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Italy’s Conad to invest €258 million in store network
On June 9, the Italian group Conad (2024 revenue of €21.1 billion, up 4.5% year-on-year after a rise of 8.1% in 2023) announced an investment of €258 million by 2027 in a network of...
17 June 2025
With stablecoins, Walmart, Amazon, and Shopify want to break free from traditional banking channels
In the US, payment disintermediation continues. Walmart (2024 revenue: US$681 billion, including approximately US$100 billion online) and Amazon (2024 revenue: US$638 billion) are considering...
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17 June 2025
Financière Agache, a Bernard Arnault’s holding company, exits Lagardère’s capital
It’s the end of a strategic partnership. According to the AMF, Bernard Arnault’s holding company Financière Agache sold the remaining 7.97% stake in the Lagardère group...
17 June 2025
Shabir Vasram, Daphni: “We are seeing valuation anomalies in certain AI cases due to investors’ pressure”
Shabir Vasram is a Partner at venture capital firm Daphni. Focusing on seed to Series A funding, Daphni backed companies such as Back Market, Stockly, Albatross and Prediko, and is rapidly...
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12 June 2025
Faced with customs duties, free delivery is on the decline in the U.S.A
In order to offset additional costs associated with customs duties (10% for most countries and 30% for China), U.S. retailers are beginning to tighten delivery policies. Recently, subscription toy...
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12 June 2025
Pressured Debenhams signs with Romanian unicorn UiPath to optimise prices
Debt renegotiation, declining sales, margins under pressure: to regain control of a pricing policy, Debenhams is turning to the Romanian automation unicorn and embarking on a shift towards smarter...
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12 June 2025
[mind Retail Exclusive] Coop Switzerland boosts sales with an AI chatbot dedicated to DIY
Daniel Hofmann, Brand Manager at Jumbo, shared with mind Retail the results of a conversational AI chatbot, which has been launched for two years. He explains usage figures, the impact on average...
11 June 2025
USA : Dollar General capitalises on tariffs trade tensions
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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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)...
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- Retailer and e-commerce
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30 May 2025
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Against a backdrop of growing pressure on household budgets, the European CCD2 Directive coming into force and a new legal framework for assisted purchasing journeys, Oney is stepping up an...
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29 October 2026
Amid an ownership shake-up following its acquisition by Evoriel, shopping centre operator Advantail has signed with Formality to digitise the management of commercial leases and contracts across...
23 October 2026
With an average basket of €3,500 and a payment journey that includes a financial deposit at the time of ordering, Mobilier de France shares with mind Retail its assessment of the rollout of...
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15 October 2026
Eager to bring together customer data and improve data accuracy, jewellery and watch retailer Maison A.Constant built its own Single Customer Repository (SCR) using n8n, an orchestration platform...
7 October 2026
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Advantail signs with Formality to streamline commercial lease management
Amid an ownership shake-up following its acquisition by Evoriel, shopping centre operator Advantail has signed with Formality to digitise the management of commercial leases and contracts across...
23 October 2026