Pet Land’s strategy is to offer a wide assortment of products from the top brands, but also a range of innovative and original products. The company, through its six Animal Planet stores, offers consumers a choice from the widest possible range, offering thousands of products and accessories for all kinds of pets.

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FEMSA Comercio plans to continue opening new outlets under its OXXO convenience stores banner. In order to increase its profits, the company is focusing on improving its consumer segmentation capabilities. FEMSA Comercio’s future plans include continuing to strengthen its health and beauty division, as well as its petrol stations division. FEMSA Comercio is looking forward to developing its operations not only in Mexico, but also across Latin America and in the US, where it already has a…

Saham’s main strategy is to expand its outlets all over the country in order to be able to reach more consumers. It relies mainly on mid-priced clothing brands in order to benefit from the increasing purchasing power of middle-income consumers. Saham is also focusing on expanding some of its brands to European markets.

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In 2015, Organización Soriana SAB de CV closed an agreement with Controladora Comercial Mexicana SAB de CV to purchase part of the latter company’s retail division, although it was not until 2016 that the deal took effect and the stores acquired by Organización Soriana started to be operated by their new owner. The agreement included the provision that Organización Soriana acquire all of the outlets in the Bodega Comercial Mexicana discounters chain and some 80% of the outlets in the…

Bags and luggage specialist retailers saw value sales remain flat in current terms in 2016, with this being a poorer performance than the gain of 1% achieved in both 2014 and 2016. This slowdown can be attributed to a fall in number of inbound tourists in 2016 following the terrorist attacks in Paris in November 2015 and Nice in July 2016. France remains one of the few countries in Europe where inbound tourists buy high-end luggage, particularly wealthy foreign visitors, many of which are…

Carrefour’s main priorities in the short term will be to get back on track in the hypermarket channel, its traditional area of business, bring an end to the Dia case and make up for its delay in cross-channel development. After modest results in 2014 in value terms, Carrefour put in a better performance in its domestic market in 2015 and 2016. Increasing investment in logistics and remodelling following the arrival of Georges Plassat, its current CEO, has begun to pay off, with the Carrefour…

Bags and luggage specialist retailers increased in current value by 1% in 2016, a much slower growth rate than what was recorded in 2015 as Spaniards tended to purchase discounted bags, which had a negative effect on prices. Nonetheless, the performance seen in 2016 was stronger than what was seen during earlier years of the review period, when sales were strongly affected by the economic recession.

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There was an increase in the number of luxury bags and luggage specialist retailers entering New Zealand in 2016, to service the growing demand from incoming tourists and affluent migrants. Chanel opened its first New Zealand boutique in Auckland’s Britomart Building. More luxury stores are expected to enter New Zealand in areas such as Auckland CBD and within close proximity to the new David Jones store in Wellington.

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Kitea’s strategy is to offer a large number of products in its expanding number of outlets across the whole country, and hence increase its market share. The company is now opening many mega stores under the name Kitea Géant, in which it offers a wide variety of products, and it also chooses strategic locations for such stores, in order to be able to attract a large number of consumers. Kitea is following a very rapid expansion strategy in terms of outlet openings in order to be able to…

The rise of internet retailing remained the key driver of growth in non-store retailing in Lithuania in 2016, with internet retailing registering double-digit growth rates for the seventh consecutive year. The rapid development of internet retailing and the constantly growing numbers of people who shop online has encouraged new players to enter the channel as the owners of physical stores have taken steps to establish their e-stores in order to adjust to changing consumers shopping habits…

The mixed retailers channel is well established in Belgium and features brands such as Hudson’s Bay Co’s Galleria Inno in department stores and Blokker Nederlands BV’s Blokker, which have strong roots within the Belgian retailing landscape. In this context, mixed retailers has recorded positive current value growth in 2016.

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Media-Saturn-Holding is planning on expanding its Media Markt network both in Germany and internationally in 2017 as it has identified a customer need for a more personalised in-store service. In Russia, for example, the company is planning to double its 67 stores, starting from 2017.

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The company’s plans are to focus on the continuous development of its e-shop with an additional emphasis given to product expansion of its site welovesupermarket.gr into food internet retailing.

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Grocery retailing showed signs of consolidation in 2016, as the large players recorded sales growth but sales were down overall. As a result, the major supermarket chains are entering into strategic agreements with each other and the number of mergers and acquisitions is increasing in an attempt to maximise their profits in a negative environment. A key strategy followed by the major chains is acquiring smaller players, mostly in the periphery of the country, in order to strengthen their…

Mixed retailers as a channel performed well in France in 2015 and 2016. While variety stores attracted consumers looking for a bargain at a time when the economy was struggling, department stores, with a focus on high-end products and customer service, suffered from a fall in number of affluent foreign shoppers following the terrorist attacks in Paris in November 2015.

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Drogas UAB is set to continue working to strengthen its competitive position in health and beauty specialist retailers in Lithuania. The company is expected to remain the only significant drugstores/parapharmacies operator in the country for the foreseeable future.

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Aksal Groupe’s strategic direction is to integrate five complementary businesses (Retail, Luxury, Malls, Department Stores and Commercial Real Estate), and to provide a full range of products to its customers, which requires a reorganisation of the Group’s business lines.

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Internet retailing is growing fast as more customers discover shopping opportunities. Whilst consumer electronics, consumer appliances and apparel already account for a significant share of all products sold online, other product categories such as consumer health and beauty and personal care are increasing their volumes very rapidly. Internet is available to more consumers with each year and even older generations are accepting internet for daily use. As more purchasing power is shifting…

Grocery retailers are mostly impacted by two trends. Firstly, hypermarket segment is strongly dominated by Rimi, which also has a very strong position and fastest growth in the supermarkets channel. Even though its turnover and number of shops is lower than Maxima’s, Rimi is in fact a market leader within supermarkets controlling the best locations and setting industry trends. Especially after the roof of its hypermarket building collapsed in Zolitude suburb in 2013 due to defects in…

In 2016, Ikea Italia Retail opened three pick-up points in Italy, two in Sardinia where the company does not have any outlets, and one in Rome, where one part of the store is dedicated to collections and the other part to sales. The company is working to retain those customers it attracted during the recession via its low prices. To do this, it is trying to reach out to the largest number of consumers possible via all media, while in order to improve its margins the company has started…