giant will launch this new store at Oxford Circus in London, at the junction of …
The French fashion house Hermès first entered the Dutch market in 2006, opening a modest boutique on the city’s golden mile of upscale retail, but as said, it has relocated, …
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 …
Jon Stine’s -Research Affiliate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Auto-ID Laboratory and Consulting Affiliate of The Sprosty Network – point of view on the future of retail and …