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12-Mar-19 The pace of shopping venue openings in China is the highest ever, against a background of slowing retail sales and growth of online - 634 net openings in 2017/18. There is now a risk of over-supply in many cities. [image: Local Gravity / Retail In Asia]
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11-Mar-19 Alibaba Group will take a 14% stake in STO Express through a USD693 mn exchange for a 49% stake, making this the e-commerce giant's fourth significant investment in a Chinese courier company. [image: Reuters / Aly Song]
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02-Mar-19 Alibaba’s Tmall expects cosmetics brands to open 1,000 shops this year to meet demand from Chinese consumers. Seven international cosmetics companies - Tom Ford, P&G’s Oriental Therapy, Cosme, d-program, Primera and Barnängen - will open on Tmall in 2019. [image: Retail In Asia]
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28-Feb-19 Thumbay Group announced a new partnership with Noon.com, a MENA e-commerce platform, to offer its entire range of products including optical and nutrition portfolio through an online platform strengthen its presence in Egypt and GCC countries. [image: Khaleej Times]
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28-Feb-19 Future Retail, which operates local retail chains such as Food Hall and Nilgiris, has secured a deal with 7-Eleven to set up the first 7-Eleven stores in India and will convert some of its existing operations into 7-Elevens. [image: Reuters / Toru Hanai]
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