Jet.com to trial grocery offer

US-based pure play online retailer Jet.com is testing a home delivery service for fresh groceries in the key urban locations in metro areas of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Wa…..

Robinsons acquires drugstore chain

Robinsons Retail Group has acquired 51% of the Philippines’ largest drugstore chain, The Generics Pharmacy (TGP).
Gives Robinsons a leading position
TGP has more than 1,800 stores. Robinsons’ acqui…..

Big C Thailand to open 84 new stores this year

Big C unveils its expansion plan of USD140-160m. The retailer is going to open 6 hypermarkets, mainly in the Northeast and South of Thailand, three Big C Market stores upcountry, including in the Nort…..

SPAR (South Africa): winning through differentiating

As Julian Evans, head of group merchandising at SPAR Group South Africa, prepares to speak at IGD’s Category Management and Shopper Marketing Summit, we look at how the retailer is winning i…..