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Copenhagen. Ikea launches new city concept
After nearly 4 years of approval process, Ikea received the approval for a new city store. For the Danish Country Retail Manager Dennis Balslev, the incoming city store is “an enormous...
- Retail
- News brief
16 November 2017
Successful fundraising for Advalo
The Advalo start-up (specialises in CRM strategies for winning customers and developing loyalty) has won €5 million in investments from Vasgos, SGPA, West Web Valley and other banks. Advalo...
- Retail
- News brief
16 November 2017
Le Printemps develops the “outlet” channel
In November 2017, Le Printemps is due to open a 600 sq.m GLA unit within the brand new outlet centre of Miramas, in the south of France. This retail outlet centre was opened in April 2017...
- Retail
- News brief
16 November 2017
BCBG Max Azria closes in Europe
In October, Fashion retailer BCBG, (a retailer selling evening dresses) ceased operations in Europe. Owned by investment firm Guggenheim Partners, all its stores in France and all operations in...
- Retail
- News brief
16 November 2017
Zalando moves from online to outlet
Zalando, Europe’s largest fashion e-retailer, is about to open a 4th outlet store in Hamburg, Germany. This is in the former Thalia bookstore on the Grosse Bleichen street, where annual...
- Retail
- News brief
16 November 2017
Douglas accelerates in Spain
The cosmetics retailer Douglas will expand from 57 Spanish stores in June 2017 to 380 by the end of 2017. During the summer, Douglas purchased the Bodybell chain, with 223 stores in Spain...
- Retail
- News brief
16 November 2017
Kaufhof. Richard Baker and HBC search for financial success
Will Richard Baker, interim C.E.O. of the Hudson Bay Co. (HBC), dispose of Galeria Kaufhof department store business in Germany after only two years? “This is possible”, said an...
- Retail
- News brief
16 November 2017
Sporting retailers. When global footprints make the difference
In the sporting goods sector, Lululemon Athletica seems isolated from the pressures facing the broader athletic industry. During the quarter to July 30, 2017, its sales grew by 13% in total to...
- Retail
- News brief
16 November 2017
“The best payment experience is offered by Uber”
As one of the final decisive steps, consumer payments is a battlefield for retailers looking for innovation, efficiency and speed. We investigated a retail arena in full swing.
Noel Prioux to head up Carrefour Brazil
From October 2, in an unexpected move, the French Executive Noël Prioux (aged 59) is appointed as Executive Director of Carrefour Latin America (Brazil and Argentina), directly in charge of...
- Retail
- News brief
24 October 2017
New retail head at Estée Lauder
On October 1st, Olivier Bottrie took a new position at the Estée Lauder cosmetics Group (sales of US$11.8 billion in the fiscal year to June 2017, up by 5% year-on-year). As newly appointed...
- Retail
- News brief
24 October 2017
U.S. moves towards smaller Boards
In the United States, the world’s n°1 asset manager BlackRock withheld voting support for the re-election of Ann Mather at Shutterfly and at Alphabet. She was finally elected at both...
- Retail
- News brief
24 October 2017
Understanding the dynamics of European home improvement
European home improvement retailers improved productivity in 2016 with higher sales and smaller stores. Baltic countries drive growth in the sector.
K11 Shanghai, the Mall of the Month
In a city saturated with malls, the Shanghai K11 mall (40,000 sq.m GLA on 6 floors) built by the Hong Kong billionaire Adrian Cheng now registers record number of visitors. Located on Middle...
- Retail
- News brief
24 October 2017
Chinese women, a major opportunity for sport retailers
In China, Lululemon Athletica is about to open its 1st store in Chengdu. The retailer, which boats “Sweat once a day” at store doors, has managed to catch Chinese consumers with its...
- Retail
- News brief
24 October 2017
Inditex to sell online in India
Having 22 stores in India under the Zara banner, Inditex will start selling online in the country from early October 2017. This is via its own website and warehouse in Haryana. It will offer
- Retail
- News brief
24 October 2017
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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
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...
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4 September 2026
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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Electronic shelf labels: why the US regulator threatens rollout
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...
- Retail
- Economy and regulators
- Analysis
21 August 2026
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From ChatGPT Ads to Amazon Alexa for Shopping: advertising in LLMs scales up in Europe
This summer, OpenAI successively rolled out its ChatGPT Ads platform in the UK and in 30 European countries. From formats used, CPM levels notably for FMCG products and the new role of GEO...
- Retail
- Retail tech
- Analysis
27 August 2026
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With Claudeforce, Salesforce opens data to Anthropic and shifts into the conversational AI era
With the announcement of deep integration of the Claude LLM within the Salesforce ecosystem via MCP servers, SaaS software interfaces are fading in favour of AI agents. According to...
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- News
9 September 2026
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Retail media & LLMs: navigating intent-driven and custom experiences
From store aisles to ChatGPT Ads placements, retail media is shifting away from traditional slots, formats and keywords toward intent-based targeting. Driven by lower access costs to LLMs, full...
- Retail
- Retail tech
- Special Reports
31 August 2026
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Facing SharkNinja’s hegemony, Carrefour and Darty gain ground on TikTok Shop
While Sephora follows in Ulta's footsteps on TikTok Shop in the US, mind Retail analyzed sellers performance in Q2 2026. Based on exclusive data from Lengow and Kalodata, this European market...
- Retail
- Retail tech
- Analysis
7 September 2026
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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...
- Retail
- mind Exclusive
- Retail tech
4 September 2026