Retail talks

Lidl CEO Kenneth McGrath recently travelled to China with a delegation, immediately raising an obvious question: is one of Europe’s biggest retailers preparing another attempt to enter the Chinese market? At first, that...

Anthropic’s Claude for Commerce may not be revolutionary on its own, but it could be a strong signal of where retail technology is heading next. In this episode of Retail Talks , we look beyond the announcement and...

Rituals has built one of Europe’s most distinctive retail success stories, combining affordable luxury, experiential stores, sustainability and a carefully designed customer journey. Now the company is taking on an...

Bilibili is coming West. Western retailers ignored TikTok once. Should they make the same mistake again? Western retailers were late to TikTok. By the time many understood its potential, the platform was crowded...

According to the National Retail Federation’s ranking of the fastest-growing retailers in the U.S., Miniso took the No. 1 spot after growing its U.S. business by 52% . Even more striking, five of the ten fastest-growing...

Shopify surprised us — and it wasn’t because of e-commerce. In this episode of Retail Talks , we look behind Shopify’s latest numbers and focus on a part of the business that deserves much more attention: physical...

Europe’s convenience-store market is fragmented, fiercely competitive and still far less consolidated than those of Asia and North America. That may now be about to change. In the ninth episode of Retail Talks...

SHEIN’s IPO numbers tell a much bigger story than revenue, customer growth or profitability. In this episode of Retail Talks , Darko Pavić examines how SHEIN compares with Inditex, why its highly flexible model enabled...

The line between science fiction and everyday retail is disappearing faster than expected. Humanoid robots can now move products, scan shelves, replenish stock, interact with customers and perform tasks that closely...

Starbucks may be showing us where enterprise software is heading next. The global retailer has announced plans to replace major external software solutions with internally developed systems. Combined with AI-assisted...

Retailers used to rely on celebrities, influencers, and agencies to tell their brand stories. But now, some of the most powerful voices may already be inside the company. In this episode of Retail Talks , Cristina and...

In this episode of Retail Talks , Kristina and Darko Pavić discuss one of the most important questions emerging around artificial intelligence: when governments begin to control access to AI, what does that mean for...

Discount retail was once simple: low prices, efficient stores, no unnecessary emotion. But Aldi is changing that story. In this episode of Retail Talks , we explore how Aldi is turning discount retail into something...

In this episode of Retail Talks, we discuss a German court ruling against Google that could become a signal for the entire AI industry. The court treated AI-generated search answers not simply as neutral search results...

People queued overnight for the opening of Olive Young’s first U.S. store in Pasadena. At first sight, it looked like another TikTok-driven retail hype. But the real story is much deeper. K-Beauty did not become global...