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IADS Retail Park

International Association of Department Stores - IADS

🦖 Welcome to IADS Retail Park—where retail giants evolve or go extinct. Department stores get dismissed as dinosaurs all the time. But the best ones aren"t fossils, they"re transforming faster than most people realise. The IADS Retail Park delivers exclusive insights, transformation strategies, and expert analysis from the International Association of Department Stores. Built for executives and strategists who need actionable takeaways without the fluff. Because let"s be honest: in retail today,

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14:19

Galeries Lafayette Mumbai: What it costs to open one...

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2026/04/01

In this episode of IADS Retail Park 🎙️, we explore Galeries Lafayette's seven-year journey to open India's first true luxury department store 🏛️Based on IADS Exclusive: 👉 "A landmark entry: Galeries Lafayette and the evolution of Indian luxury retail" Get full access to IADS’ Exclusive Insights at iads.substack.com/subscribe

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12:31

The beehive that forgot its buzz

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2026/03/25

€200M invested. Breuer's building. Gucci on the ground floor. But De Bijenkorf Rotterdam's VIP services? Invisible. 👻This week, Maya & Christine walk all five floors to find the gap between execution and visibility—and what every department store can learn from it. 🐝📸 Full story here | ⏱️ 12 min Get full access to IADS’ Exclusive Insights at iads.substack.com/subscribe

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13:14

The VIC Architecture: Inside Korea's €750M system

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2026/03/18

🏢 A 40-year-old department store. 33,000 sqm. €750M in annual revenue. How? Korea built an entire VIC architecture where 5% of customers drive half the sales—through transparent €94K thresholds, allocation control, and lifestyle infrastructure the West hasn't replicated. Maya and Selvane unpack what makes Hyundai Apgujeong one of Korea's highest-performing stores per square metre. 📊💰📖 Full read linked in description Get full access to IADS’ Exclusive Insights at iads.substack.com/subscribe

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6:30

Chinese tourists are back but not the ones you remember

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2026/03/11

In this episode, Maya and Selvane unpack an exclusive from 2023 on the seismic shift in Chinese tourism post-reopening. 🛫 What do Galeries Lafayette, Harrods, and El Corte Inglés have in common? They rewrote the playbook—swapping tour-group tactics for wellness galleries, Michelin dining, and cross-border CRM magic. 🌍 But with Hainan’s duty-free empire doubling sales and XiaoHongshu rankings favouring Asia, European retailers faced an uncomfortable truth: products alone wouldn’t justify a

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14:10

What 58 department stores reveal about the gap...

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2026/03/11

🌍 Fifty-eight department stores. One volatile year. Maya and Anchita unpack the I.A.D.S. Global Department Store Monitor — from the Saks collapse and Japan's boom-to-bust reversal, to Latin America's resilience and the rise of recommerce as a structural layer.📖 Read the exclusive: Access hereLinkedIn | Substack | www.iads.org Get full access to IADS’ Exclusive Insights at iads.substack.com/subscribe

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10:51

Understanding the New China: From globalisation to...

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2026/03/04

In this episode, Maya and Anchita unpack David Baverez’s "New China" presentation: Why the $600B US-China trade runs through Hong Kong, how China's 30-35% manufacturing share shifted power from consumers to suppliers, and what the "economy of war" means for retail strategy 🏭.Discover the demographic shifts reshaping Chinese consumers, why BYD and Huawei are outpacing Western brands, and how Chinese platforms could industrialise sustainability at scale 📊.📖 Read the exclusive: Access hereFollow us:

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12:12

IADS Exclusive – BHV: 170 years of history and an...

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2026/02/24

What happens when a 170-year-old retail icon makes a deal that backfires? 🎲BHV, the beloved Parisian department store, bet on SHEIN—and lost. Brand departures, public backlash, and a 40% reduction in retail space followed. Now, Brookfield Asset Management plans a five-star hotel 🏨 where shoppers once browsed DIY tools.Host Maya Sankoh sits down with Christine Montard, IADS. Director of Markets and Events, to unpack what went wrong—and whether heritage brands can survive radical pivots 🔄.📖 Full

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18:37

Cracking the Xiaohongshu code: Why Red Note Is...

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2026/02/18

🛍️ In this episode of IADS Retail Park, Maya and Anchita unpack Xiaohongshu (Red Note)—the platform transforming how international retailers reach 350 million affluent Chinese consumers. 📖 Read the full IADS Exclusive: “Unlocking Chinese Consumer Trends via Xiaohongshu” 👉 Access the exclusive hereFor more insights, follow us on LinkedIn at International Association of Department Stores - IADS, subscribe to our Substack, and visit www.iads.org. Get full access to IADS’ Exclusive Insights at

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21:26

Redefining merchant excellence: From Buyers to...

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2026/02/11

For over a century, merchants built retail empires through margin discipline, inventory velocity, and vendor relationships. Today, those skills no longer guarantee relevance. In this episode 🎙️, Maya speaks with Christine Montard explore groundbreaking research from the 2025 IADS Academy cohort on how merchants balance intuition with data-driven decisions—and why the future belongs to those who master integration, not choice.👉 Click here to read the full 2025 Academy Exclusive!For more updates,

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7:21

How brand ambassadors are redefining luxury retail

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2026/02/05

In this episode, Maya and Christine unpack the seismic shift in luxury retail—where sales staff evolved into brand ambassadors, relationship architects, and cultural translators. 🏬✨ What do Chanel, Louis Vuitton, and Kering have in common? They bet big on people, not just platforms. From clienteling apps boosting sales by 20% to recruiting from hospitality and finance, brands rewrote the playbook. 🎯 But with 36% of shoppers saying in-store experiences worsened, the stakes remain high. 👉 Click

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12:17

How Hong Kong's former airport is redefining retail...

