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Asia's Silver Shoppers, JD Sports in Mexico and Boots on TikTok Shop | Five Things Friday International

Today2 October 2026Alex Rezvan9m 46s

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Asia-Pacific's older shoppers, JD Sports' franchise move into Mexico, Fabletics' first store in India, Boots on TikTok Shop and JD.com's new home store in Shanghai. Alex Rezvan and Jill Dvorak of NRF cover the five international retail stories leaders need this week.

This week:

(01:08) WGSN on Asia's silver generation; South Korea is now 20% aged 65+

(02:57) JD Sports enters Mexico with Grupo Axo, 140+ stores from 2027

(04:37) Fabletics opens its first India store with Reliance Brands

(06:16) Boots launches on TikTok Shop with a No7 pilot

(07:55) JD.com opens its first 101HOME store in Shanghai

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