Local trading reaches maturity
Having already made their mark on the food sector, local stores are now popping up more frequently in other sectors, bringing what are by now well-developed concepts to our city...
New smart Carrefour Market concept store in Warsaw: the perfect mix of brick-and-mortar and digital experiences
After years of inertia, Carrefour is finally innovating, and beyond French borders. Our expert Jean-Marc Mégnin travelled to Warsaw to explore a whole new concept store version of Carrefour Market....
“To find what I am looking for” at the top of customers’ fundamental expectations
Unveiled in Paris on May 29th, the results of the Baromètre de la Valeur Shopper® (Shopper Value Barometer) confirmed a trend which had been drawn for 2-3 years: the “To...
The low prices are back
Shops closing, brands disappearing … Are we witnessing a “retail apocalypse”? In the opinion of Jean-Marc Mégnin, General Manager of Shoppermind, we shouldn’t see this as a disaster just yet, because if...
What if supply should now structure demand ?
To become a household name, a cross-cultural and cross-generation icon like Levi’s and Converse twenty years ago, and like Apple these past ten years. Such is the objective that...
The future of retail rests on its ability to tell stories and not just sell products
There’s no doubt; there’s going to be a pre- and a post-2017. This year, we’re seeing the reinvention of retail , a reinvention that tends to erase the barriers between...
When New Retail Meets 11.11 in China
Alibaba Group is about to announce the official beginning of the ninth edition of 11.11, the world’s biggest sales event which was initially conceived to be 100% online. This year,...
Exclusive: Costco to open its first Chinese store in Shanghai Pudong.
By Jean-Marc MEGNIN, General Manager Few people know and details are hard to come by but it’s official: after testing out the Chinese market for three years via virtual...
Low prices and Amazon Echo at the end of the aisles : the crazy week of Whole Foods-Amazon
Jeff Bezos said, upon receiving NRF’s Top Retailer award in 2013, “In order to break a new market, Amazon focuses on the weakest part of its economic model.” Four years...
Will Amazon be threatened by the Walmart/Google partnership?
First Amazon and Whole Foods, now it’s the turn of Walmart and Google! Further proof that, as already discussed here, we are currently experiencing the third stage of a worldwide...