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NRF 2024 : immerse yourself in the future of retail

NRF 2024 : immerse yourself in the future of retail 2560 1707 Altavia

NRF 2024 : immerse yourself in the future of retail Every year, the retail world gathers in NYC for Retail’s Big Show, organized by the National Retail Federation (NRF), the…

Happy New Year from Altavia Group!

Happy New Year from Altavia Group! 1714 1184 Altavia

We look forward to our continued growth, reaching new milestones, and innovations together in 2024. For the new year, we have new ambitions, new visions, new energies, new priorities, new…

Altavia Group announces the sale of Blue Lions a pan-African digital communications agency.

Altavia Group announces the sale of Blue Lions a pan-African digital communications agency. 1920 1080 Altavia

Altavia Group, the world’s leading network dedicated to commercial communications for the retail sector, announces the sale of the Blue Lions communications agency. Established on the African continent since 2015,…

Altavia boosts its performance and martech offering with a strategic acquisition in Poland

Altavia boosts its performance and martech offering with a strategic acquisition in Poland 1080 1080 Altavia

Altavia boosts its performance and martech offering with a strategic acquisition in Poland. Altavia Kamikaze, a leading creative and communication agency with a strong digital DNA, part of the international…

NRF 2024 : immerse yourself in the future of retail

NRF 2024 : immerse yourself in the future of retail 2560 1707 Altavia

NRF 2024 : immerse yourself in the future of retail Every year, the retail world gathers in NYC for Retail’s Big Show, organized by the National Retail Federation (NRF), the…

Happy New Year from Altavia Group!

Happy New Year from Altavia Group! 1714 1184 Altavia

We look forward to our continued growth, reaching new milestones, and innovations together in 2024. For the new year, we have new ambitions, new visions, new energies, new priorities, new…

Altavia Group announces the sale of Blue Lions a pan-African digital communications agency.

Altavia Group announces the sale of Blue Lions a pan-African digital communications agency. 1920 1080 Altavia

Altavia Group, the world’s leading network dedicated to commercial communications for the retail sector, announces the sale of the Blue Lions communications agency. Established on the African continent since 2015,…

Altavia boosts its performance and martech offering with a strategic acquisition in Poland

Altavia boosts its performance and martech offering with a strategic acquisition in Poland 1080 1080 Altavia

Altavia boosts its performance and martech offering with a strategic acquisition in Poland. Altavia Kamikaze, a leading creative and communication agency with a strong digital DNA, part of the international…

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“Facing rampant urbanisation, cities have no choice but to adapt and innovate” 1680 1117 Altavia

“Facing rampant urbanisation, cities have no choice but to adapt and innovate”

  “Cities and regions of the future”. That is the theme of the 2018 European Sustainable Development Week. The event offers an opportunity for Catherine Rehbinder, CSR Director at ALTAVIA, to introduce us to Smart Cities, a concept to be developed in the not-so-distant future. These cities put innovative systems in place in order to adapt…

Paolo Mamo
“Retailers need a real change of perspective”, Paolo Mamo says. 1765 767 Altavia

“Retailers need a real change of perspective”, Paolo Mamo says.

What are the retail and consumer trends of today? Today more than ever, there is a clear expectation emerging for retailers to become open, limitless spaces. We have left behind the era of boundaries, the physical is no longer pitted against the digital, there is no longer opposition between online and offline purchases, or separation…

Alibaba has entered the serious multi billion business of RT-Mart hypermarkets stores. 1985 1185 Altavia

Alibaba has entered the serious multi billion business of RT-Mart hypermarkets stores.

