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In the U.S.A., the second-largest discount grocer after Aldi reported excellent business results. It seems that the 55% tariff increase on Chinese products has been a godsend for low-cost...

10 June 2025

After supermarkets and fashion, Dior and Cartier are now the target of cyber attacks

As cyber attacks have been mushrooming in Europe's fashion and food sectors, luxury goods are not being spared. Recently, customer data from Dior (LVMH) and Cartier (Richemont) was raided.

6 June 2025

[mind Retail Exclusive] MediaMarkt aims to boost after-sales service performance with AI-enhanced advisors

Behind the scenes of Shoptalk, mind Retail spoke with Henny Steiniger, VP of Customer Experience at MediaMarkt. She revealed her ambitions for the new after-sales chatbot enhanced with generative...

6 June 2025

Portugal: a Glovo delivery rider recognised as an employee by the Supreme Court

In a ruling on May 28, the Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal reclassified the relationship between an independent food delivery rider and the Glovo platform as an employment relationship. The...

6 June 2025

China’s Wanda sells 48 malls in mega deal

In China, real estate developer Dalian Wanda Group (513 Wanda Plaza malls covering 70.9 million sq.m) is selling 48 shopping centres in a US$6.94 billion deal. The buyer is a joint venture led by...

5 June 2025

Menswear brand Snitch raises US$40 million to expand in Asia and the Middle East

In India, men’s label Snitch (2024 sales: US$29.4 million, up 128% in a year, net margin ratio of 1.8% via 60 stores) raised US$40 million in Series B funding on May 27 (investors: 360 ONE...

5 June 2025

[Shoptalk] At Tesco, the ship-from-store model is reaching limits at 30% of online sales per store

On June 2, 2025, at the Shoptalk conference in Barcelona, which mind Retail attended, Oliver Vogt (Tesco) reviewed the implementation of logistics hubs dedicated to e-commerce fulfillment in...

5 June 2025

[mind Retail Day] Data strategy and advertising revenue: Fitness Park’s new trajectory

During the mind Retail Day, the Fitness Park gym chain (350 gyms in Europe) took stock of their advertising monetization strategy. Here are the key figures.

4 June 2025

[mind Retail Day] Sephora, Primark, Tara Jarmon and Zapa: maintaining CSR despite regulatory uncertainty

The current regulatory relaxation, coupled with economic tensions, could raise questions about the relevance of CSR strategies for retailers. At mind Retail Day however, Matthieu Riché (Sephora)...

30 May 2025

Pyrenex boosts e-commerce conversion rate by 67% thanks to Mollie and Shopify

Exclusively for mind Retail, Benjamin Wutiuyen, Head of Digital Marketing at Pyrenex, reviews the replatforming carried out in July 2024, with the integration of Mollie as payment provider...

28 May 2025

[mind Retail Day] Marketplace scaling: growth drivers according to Castorama, Fnac-Darty and La Redoute

For Séverine Geoffroy (Castorama), Emilie Arnaud (Fnac-Darty), Pauline Tolila (Younited) and Edouard Roussel (La Redoute), the marketplace offers a structuring growth lever with an array of...

28 May 2025

Veesion secures a €53-million funding and opens a U.S. subsidiary

As shoplifting becomes more prevalent in the retail sector, particularly in the U.S. amid inflation and price increases, Veesion (specialising in AI-powered detection of in-store behaviours) has...

27 May 2025

[mind Retail Day] How Mousquetaires, Marionnaud and URW maximise in-store retail media

While in France, retail media revenue grew by 14% to €1.22 billion in 2024 (representing 11% of total digital advertising), the increasingly omnichannel approach of both advertising agencies...

26 May 2025

Valiuz signs with Auchan Spain and launches Valiuz Iberia

On May 13, Valiuz, the retail media agency for Mulliez brands, which will soon be integrated with Infinity Advertising, announced a partnership with Alcampo, the group’s Spanish grocery...

23 May 2025

EU adopts environmental labelling for B2B, France pushes for a consumer-facing version

While Brussels has just approved the methodological framework for eco-score in the fashion industry, France is taking the lead with a more ambitious version directly aimed at consumers. Already in...

23 May 2025

[mind Retail exclusive] How second-hand goods are set to grow at Tara Jarmon and Zapa

Behind the scenes at the mind Retail Day conference in Paris on May 21, Laura Marquant, Managing Director of Tara Jarmon and Zapa, exclusively unveiled her circular roadmap. Accelerating...

23 May 2025

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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

Regulatory: With 200,000 Digital Product Passports issued, Darty scales up

While the European Commission is set to vote on delegated acts to specify requirements for home appliances, Darty is accelerating a Digital Product Passport (DPP) push by integrating new products...

11 March 2026

Electronic labels: Hanshow accelerates breakthrough and signs with a leading British retailer

While the leader in electronic labels, Vusion exceeded €1.47 billion in revenue in 2025, rival Hanshow is stepping up a global offensive, winning a strategic account in the U.K. and a new POC for...

27 February 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

BNPL: Between healthcare and retail, Scalapay accelerates a P.O.S. offensive with two major signings

Building on a strong foothold in fashion, Scalapay is strengthening in-store penetration targeting players in the healthcare sector. According to our information, the Italian BNPL unicorn has...

25 February 2026

Regulatory: With 200,000 Digital Product Passports issued, Darty scales up

While the European Commission is set to vote on delegated acts to specify requirements for home appliances, Darty is accelerating a Digital Product Passport (DPP) push by integrating new products...

11 March 2026

Profound raises US$96 million in Series C funding, becoming a first GEO unicorn

Founded in 2024 in New York by James Cadwallader, GEO startup Profound raised US$96 million on February 24, 2026, in a Series C round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, including Sequoia Capital...

25 February 2026

Agentic commerce : After Stripe, Mirakl partners with JPMorgan Payments

On March 10, 2026, Mirakl and JPMorgan Payments (JPMP) unveiled a partnership to deploy agentic commerce by combining the Mirakl Nexus agentic orchestration platform with the U.S. bank’s...

16 March 2026