General

Today, 42% of all global e-commerce is happening in China, so it is already moving onto the next chapter: from people’s back pockets into their bodies. Huge leaps forward are being made in the fields of facial recognition, biohacking and robotization.

Was last week's RetailDetail Night 2018 a big success? Why not make up your own mind, thanks to a brand new video report! Pictures of the event and its numerous participants are online as well... can you spot yourself?

Spanish department store chain El Corte Inglés has entered into a cooperation agreement with Chinese online giant Alibaba. The partnership covers e-commerce, physical retail, cloud services and payment systems.

Over 750 retailers have chosen Dutch chain Rituals to be their Retailer of the year 2018 at this year's RetailDetail Night. Other highlights included professor Gino Van Ossel's review of the retail year.

Black Friday, the American shopping festivity that broke every record last year in Belgium, is successful but also controversial. Major chains may reap the benefits, but smaller retailers are beginning to resist the endless discounts.

Alibaba has chosen the Belgian city of Liège as the home of its logistics hub. Despite a late diplomatic challenge by the Netherlands, the first flights from China have arrived in Belgium just after the major sales event of Singles' Day.

Alibaba has generated a 213.5 billion yuan (27 billion euro) turnover during the 11.11 Global Shopping Festival on 11 November. 180,000 brands took part in this year's sales festival in honour of Singles' Day.