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Whole Foods Market private label products land in Singapore


An initial assortment of almost 300 products will be sold on Amazon platforms in the region, as well as on local grocery shops The leading organic grocery shop will start with nearly 300 private label products in many categories, adding to the tens of thousands of grocery and everyday essentials from Amazon.sg, Amazon Fresh and local grocery and speciality retailers in the region. In addition, exclusive brands from Whole Foods Market - acquired by Amazon in 2017- will be available in-store at Little Farms, a natural and organic supermarket in Singapore, which has eight locations across the city-state . Whole Foods has long been selling its products where it has no shops, via the web: the Italians could have taken the cue to export to the rest of the world by developing e-commerce. Unfortunately, only the Americans, the Germans - Lidl- and the Chinese - Temu - are doing this with their marketplaces. Read also : Amazon Uk converts Amazon Fresh to Whole Foods and its platform beats the marketplace Below the private-label line of Whole Foods sold abroad. Compiled 23 September, updated 24 September 2025

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Amazon Uk converts five Amazon Fresh to Whole Foods and its platform beats the market


The others will be closed. Amazon "...said it is strengthening its online grocery business, which it says is growing faster than the rest of its UK operations. Through its main UK website, Amazon Fresh online, Whole Foods and delivery partnerships with UK grocery groups Morrisons, Co-op, Iceland and Gopuff, the company already offers more than two million grocery and household items with fast delivery. By early 2026, the company plans to double the number of Prime subscribers who can access three or more grocery delivery options, with the goal of making at least one of its grocery partners available to more than 80 per cent of Prime subscribers. Amazon also plans to add perishable groceries to millions of other products on Amazon.co.uk for same-day delivery, a service recently implemented in more than 1,000 US cities and towns . The company also highlighted the surge in UK demand for essentials, with hundreds of millions of items delivered in 2024 alone, representing a growth of almost 20 per cent year-on-year. In the first quarter of 2025, food and household products grew at almost double the rate of all other product categories and now account for around one in three units sold on Amazon's UK website..."

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In Milan’s Piazza Cordusio: the first Nespresso Bar experiment in Italy.


The shop, in fact, is intended to be a mix of the usual capsule shop, here in true boutique format, combined with the bar part, which in this case operates with a special format. From Monday to Friday, from 8 to 10 a.m., breakfast is offered with table service in the lounge area, where coffees are combined with pastries and croissants. Every day from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., on the other hand, thanks to a window looking outside , Nespresso coffee is offered 'on the go', with the classic walking paper cup. In this case, customers can still come in and use the tables inside, but without table service. Below: a Nespresso facility in France

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Coin concludes capital increase. New management team presented


Participating in the capital increase were Mia, a holding company of the Exelite group, owned by the entrepreneur Marco Marchi, for a total of EUR 33.2 million, Invitalia, for EUR 10 million, Sagitta Sgr, for a total of EUR 10 million and EUR 986,085, Joral Investments for EUR 1 million, Hi-Dec Edizioni for EUR 500 thousand Strangely enough, no member of the CDA seems to have retail experience. Read also: USA : department store market share dropped from over 14% in 1990 to less than 3% in 2024 (-78%) which says a lot about the prospects of the Coin group (which has obsolete and very expensive facilities - very high rents). Below: Coin image from Gdoweek and an article from last May Edited 10 September, updated 21 September 2025

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The future of beauty: can Amazon replicate the Tmall (Alibaba) model?


According to a McKinsey-Business of Fashion study, marketplaces such as Amazon are already the leading online sales channel for beauty products, capturing 28% of sales, twice the share of both corporate websites and specialised retailers such as Sephora, both at 15%. It would seem that in the West Amazon has already won the digital race in beauty, particularly in the luxury segment. In fact, even in Italy Amazon is already a significant player, and as of this year it has been included in the sector sell-out panel, the results of which are religiously studied by the management of major companies

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Walmart: first retailer to deliver groceries by drone in 5 states


This is confirmation of news announced in June: Walmart recently became the first retailer to scale its drone delivery in five states with the expansion of the service to Atlanta; Charlotte, North Carolina; Houston; and Orlando and Tampa, Florida. The new service has launched in 100 shops in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and Texas, in addition to current operations in Northwest Arkansas and the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

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Mastrolia: on the acquisition of Carrefour Italia


It will have a neutral impact on NewPrinces' consolidated net financial position at year-end 2025, due to the significant cash contribution expected. Mastrolia adds that he 'looks forward to the opportunities presented by recent transactions' and will provide an updated financial forecast once the acquisitions of Carrefour Italia, Plasmon and Diageo Italia are completed. He concludes: 'In recent months we have announced the acquisitions of Diageo Operations Italy, Plasmon and Carrefour Italia, which will be finalised shortly. These transactions will further strengthen our positioning and give new energy to the growth path of NewPrinces'. I won't go into the financial figures, but I'll just say'do it quickly, finalise the acquisition quickly' because in the large-scale retail trade it's very quick to disavow the business, see below a message I received a few days ago regarding this article of mine. In the meantime I personally visited some Carrefour shops and got confirmation of what I had been told : often empty shelves, in the fresh and grocery. Written on 10, updated on 15 September 2025

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