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TodayWestwing's Next Act: Building a Premium Design Super Brand
Westwing built its reputation online. At NRF Europe in Paris, CEO Andreas Hoerning explained how private label, selective stores and premium services are reshaping the home retailer.
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YesterdayAl-Futtaim's One Commerce Backbone Is Built for Agentic Retail
Al-Futtaim runs around 30 digital storefronts from one shared commerce backbone. At NRF Europe, Eric Meulien explained how that architecture let the Dubai group scale without replatforming, and why product data, 15-minute delivery and AI shopping agents are now testing it.
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2 days agoContinente Sees Shopping Missions, Not Online and Offline
Portugal's Continente has been selling groceries online since 2001. Twenty-five years later, its Head of E-commerce, Guilherme Cardoso, says the bigger opportunity is no longer simply growing digital sales. It is using stores, quick commerce, loyalty data and AI as parts of th…
The Retail Podcast
TodayBoots Sold for £6.7bn, Walmart Drone Delivery Expands
Walmart drone delivery with Wing is expanding to more than 270 stores by next year, and Boots is going private in a £6.7bn deal with the Weston family. Today’s briefing also covers a £440m rise in UK retail electricity bills, Amazon’s 63% share of German online retail …
The Retail Podcast
YesterdayQuick Commerce vs Convenience: 7-Eleven India Lesson
Quick commerce now decides who survives in India: 7-Eleven is shutting around 60 stores because convenience without 30-minute delivery is no longer enough.Jill Dvorak, SVP Content at NRF, joins Alex Rezvan on the UK sales slump, Primark and Morrisons.What is quick commerce? It…
The Retail Podcast
YesterdayWalmart Drops Pricing Patent as ASOS Is Hacked
Walmart is dropping a patent that would have let Scan & Go personalise prices at the point of scan, while ASOS confirms a cyber attack that reached customers through its own app. Today’s briefing shows retail leaders that pricing and customer data are now where trust i…
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