Non-Store Retailing

H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M) remains a global giant. The change in emphasis to online and the efforts to cut markdowns has curtailed its store opening programme in 2019. After a difficult three years, the giant is showing signs of going in the right...

Flipkart Online Services Pvt Ltd is a leading internet retailer in the country. Amid increasing competition and recent changes to the FDI policy, Flipkart is increasing its focus on new categories to sustain its growth. After it got acquired by ...

Although Walmart remained the largest retailer in the world by value sales in 2018, intensifying competition from e-commerce giants such as Amazon and Alibaba means that its reign at the top appears less secure now than at any time in the recent ...

eBay Inc is a publicly owned multinational company which operates www.ebay.com, a marketplace, and StubHub, an online ticket platform in the US. The company’s main product is its third party marketplace, which processes person-to-person transactions....

Coupang is one of the fastest growing online retailing companies in South Korea. It has invested aggressively in the development of new features, including foodservice delivery and 24 hour delivery. Coupang is also expanding its food and drink ...

Target is one of the most prominent big box retailers in the US. The company has found success by adhering to a “cheap chic” aesthetic, and excels at offering stylish products at competitive prices. Target operates a vast network of mass merchandiser...

Group Auchan SA is a French international retail group and multinational corporation headquartered in France. It is one of the world's principal distribution groups with a presence in France, and internationally in 17 countries in Europe, the Middle ...

As one of the industry leaders in internet retailing in China, JD.com has built its reputation on its in-house logistics system. To strengthen its position further, it has opened its platform to third party merchants, introduced the new platform ...

In December 2018, Otto Group launched its last Otto catalogue and is fully embracing digitisation. Going forward, Otto Group will work on becoming a fully digitised retail and service company. As part of its strategy, Otto is working on entering the ...

Dixons Carphone Plc is on its way to becoming a fully-fledged multi-channel retailer offering consumers both a digital store experience at home, and skilled staff in its 3-in-1 stores, combining Dixons, Carphone Warehouse and Curry’s PC World in the ...

German retailer Zalando continues to maintain its cross-platform online store while expanding horizons to new product offerings and exploring pop-up store ‘experience more’ physical retailing concepts. The company is also shifting its focus to offer ...

J Sainsbury Plc operates in a variety of sectors, with grocery retailing being the core. With the acquisition of Home Retail Group in 2016, the company expanded its general merchandise business. Currently, the company is focusing on improving its ...

The Ahold and Delhaize merger in 2016 established the combined company as the world’s seventh-largest retailer. Especially in the core US market the merger created many opportunities for synergies, which the company is seeking to realise. The ...

Most of the major economies in Latin America have faced significant economic and political challenges that have affected consumer spending across product categories, including purchases at grocery retailers. Economic crises in Brazil, Argentina and ...

Walgreens has been a leading pharmacy retailer in the US for more than one hundred years. The company has expanded into other geographies, and a significant share of its growth is via acquisitions. Today, the company continues to acquire competitors,...

Tesco Plc has been forced to scale back its much-vaunted ambitions, disposing of large chunks of its international portfolio to focus on its struggling domestic UK business. The company has returned to basics and is seeking to regain consumer trust, ...

Casino Guichard-Perrachon SA continues to innovate, signing a deal with UK online grocery specialist Ocado in 2017 to invigorate its home delivery, and rolling out a succession of more upmarket concepts in France. Its Assaí warehouse club in Latin ...

Mainly targeting young female consumers, Vipshop provides a wide range of products, including apparel, footwear, handbags, cosmetics, maternal and baby products, and home products with mid to premium level positioning. The company’s increasing ...

As one of the industry leaders in internet retailing in China, JD.com has further enhanced its leading position with the rapid expansion of third-party merchants with an enriched product portfolio. In addition, with massive investments in its ...

Growing internet retailing sales are impacting consumers’ purchasing habits globally. In turns, this has changed packaging requirements and demands, with the rise in home deliveries translating into lighter pack types and polarised pack sizes. ...