  For the last 2 years, with its 40 Hema stores, Alibaba has learned a lot about physical retail. It was a good warm up. No offense to Hema stores, but we need a dozen of them to match the sales of a large hypermarket.   So, Alibaba, for the last 4 months has changed…

Nathalie Lemière
Nathalie Lemière: heart of a finisher, a story of resilience 2560 1440 Altavia

Nathalie Lemière: heart of a finisher, a story of resilience

Nathalie Lemière took part in the Paris Marathon with her colleagues from Altavia. She is from Normandy. She loves sailing. She is always looking for the next challenge to tackle. Nathalie Lemière, who joined the paper purchasing division at Altavia two years ago, has suffered from a heart defect since 2005. To strengthen her heart,…

Logistique Alibaba
Logistics battle : Alibaba 1, Tencent 0. 1827 1028 Altavia

Logistics battle : Alibaba 1, Tencent 0.

In the ultimate goal of “owning the customer” Alibaba may have won the logistics battle, if not the war, against its rival Tencent. The first battle between these two mastodons was to build and drive online traffic… Well, with 1 billion users for WeChat and $25 billion of goods sold in 24 hours during the…

L’art du storytelling
The art of storytelling 1678 1119 Altavia

The art of storytelling

  Everyone’s talking about technological innovation. How it is transforming the world of retail, removing the barrier of time, and giving people access to a huge choice of products, very quickly and easily. This technological innovation, which makes it possible to customize baskets, bags, clothes, etc. But today, it has almost become the norm. So…

GDPR: Fidzup, an exemplary case 1665 897 Altavia

GDPR: Fidzup, an exemplary case

    On 19 July last year, the President of the French Data Protection Authority – CNIL – issued Fidzup, which specialises in generating in-store traffic, with a formal notice for failure to adhere to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Following several months’ work, the start-up launched a consent management platform that was perfectly…

Colour management in Japan: progress for the sake of survival 1717 1093 Altavia

Colour management in Japan: progress for the sake of survival

The standardisation of the graphic chain is inevitable. Whilst some countries, such as Japan, have their own interpretations and adopt traditional methods, some players are working towards improving and standardising colour management practices. This is certainly true of Yukiko Inoue, who became General Manager of Altavia Japan in 2016.   What was your background prior…

Douyin/TikTok: a first-class marketing tool for brands? 1678 1119 Altavia

Douyin/TikTok: a first-class marketing tool for brands?

    Douyin, aka TikTok, has become the leading Chinese social media app. Secret recipe of this “sweet and sour” app.   Douyin is a hip short video app launched not so long ago in September 2016. In November 2017, ByteDance, the holding of Douyin, bought the US Musical.ly app for 1 billion USD. Since…

Sales communication: new technologies serving print production 1683 1115 Altavia

Sales communication: new technologies serving print production

    Interview with Francesco Lascala, Managing Director of Publishing, Altavia Italia.     What innovations in printing have brought about the greatest changes with regard to your work in recent years? The most interesting changes that we have seen in recent years relate to major technological innovations where large print runs are concerned. I’m talking…

The role of e-commerce platforms in the sale of luxury articles in China: the case of JD.com 1562 1202 Altavia

The role of e-commerce platforms in the sale of luxury articles in China: the case of JD.com

    In China, luxury products are rarely bought in the store or on the website of the brand itself but on platforms like Alibaba and JD.com. The latter, originating from Beijing, has more than one ace up its sleeve. We breakdown this perfectly calibrated phenomenon with Altavia Global Key Account Director, Stéphane Joly. “JD.com,…

Pop-up stores: valuable sales activation tools. 1677 1119 Altavia

Pop-up stores: valuable sales activation tools.

Over the past 15 years, pop-up stores have become a very effective marketing tool to boost sales for brands and retailers. To what extent has this trend changed the face of retail? Petr Šafář, Head of the Retail Division at Altavia Česká, tells us more about this trend, which he believes is set to grow…

CSR week 2019: reducing inequalities 1920 1080 Altavia

CSR week 2019: reducing inequalities

    Now a major highlight. Every year, numerous events are organised during European Sustainable Development Week to promote inspiring projects and initiatives. The theme of the 2019 edition was reducing inequalities. An opportunity for Altavia to host its traditional CSR Week, and to raise awareness among its employees of the Sustainable Development Goals. Altavia…

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