Global Retail Intelligence

January 20 – Walmart’s Flipkart Puts Fresh Foods Platform on HoldIndia-based Flipkart has put its plans on hold to establish a fresh food platform to sell directly to consumers. Walmart-owned Flipkart has said that it will be difficult to drive traffic and find synergies with its current ecommerce marketplace. From ET Retail January 19 – Alibaba/Tmall Announces Support for…

December 15 – Alibaba Announces Launch of Reverse Logistics Channel to Offer Return Service to Hong Kong CustomersCainiao, the logistics arm of Alibaba Group, announced that 85% of goods purchased on Alibaba’s platforms, including Taobao and Tmall, delivered by Cainiao will be eligible for returns within seven days for their customers in Hong Kong. Plans to launch a direct…

August 21 –  Chinese Online Retailer Pindoudou Announces First Quarter Growth Strong second quarter growth with increase in revenue of 67% year-on-year was announced by Chinese online retailer, Pindoudou.  The retailer credits growth with increased active monthly users which reached 568.8 million for the quarter, representing a 55% increase over last year. …

July 20 – Walmart Canada Announces Major Investment  Walmart Canada has announced that it will invest CAD 3.5 billion on growth acceleration and customer experience over the next 5 years.  Among the investment plans announced are renovations to 150 stores, a digitally connected shopping experience, growth in ecommerce scope, renovation of an existing distribution center and…

June 15 – Aldi UK Extends Home Delivery Trial In partnership with Deliveroom, Aldi UK has extended is home delivery to London through a store located in Camden.  An online offering of more than 200 items will be deliverable to customers within two miles of the store with newly added delivery as soon as 30 minutes following delivery. Aldi confirmed that if the trial…

May 18 – Indian Retailers See Spike as Pandemic Easing BeginsRetailers in India, including Metro Cash & Carry, Lots Wholesale Solutions, Future Group and V-Mart Retail have seen a spike in purchases of fast moving consumer goods and high-value items as measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic have been eased and more stores are open to customer walk-ins.  Retailers have…