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Retailers are facing major financial challenges, while they need to step up investments in digitisation and sustainability.

Brussels-City was gifted 400 tickets to Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour, which will stop at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels on 14 May.

Rue Neuve, once the thriving and bustling commercial heart of Brussels, is suffering from expensive rents and a dwindling of interest from consumers, reports Bruzz.

Contrary to what 'some politicians' suggest, e-commerce enriches physical commerce and vice versa, claims Gino Van Ossel, lecturer at Vlerick: "E-commerce has become much more sophisticated". The Omnichannel Congress, which takes place on 24 March, demonstrates this. It features Exki, C&A, De Gele Flamingo, Ochama and more.

When Albert Heijn announced its arrival in Flanders in 2011, many eyebrows were raised. Retail experts were not immediately convinced. "I'm not going to lie: it has become much more successful than I ever thought it would be."   Well prepared This quote is from retail expert Gino Van Ossel, who frankly admits that he had a number of question marks at the start. Not so much about the reaction of the customers: "We already knew that many Belgians went to Albert Heijn across the border," says Van Ossel. "The question was whether Albert Heijn would be able to convince franchisees. I was wrong a...