retail

Carved wooden back bar with arched mirrors, a marble counter and round stools in an old-fashioned ice cream parlour decorated for Christmas
More businesses born during the crisis: 6 ideasBusiness Ideas

More businesses born during the crisis: 6 ideas

Rosella C.Rosella C.June 21, 2013
Carrefour Market supermarket at night, with its illuminated red sign on a low building and a parking signpost in front
Carrefour creates jobs in SpainLeadership & Management

Carrefour creates jobs in Spain

Rosella C.Rosella C.April 13, 2012
Modern two-storey white house with wooden cladding and a fenced garden on a new residential street, apartment blocks behind
Ikea moves into the prefabricated house businessBusiness

Ikea moves into the prefabricated house business

Rosella C.Rosella C.March 3, 2012
Overhead view of metal trolleys loaded with buckets of red, pink and orange roses in a flower auction hall
Valentine’s Day: beyond the flower and chocolate businessBusiness

Valentine’s Day: beyond the flower and chocolate business

Rosella C.Rosella C.February 8, 2012
Marc Andreessen, bald and wearing a dark blazer over a light shirt, sits in a leather armchair on stage with hands clasped
2012: the year software will eat retailBusinessTechnology

2012: the year software will eat retail

Rosella C.Rosella C.December 23, 2011
A hand arranging tarts and chocolate cakes in a bakery display case, with meringues in front and bread loaves on shelves behind
Sensory marketing: the science of selling moreBusiness

Sensory marketing: the science of selling more

Rosella C.Rosella C.October 27, 2011
A nearly empty pedestrian shopping street lined with tall stone buildings and ground-floor shopfronts under a cloudy sky
Full deregulation of shop opening hours in Spain: the new debateBusiness

Full deregulation of shop opening hours in Spain: the new debate

Rosella C.Rosella C.October 24, 2011
Large crowd with umbrellas gathered among tarpaulin shelters and banners in a square, in front of a building with shops at street level
Democracy vs freedom to trade: the other side of the 15M movementEconomy

Democracy vs freedom to trade: the other side of the 15M movement

Rosella C.Rosella C.June 9, 2011
Multi-level shopping centre lit up after dark, with glass shopfronts, open walkways and a few shoppers
Longer opening hours for hypermarkets and shopping centres: a new debateBusinessEconomy

Longer opening hours for hypermarkets and shopping centres: a new debate

Rosella C.Rosella C.April 11, 2011
Large pale stone department store building with a rounded corner, rows of trees and parked scooters on the square in front
The economic crisis catches up with El Corte InglésBusiness

The economic crisis catches up with El Corte Inglés

Rosella C.Rosella C.March 31, 2011