Kroger-Albertsons: US$24.6 billion merger to create a customer data giant Americas In the U.S.A., the food retailer Kroger announced the purchase of competitor Albertsons on 14th October 2022. While this deal looks defensive in the short term, it is also offensive in the long term.
South Korea’s Paris Baguette sets up in London and accelerates in the U.S.A. Americas Asia Europe At a time when the South Korean group SPC is under fire for working conditions, its Paris Baguette chain (4,000 bakeries worldwide, including 3,400 in South Korea and 600 in the U.S.A.,…
Free Brazil. Food retailers want to create a common marketplace Americas Brazil’s largest retail association ABRAS, which hosts 1,200 grocery retailers managing 90,000 stores, wants to create a common digital marketplace.…
Macy’s gives up on a spin-off for e-commerce Americas As another decision that supports omnichannel, at the end of February 2022, Macy’s department stores (total turnover of US$24.4 billion in 2021,…
Walgreens Boots Alliance launches 22 robotic warehouses Americas The U.S. drugstores giant Walgreens Boots Alliance (sales of US$33.8 billion in Q2 2022, up by 3% year-on-year) announced on 30th March investment for 22 new robotic micro-centres in the United States by the end of 2024.…
Etam launches into the USA with Nordstrom Americas According to Women’s Wear Daily, lingerie retailer Etam is making a U.S.A.…
Free Instacart wants to build warehouses in the U.S.A. Americas Instacart (revenue of US$1.8 billion in 2021) unveiled a new strategic direction at the end of March 2022.…
Live shopping: Walmart in rollout phase Americas In February and March 2022, Walmart (revenue of US$ 573 billion in 2021 up by 1.6%) carried out 8 live shopping events with the Talkshoplive platform.…
Pinterest launches integrated payment solution inside the app Americas On March 10th, 2022, Pinterest (US$2.58 billion in revenue in 2021, up 52% with 400 million monthly active users including 19 million in France) launched “Pinterest Checkout”,…
TK Maxx and other fashion brands boycott Russia Americas Following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, TK Maxx is selling its stake in the Russian retailer Familia. Another American has been added to the list of fashion brands suspending activities in Russia.
