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Saks Fifth Avenue teams with Reliance Retail to enter India amid luxury boom

Inside Retail

Infant stage The department store industry is nascent in India since the format (as per the usual definition) does not exist yet, Selvane Mohandas du Mnil, managing director at International Association of Department Stores (IADS), told Inside Retail.

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Retailers ride the heatwave: How Asia’s summer is driving foot traffic and sales

Inside Retail

Specialty store sales during August climbed by almost 12 per cent, and the impact was so large that it showed up not just in the results for that particular quarter but for the year as a whole. And get some retail therapy at the same time. Needless to say, the commercial benefit was huge.

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After 10 years, Japan’s Aeon seems ready to conquer Vietnam’s regions

Inside Retail

Aeon has been quietly rolling out supermarkets under its MaxValu brand and plans to open three more this year. It will also continue an upgrade program of the southern Vietnamese Citimart store network it acquired in 2014 and continue to expand the chain.

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Retail Statistics You Should Know

Small Biz Trends

We have assembled all the numbers you need, including store operations, shopper behaviors, how retailers market their businesses, and much more. If you own a retail store or are considering shop ideas for a new one, take a look at the stats below. Retail Statistics: The Big Picture. Physical Stores.

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Why Retailer Market Fit Is Important For A Product Startup

Retail Bound

Today’s modern retail ecosystem is dynamic, complex, and involves multiple channels like large-chain, specialty and regional stores, catalog retailers, ecommerce sites, TV shopping networks, incentive, and reward marketing channels, and B2B verticals like hospitality, travel, and more. Retail Store/Channel Size.

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MUST Wine Loft Discovers Charcuterie Must-Haves By Ordering On RangeMe

Rangeme

After working in the hospitality industry for more than 20 years and gaining years of buying experience, Arkwright decided it was finally time to open her own specialty store and cafe. She teamed up with retired cheesemonger, Raymond Cotteret, in 2020 and got to work on a business plan that would make their dreams come true.

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Walmart depart Japan – What Went Wrong?

Nelson Blackley

is selling most of Japanese retailer Seiyu to KKR & Co. giant retreats from its two-decade attempt to crack Japan’s retail market. Rakuten and KKR will seek to shore up Seiyu’s digital operations as demand for online retail grows in Japan amid the COVUD-19 pandemic. Walmart Inc. and Rakuten Inc. billion yen ($1.6