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In the USA, whileTikTok has been navigating turbulence since a restructuring on January 22, 2026, led by a new entity controlled by Oracle and Silver Lake (bugs, service outages and accusations of...

10 February 2026

U.S. giants Advent and FedEx acquire InPost for €7.8 billion

On February 9, 2026, a consortium led by the American fund Advent and delivery giant FedEx announced the acquisition of the Polish locker specialist InPost. The transaction, valued at €7.8...

10 February 2026

In-store analytics: US company Form acquires Israeli unicorn Trax

On February 5, 2026, Israeli start-up Trax, founded in 2010 by Joel Bar-El and Dror Feldheim, announced a merger with Form to develop shelf analytics through AI. With a cumulative total of 11...

6 February 2026

[Amazon Results] E-commerce fuelled by AI and advertising drives Amazon in 2025, but the cloud bet raises questions

Driven by e-commerce, the marketplace, the cloud, and advertising — four units each generating more than US$12 billion in incremental revenue in 2025 — Amazon ended the year with solid...

6 February 2026

AI Builders study : 18% of French companies have launched agentic projects

Whilst a shift towards agentic commerce has been under way for several months, consulting firm AI Builders has revealed, exclusively to mind Retail, a study on the disintermediation of customer...

6 February 2026

With 276 stores and exclusive agreements with L’Oréal and Nike, Nykaa accelerates an omnichannel shift

Through influence on YouTube and Snapchat, data exploitation, physical retail and partnerships with international companies, Nykaa is shifting from a pure-player model to an integrated omnichannel...

6 February 2026

Why Wall Street is backing Walmart as Amazon reshapes grocery

As Amazon confirms the closure of Fresh and Go stores in a refocusing move, Walmart crosses the symbolic threshold of US$1 trillion in market capitalisation. A trajectory that illustrates Wall...

5 February 2026

How Leroy Merlin generates 5% additional revenue with a range optimisation tool

On the sidelines of Diamart Consulting’s Retail Data Day event in Paris, Louis des Escotais, Chief Performance Officer at Leroy Merlin, presented to mind Retail the results of Wiser, an internal...

5 February 2026

Facing the rise of Google Pay, Apple Pay and Wero, Lyf shuts down

Eight years after launch, Lyf ceased operations due to failure to gain profitability. Despite several major innovations in mobile payments, the fintech company did not reach critical scale, facing...

5 February 2026

Tata Consultancy Services warns only 24% of retailers use AI for autonomous decision-making

Despite a strong rhetoric around AI, retail struggles to move beyond chatbots. According to the TCS Global Retail Outlook 2026 study, based on responses from 800 executives across 18 countries, AI...

4 February 2026

Retail media: Klépierre signs with Seiki to refine audience measurement in malls

Europe’s second largest mall owner, Klépierre, is taking steps to structure retail media. Event-based campaigns doubled in 2025, the giant screen network expanded and the group signed a deal with...

3 February 2026

Costco partners with Instacart to launch e-commerce and delivery in France and Spain

On January 30, 2026, the world’s largest cash & carry retailer Costco (2025 revenue: US$275 billion, up by 8% in a year, 3% net margin ratio, through 923 stores in 14 countries) launched...

3 February 2026

Moltbook: when AI agents take the floor

On January 28, 2026, American Matt Schlicht, Co-Founder and C.E.O. of Octane AI (a platform specialising in conversational commerce) created Moltbook, a social network for AI agents similar to...

3 February 2026

After signing But and Fnac Darty, Dealt becomes profitable and begins expansion

Profitable in 2025, service start-up Dealt is preparing international expansion, mind Retail learned. With 55 clients after signing with But and Fnac Darty, the tech platform is deploying AI...

3 February 2026

E-retail media solidifies brand–retailer relationships

According to Publicis Commerce‘s e-retail media barometer for 2025 (surveying around 200 marketing, commerce, and e-commerce decision-makers in France) published on January 7, 2026, nearly...

2 February 2026

Marketplaces: Stockly enters Switzerland with MediaMarkt, Decathlon, Galaxus and Manor

After a loss-making but high-growth year in 2025, the stock-pooling start-up for marketplaces signed agreements with 4 Swiss retailers, mind Retail learned. By taking on one of Europe’s most...

30 January 2026

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Hugues Chanoine (Hygie31 Digital): “The next step is to eliminate filters to move to 100% conversational search”

The Hygie31 retail group, known for the Lafayette Pharmacies, is continuing to transform its websites, driven by Cocooncenter. Thanks to an AI strategy and a fully redesigned IT architecture, it...

10 September 2026

ChatGPT: Bureau Vallée’s recipe to capture back-to-school spending

By launching a conversational chatbot with Algolia and a new module converting school lists into e-commerce carts this summer, Bureau Vallée aims to ease the chore of back-to-school supply list...

10 September 2026

Fnac Darty to launch Wero on its e-commerce sites

According to our information, Fnac Darty is about to deploy European payment solution Wero, based on account-to-account instant transfers, on its e-commerce sites. Already active in Germany at...

4 September 2026

Why Shein emits twice as much CO2 as Inditex for equivalent revenue

On the occasion of an IPO, Shein revealed a carbon footprint of 25.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2025, up by 20% compared to a reference year. For an equivalent sales level, the fast...

3 September 2026

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In the USA, the Federal Trade Commission has just required full transparency on the use of pricing algorithms based on personal data, under threat of penalties. In this regulatory framework...

21 August 2026