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This is one of the largest acquisitions ever for the owners of the Danish toy retailer Lego (sales of US$5.6 billion in 2018 up by 4%). In a huge deal of US$7.5 billion, including debts...

16 July 2019

The Californian footwear retailer Allbirds to make inroads in Germany.

The brand of durable and high-end shoes (sold between US$130 and US$160) accelerates in Europe: it will launch a European website (Allbirds.eu) and picked up Berlin to open a first store in Europe...

16 July 2019

Maisons du Monde. Five years to double turnover?

This is the ambition of home equipment retailer Maisons du Monde (MDM, sales of €1.1 billion in 2018, up by 10%), which jousts at sales of €2 billion by 2024. Online revenue should grow...

16 July 2019

From the U.S. to China, e-commerce is Mango’s priority

From mid-August 2019, the Spanish women’s fashion brand Mango (sales of €2.23 billion in 2018, up by 1.8% according to preliminary results) will be offered on Macy’s website and...

16 July 2019

For the world’s 2nd biggest landlord, flexibility is a priority

Jack Welch, the legendary C.E.O. of General Electrics, sacked the worst-performing 10% of a workforce every year. The retail market is following this policy. At Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW...

16 July 2019

China’s retail sales are no longer due to OUTPACE the U.S. in 2019

According to eMarketer, the trade war between the world’s two biggest retail markets is taking a toll, especially on China. In 2019, Chinese retail sales are expected to grow by only 3.5%...

16 July 2019

Social media. Uniqlo and TikTok team up

The Uniqlo label (owned by Fast Retailing, whose sales reached €16.44 billion in 2018 with an 8% growth objective for 2019) is partnering with TikTok. The mobile video-sharing application...

16 July 2019

Wal-Mart poaches THE Amazon retail leader

What kind of vision can a former Amazon executive develop for Wal-Mart? The race between the two retailers will be fascinating to follow, as the world’s largest retailer has made an amazing...

15 July 2019

Delivery and profitability. The impossible equation?

In June 2019, the Deliver conference in Lisbon gathered an array of specialists concerned with e-commerce deliveries. Faced with customers demanding speed with low prices, how much longer can...

15 July 2019

THE EXPERT’S EYE – 3 questions to Stéphane Tomczak, CEO of DELIVER

GRN: Your ‘Deliver’ event which focused on e-commerce took place in Lisbon during June. What are the lessons learnt for 2019?Stéphane Tomczak: Improving online customer...

15 July 2019

Online client path. Contentsquare buys its israeli counterpart

Started in 2012 by Jonathan Cherki, Contentsquare is a French data optimisation specialist firm. It provides data analysis services to retailers about how their customers behave. Clients such as...

8 July 2019

Highlights from World Retail Congress 2019

For three whole days in May 2019, we attended the World Retail Congress at the RAI in Amsterdam. Retailers from all the world joined heads, insights and ideas on how to approach and adapt...

20 June 2019

Brian Cornell associates stores and e-commerce

Brian Cornell, C.E.O of Target as the 2nd biggest U.S. retailer after Wal-Mart, was honoured on May 22nd. For his 5 years at the head of the group, this veteran of the industry (he previously...

17 June 2019

A digital leader becomes n°2 of Inditex

Carlos Crespo, aged 48, is a technological profile of very high level. Mr. Pablo Isla appointed him to assist him in the position of M.D of Inditex Group. Crespo has been a pillar within the...

17 June 2019

Jing Leng, Aikucun. “We roll out the Uber model for fashion outlets and end-of-line”

The outlet sector was dominated by outlet centres and private sale websites. In China, the young online retailer Aikucun is disrupting this industry via a highly effective strategy. Sophie Baqué...

17 June 2019

Intersport et Decathlon redefine their strategies

In China, mergers between retailers and tech players keep mushrooming. The Finnish giant Amer Sports (owner of Salomon, Wilson, Atomic…) is merging with Anta and Tencent. According to our...

17 June 2019

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Romain Mombert, Eurazeo: “Tomorrow, retailers and brands will no longer acquire customers, but AI agents”

In a proliferation of AI start-ups, how can investors distinguish those that bring true innovation and in which they should invest? For what valuation metrics? In retail and payment, what types of...

19 March 2026

Already in POC, Klarna launches long-term credit in Germany, the UK and France

Swedish fintech Klarna is expanding long-term financing in Germany and the UK, with an imminent launch, followed by France, where POCs are already underway with major e-retailers. The BNPL...

18 March 2026

Aroma-Zone and Najar reveal the behind-the-scenes of a strategic partnership

As the adoption of AI results in increasing cost volatility for companies, mind Retail spoke in Monaco with Christelle Glaszer, Manager of Indirect Purchases at Aroma-Zone natural beauty retailer...

13 March 2026

After-sales service: Prolong aims to become the OS of repair and adds 3 luxury brands

Signing of three high-end clients, launch of a maintenance passport, imminent Seed funding round and cloud migration project in China… At a 1-to-1 conference in Monaco, the Founder of Prolong...

12 March 2026

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Conflicts in the Middle East: what impact on the supply chain and European retail?

With US and Israeli strikes on Iran triggering a major crisis on February 28, 2026, retailers already have to face the closure of strategic trade routes, rising freight costs and import...

5 March 2026

Following a complaint from the FTC, Walmart agrees to pay US$100 million to Spark delivery drivers

On February 26, 2026, Walmart (2025 revenue: US$713.2 billion, up by 5.1% at constant rates) agreed to pay US$100 million in response to allegations of misleading compensation to delivery drivers...

4 March 2026

Social media & age verification: Tech breaks the glass ceiling of precision

As an array of international governments restrict social networks access for teenagers under 15 or 16, new facial recognition technologies from Yoti, Persona and k-ID are making progress in...

13 March 2026

Faced with sluggish demand, The Home Depot and Lowe’s cut 1,400 jobs and reaffirm a B2B focus

In the United States, with the home improvement and D.I.Y. market under pressure, retail leaders are reorganising. Home Depot and Lowe's, respectively No. 1 and No. 2 in the market, announced...

25 February 2026

Search AI : in the retail sector, 25% of AI queries are transactional

For mind Retail, online SEO specialist Ahrefs analysed retail queries on AI search engines. The goal was to measure the proportion of transactional prompts compared to informational ones. The...

2 March 2026