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Shopee won’t shirk the battles ahead
(Source: Sea Limited)
Shopee is one of those platforms that has a degree of mystique to many western commentators. For most of its existence it’s been one of those Asian operators that does very well in markets of which we know very little...
Retail Around The World: 14 August 2026
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Auchan working on another new hypermarket concept
Auchan, the French supermarket group, is developing a new hypermarket concept at Bordeaux-Bouliac, a 12,000m2 outlet generating nearly EUR130 million in annual sales. The r...
Retail Around The World: 13 August 2026
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CMA enquiry raises questions about discounters’ ranges
UK discount grocers Aldi and Lidl understated their range sizes by around 40% by counting multiple product variants as single items, according to the CMA. Both have ma...
When our food fails the trust test
(Source: Pexels/Jennifer Braun)
Of all the phrases a CPG company would want associated with its products, I’m willing to hazard that “explosive diarrhoea” ranks pretty low. But that’s the fate that befell one big US producer in recent week...
Retail Around The World: 12 August 2026
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German business resigned to US tech dependency
Nearly 88% of German companies use digital products and services from US providers, with 31% considering themselves highly dependent, according to the Ifo Institute. Despite m...
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