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USA. Google and Citigroup impose vaccination
In the USA, it is up to the management of large companies to decide on mandatory vaccination. Some companies are sending unvaccinated employees to work from home whilst others take a rigid line.
- Retail
- News brief
18 January 2022
How will people pay in 2022?
Hervé Denis, Head of Flow, Offer, Trade, Innovation & Data Payments Department at Crédit Mutuel Arkéa.
“Independent retailers are not the best experts in use of data”
By Philippe Sence, President of the digital transformation commission at IREF, Federation of European Franchise and Partnership Networks. IREF represents all forms of independent collaborative...
Patrick Raffort, FG2A : “There is a true complementarity between insurance and retail”
Patrick Raffort, President of the FG2A* is also Head of Insurance at Orange. He explains how insurance products have become a new frontier for many retail companies.
“77% of retailers want to increase the drive-to-store portion of their advertising investment”
By Sandrine Prefaut, Managing Director of S4M in France. Operating in 10 countries (USA, Canada, France, Italy, UK, Switzerland, Benelux, Asia-Pacific region…), S4M is an international “drive to...
Nykaa, the Indian pure player to watch in 2022
By Gautam Chowdhury and Imtiaz Batkoo, respectively C.E.O. and Senior Vice President of Bangalore-based consulting firm RXG Business Consulting. They decode for Mind Retail the business model of...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- Analysis
13 January 2022
USA. “Inflation and logistics challenges put increased pressure on retailers to manage costs”
Amanda Lai, Consulting Senior Manager / Food Retail Practice Leader, McMillanDoolittle in Chicago
Poland. “As price competition rises, we expect a wave of M&A and withdrawals from the market”
Agnieszka Gornicka, C.E.O. Inquiry Market Research, a Warsaw-based retail research and consulting firm.
Marketplaces. Mercado Libre strengthens leadership
Marketplaces are a real growth driver for e-commerce within Latin America, notably for Mercado Libre company from Argentina.
- Retail
- News brief
12 January 2022
JD.com launches 4 robot stores in the Netherlands
For its entry on the European market, the Chinese company JD.com announced on January 10th, 2022, the imminent opening of four stores in the Netherlands. They will be located in Utrecht...
- Retail
- News brief
12 January 2022
Why American Eagle is buying logistics companies
At the end of December, the fashion retailer completed the acquisition of Quiet Logistics. This major investment of US$360 million (in cash) represents 8% of market capitalisation.
- Retail
- News brief
11 January 2022
After a record year, FBD opens 500th store in Saudi Arabia
Custom kitchen franchisor FBD is riding the global momentum of interior renovation. The group opened a new Ixina outlet in Saudi Arabia in November 2021 to reach 500 stores worldwide (including...
- Retail
- News brief
11 January 2022
Mexico. Grupo Elektra accepts payments in Bitcoin
Present in both food distribution and banking, the diversified Elektra group is innovating with a new program offering 20% discount to customers shopping in Bitcoin in December 2021.
- Retail
- News brief
11 January 2022
U.S.A. What if Covid didn’t accelerate online growth?
A study by Marketplace Pulse debunks a common misconception that e-commerce growth in the U.S.A. is due to Covid-19. Whilst lockdown has given e-commerce a boost in 2020 (up by 14.7% vs. 11%...
- Retail
- News brief
11 January 2022
Amazon wants to expand. Is Mercadona feeling lucky?
After taking over Whole Foods Market in 2017, Amazon is looking at several potential physical retail targets.
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- News
11 January 2022
Auchan in the process of buying Carrefour?
Thanks to several investment funds, the Mulliez (AFM) may present a cash offer to get their hands on Carrefour.
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- News
11 January 2022
Our mind news
While his start-up shakes up an array of players focused on product data management solutions, Edouard Margain, Co-Founder of Upsellr, shared with us at NRF Europe the results of the data...
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- Retail tech
19 September 2026
While at NRF Europe, Hanshow revealed a major contract with one of the U.S. retail giants to mind Retail, its smart trolley has yet to prove a market match. A hardware-focused strategy that raises...
- Retail
- mind Exclusive
- Retail tech
18 September 2026
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
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
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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
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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
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Walmart finally accepts in-store payments with Apple Pay and Google Pay
Sanctioned by financial markets after a sharp US slowdown in Q2, Walmart is reviewing a checkout strategy. Abandoning a rejection of technological giants, the group is rolling out Apple Pay and...
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- Retailer and e-commerce
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24 August 2026
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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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Lidl’s owner continues cloud services offensive
With €2.2 billion in cloud revenue and growth 3 times faster than the rest of the business, Schwarz Group continues a technological shift. Between investments in its own data centres, buyouts in...
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- Retailer and e-commerce
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1 September 2026