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Supply chain disruptions and contamination concerns are two challenges the coronavirus poses to Chinese retailers.

Costco Wholesale Club is about to make its brick-and-mortar debut in China.

Global retail technology spending will near $203.6 billion in 2019 as stores continue to play digital catch-up and AI, robotics and payment innovation plans advance.

Carrefour is adopting blockchain as a way to ensure safety and traceability of its fresh foods.

Scale seems to be integral to retail survival nowadays and we are seeing alliances between some of Europe’s largest retailer.

One of the world's largest retailers has appointed a new chief executive as its looks to catch up with the online revolution and shore up its home performance.   Carrefour has named Alexandre Bompard, 44, as its new chairman and CEO, effective July 18, ending an eight-month search. He succeeds Georges Plassat, who has served in the top position at the hypermarket retailer, which operates more than 11,900 stores in over 30 countries, since 2012.   

Hubert Joly, chairman and CEO of Best Buy, denied a report that has him taking the helm of a European retailing giant.    A report by Reuters, which cited Brazilian newspaper Valor Economico, said that Carrefour, the world’s second largest retailer, had identified Joly as a replacement for its current CEO, Georges Plassat, whose term ends in May 2018.     

New York -- As Costco Wholesale inches closer to opening its first location in France, the retailer may not find the country such an easy target by any measure, reported the Seattle Times.

In France, Costco will find itself on the doorstep of hypermarket giants Carrefour, Auchan and Casino, which run huge stores selling a dizzying assortment of food and other products, according to the report.

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