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In the United Kingdom, the Japanese fast food chain Itsu (2023 turnover: €184 million, up 60% in a year) is backtracking on self-service ordering terminals. The business will increase the...

28 February 2025

EU: Commission backpedals on CSRD and duty of vigilance

On February 26, the Commission presented a proposal for the Omnibus Directive, removing 80% of companies from the CSRD non-financial reporting framework and slashing obligations related to the...

27 February 2025

TikTok Shop arrives in Western Europe, with a potential market of €3.3 billion

After the launch of TikTok Shop in Mexico, the platform is launching this feature in France, Germany, Italy and Spain, four countries with a combined total of 85 million users in 2024. Since...

26 February 2025

Profit and market valuation slashed in half: will Shein postpone I.P.O.?

Shein may delay a London Stock Exchange I.P.O., initially planned for April 2025, to the second half of the year. According to the Financial Times on February 23, growth in 2024 fell short of...

25 February 2025

Google embarks on international expansion with 2 stores in India

Google (Alphabet Inc: 2024 revenue of US$350 billion, up 15% at constant exchange rates, net margin ratio of 28.6%) plans to open first stores in India, according to Reuters on February, 20. The...

25 February 2025

APAC: occupancy rates rise, retail investment up 27% in 2024

In Japan, the Tokyu Plaza Ginza mall in Tokyo has been acquired in early February for US$1 billion by Gaw Capital and Patience Capital. Meanwhile, JLL reports that commercial property investment...

25 February 2025

Driven by new profit streams in 2024, Walmart puts the spotlight on e-commerce

Walmart maintained growth while generating higher profits from the core business. With online sales accounting for 18% of total revenue -a level equivalent to Target - e-commerce triggered...

25 February 2025

With Vox IA, Covéa visualises – and soon will manage – the customer experience

To gain competitive advantage, insurer Covéa is improving customer experience by developing an AI-powered solution dedicated to analysing customer feedback: Vox IA.

24 February 2025

Adam Bohbot, Ana Luisa: “By December, we will be active on around 10 marketplaces, including Farfetch, Moda Operandi and Yoox”

The U.S. brand Ana Luisa sells affordable jewellery with a two-year guarantee, priced between US$50 and US$150. For the past year, marketplaces have been the main growth driver. We meet...

24 February 2025

Following a strong 2024, Carrefour wants to spend €800 million for the Brazilian unit

On February 19, 2025, Carrefour published annual results: in 2024, total sales grew by 5.3% at constant rates to €87.27 billion excluding V.A.T., half as fast as in 2023. In France, revenue...

21 February 2025

Alibaba opens a first furniture showroom in Hong Kong

On February 22, 2025, Taobao (Alibaba Group) teamed up with Chinese home furnishings platform Papabo to open a first physical furniture store. Named PapaHome and located within the Tsim Sha Tsui...

21 February 2025

Driven by property development, Emaar boosted revenue by a third in 2024

On February 14, 2025, Dubai-based property developer Emaar Properties (owner of office assets such as the Burj Khalifa, shopping malls, luxury hotels, etc.) announced a 33% increase in turnover in...

21 February 2025

Infinity Advertising becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mousquetaires

Infinity Advertising, the joint advertising agency that has been marketing the retail media offerings of Intermarché and Casino supermarkets since 2021, announced on February 14 a purchase...

19 February 2025

How Join Stories aims to capitalise on the stories format to boost online engagement and conversion

Since 2020, the start-up Join Stories has been enabling e-retailers to integrate 15-second video or photo stories -made popular by Instagram- into their websites and apps. With a client portfolio...

18 February 2025

USA: Quiksilver, Roxy and Volcom operator shuts down 122 Stores

On February 7, Liberated Brands (2022 revenue : US$422 million, up by 21%, with no new figures since) began closing 122 stores across the U.S.A. following a bankruptcy filing on February, 2. The...

17 February 2025

Klepierre expands through acquisitions, while Unibail safeguards margins with retail media

Just a day apart, URW and Klepierre, Europe’s two leading shopping centre operators, released robust annual results. For URW, the advertising business accounted for more than 50% of net margin in...

17 February 2025

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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

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

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...

4 September 2026

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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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...

21 August 2026

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...

27 August 2026

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...

9 September 2026

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...

31 August 2026

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...

7 September 2026

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...

4 September 2026