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mind Retail n°278 – December 2025
Monday 01 December 2025
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Payment: a lever for retail innovation
This month, our editorial team highlights how innovation is taking shape around payment. This key stage, enabling turnover to be collected by retailers, is at the heart of numerous pilots and POCs: roll-out of mobile checkout in the aisles, rise of wallets and BNPL options, expansion of Wero…
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