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2026/02/04

Twenty-seven years after its final flight, Hong Kong's Kai Tak airport is preparing for a different kind of landing—one that challenges every assumption about what makes retail destinations work. In this episode 🎙️, Maya speaks with Christine Montard, Director of Markets and Events at IADS, about her firsthand visit to Kai Tak during the 2025 IADS General Assembly in Hong Kong. Christine breaks down the HK$100 billion transformation across three major developments—Kai Tak Mall's "sportainment"

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6:52

Åhléns' nordic gambit: cutting middlemen to multiply...

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2026/01/30

Maya and Selvane unpack the radical transformation at Åhléns under new owner Ayad al-Saffar. 🏬 What do Inglot, private label kitchen tools, and a 47-store network have in common? They're all weapons in a war against intermediaries. ✂️ By slashing third-party distributors and pivoting to 90% wholesale, Al-Saffar is turning Sweden's second-highest retail density into a competitive advantage—and planning more store openings. 🚀 Could this spark a Nordic-wide supply chain revolution? 👉 Click here to

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11:37

NRF 2026: When tech eats retail🤖

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2026/01/28

In this episode, we unpack the 2026 NRF Big Show—the largest yet, with 41,000 attendees and a provocative tension: when tech companies dominate retail’s flagship event, who truly owns the future? From REI’s “selective openness” and FairPrice’s 17% basket lift through AI, to the stark divide between Amazon’s fortress and Walmart’s federation strategies—discover what retailers must own to remain destinations, not just data sources🛡️. Plus: Why semantic capital is the new competitive moat, why your

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12:44

The SHEIN Paradox: When digital dominance meets...

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2026/01/21

In this episode of IADS Retail Park 🎧, Maya sits down with Christine, Director of Markets and Events at IADS and author of this week’s exclusive investigation into what’s being called “The SHEIN Paradox.” When SHEIN opened its first permanent European store at Paris’s historic BHV Marais in November 2025, 7,000 visitors showed up on day one. Within weeks, the floors were empty, online sales had plummeted 54%, and over 100 French brands had filed legal action. What went wrong? Tune in to discover

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13:34

When retail put DEI on trial: What a year of global...

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2026/01/14

In this Season 2 premiere 🎙️, Maya sits down with Selvane, Managing Director of IADS, to discuss her year-long investigation into diversity, equity, and inclusion at retail's most critical turning point 📊. Through research across six global regions with leaders from Nordstrom, Tesco, Falabella, and Galeries Lafayette, IADS' 2025 White Paper reveals four key patterns that separate authentic DEI strategies from performative gestures. As political pressures mounted and executive orders shifted

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12:39

From mega-flagship to lean machine: Macy’s next chapter

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2025/12/17

In this episode of IADS. Retail Park 🎧, Maya sits down with Christine, author of this week’s IADS Exclusive on Macy’s transformation. From pioneering retail innovations in 1858 to closing 150 stores while investing in 350 upgraded locations, Macy’s story raises a fundamental question facing department stores globally: can concentration replace expansion as a path to growth? Christine breaks down the “First 50” results, the My Macy’s localisation experiment, why the mid‑tier is getting squeezed, and

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9:32

Moonshot thinking: what retailers can learn from...

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2025/12/12

In this episode of The I.A.D.S. Retail Park 🎧, Maya and Christopher pull back the curtain on Google’s Project X—Back in 2023 the moonshot factory tackling humanity’s biggest challenges. ✨ What do Waymo, Tidal, and Intrinsic have in common? They aim for 10X impact, not 10% improvement. 🚀 From embracing failure as “moonshot compost” to spending 20% of time on creative pursuits, our hosts unpack six counterintuitive principles reshaping innovation. Want all the case studies and expert insight? 👉

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13:39

The age of relevance: how retailers are redefining...

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2025/12/03

In this episode of IADS Retail Park 🎧, Maya and Anchita zoom in on a customer group retailers can’t afford to overlook: the silver generation. As birth rates drop 📉, people live longer 🧬, and more spending power sits with Gen X and older, they ask a key question: how do you build experiences for aging customers without leaning on lazy stereotypes? Drawing on examples like Le Bon Marché’s Rock’n’Drôle exhibition 🎸 and Galeries Lafayette’s Sophie Fontanel curation, they explore how pro-ageing

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12:39

From retailers to real estate moguls: The mixed-use...

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2025/11/24

In this episode of IADS Retail Park 🎧, Maya and Christine look at what happens when retailers start acting like neighbourhood builders. 🏙️ IKEA, Walmart, Breuninger, and John Lewis are all turning old malls, car parks, and land banks into mixed‑use districts where people live, work, and spend their free time. From IKEA’s Livat “Meeting Places” in Shanghai to Walmart’s mall conversion in Pittsburgh and John Lewis’ 10,000 planned rental homes, the episode explains why mixed‑use is becoming retail’s

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10:40

Speed over size: digital transformation for heritage...

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2025/11/21

In this episode of The I.A.D.S. Retail Park 🎧, Maya and Christine pull back the curtain on digital transformation in heritage organizations. ✨ What separates fast retailers from slow ones in a world where crises strike every twelve months? From rolling budgets and “forcasgility” to double ERP roadmaps and raw data ownership, our hosts unpack the paradigm shifts redefining retail operations. 🛍️📊 Learn why speed now trumps size—and how agile methods borrowed from unicorns can future-proof legacy

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