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Was Darko Wrong About Nike? (opens the original)
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Why Alexandre Arnault May Be Exactly What Nike Needs ? Five years ago, Darko called Nike a role model for our company. We admired its creativity, flexible organization, storytelling and ability to turn ordinary people into the heroes of its brand. Today, Nike is a very different company. In this episode of Retail Talks , Tina and Darko look at what changed, why Nike lost momentum, and whether the company can find its way back. We discuss Nike’s reduced product innovation, its strong shift toward
Is Lidl Going to China? (opens the original)
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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 seemed like the logical explanation. Aldi is already expanding in China, the hard-discount segment is still developing, and Lidl has previous experience in the market. But the deeper we looked, the more interesting the story became. In this episode of Retail Talks , Tina and Dark
Does Anthropic’s “Claude for Commerce” Really Matter to Retailers? (opens the original)
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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 discuss what happens when AI agents become part of the actual shopping journey — from product discovery and comparison to shopping carts, payments, customer data and compliance. Could LLM platforms eventually become a new commerce environment, taking over functions that today belong t
Can Rituals Really Modernise 1,500 Stores in 30 Countries in 60 Days? (opens the original)
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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 extraordinary challenge: modernising 1,500 stores across 30 countries in just 60 days. In this episode of Retail Talks , Tina and Darko look beyond the headline and explore what makes Rituals different, how founder Raymond Cloosterman shaped the company’s strategy, why physical stores
TikTok Was Just the Beginning (opens the original)
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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, advertising was more expensive and the advantage of being early was largely gone. In this episode of Retail Talks , Kristina and Darko look at Bilibili, one of China’s largest video platforms, and ask whether retailers are about to repeat the same mistake. Bilibili is often described as
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