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10 October 2024

With Gemini’s AI, Google stands up to OpenAI and wants to conquer India

Google (Alphabet Inc., revenue of US$165.3 billion in H1 to June 2024, net margin at 28.6% of sales) has announced a roadmap for India, including voice processing of its AI-powered assistant...

10 October 2024

Retail media: Criteo signs Selfridges and Belk department stores

After losing ManoMano and Boulanger in recent months, retail media specialist Criteo announced on October 8 a new partnership with U.S. department stores’ Belk (2023 sales of US$3.1 billion...

8 October 2024

Fashion: second-hand players call for an end to resale taxation

In both the U.S.A. and Europe, federations and players in the circular fashion sector are campaigning for an end to double taxation, especially tax applied to resale margins, which applies to...

8 October 2024

Omnichannel, video, photo: online and in-store, customer reviews are re-inventing themselves

As e-commerce returns to growth, online retailers need to optimise customer reviews to stay ahead of the game. We look at the strategies of Amazon, Shein, Temu, Fnac Darty, Decathlon, Picard...

8 October 2024

Richemont takes control of 33% of Mytheresa in exchange for sale of YNAP

On October 7, 2024, Richemont (sales of €20.62 billion in 2023, up 3.3%) announced the sale of Yoox-Net-A-Porter (YNAP ) to German marketplace Mytheresa (sales of €840 million in the...

7 October 2024

USA: CVS makes further redundancies and plans to split retail and health insurance businesses

According to CNBC, drugstore retailer CVS Health (sales of US$357.8 billion in 2023, up 10.9%, net margin at 2.3% of sales) has hired consultants to carry out a strategic review of the business...

4 October 2024

U.K. With late payments by Prada and Kurt Geiger, the government is tightening the screws

Last month, the British government presented an array of measures to limit late supplier payments and to support SMEs. According to the lobby group Good Business Pays, in 2023, Prada (LVMH) paid...

4 October 2024

Affinity insurances : 18 months’ imprisonment sought for SFAM’s CEO

Already fined €10 million in 2018 by the insurance financial watchdog (ACPR), Mr. Sadri Fegaier was the subject of a request for the maximum sentence at the trial of Indexia (formerly SFAM)...

4 October 2024

After Paris 2024, LVMH signs a 2nd sports contract with Formula 1

After partnering the Paris 2024 Olympic Games for a fee of €150 million, the LVMH group signed a 10-year contract on October 2, 2024 as a premium partner of Formula 1 (F1). The partnership...

3 October 2024

In 2024, Costco maintains growth and raises net margin to 2.9% of turnover

On September 26, 2024, Costco, the world’s 2nd largest food retailer by sales, published results for the financial year ending August 2024. Continuing the growth momentum of 2023, the...

3 October 2024

Focused on beauty in the U.S.A., Yuka doubled customers in one year

In the U.S.A., where product safety mobile apps are becoming increasingly popular, Yuka has already won business from over 4.5% of Americans.

1 October 2024

Swiss department stores Globus are now under Central Group’s Thai governance

On September 30, Thailand-based Central Group (sales of €3.3 billion for Central Retail in H1 2024 up 6%), completed ownership of Switzerland’s Globus. Although the chain was acquired...

1 October 2024

Puma uses Google AI to personalise online product sheets by country

German brand Puma (sales of €4.2 billion in the half-year to June 2024, down 2.1% at constant exchange rates) announced on September 24 the use of Google Cloud’s GenAI on its websites...

1 October 2024

California bans the sale of all plastic bags in stores

On September 22, 10 years after a first attempt, California passed a law banning the sale of non-recyclable plastic bags (single-use or reusable). The law will come into force on January 1, 2026...

1 October 2024

[mind Retail Exclusive] How Custplace’s AI automates the collection of customer reviews for Darty, Optical Centre and KparK

On October 1, 2024, Custplace, the SaaS platform managing customer and employee reviews, announced the beta test launch of “Inbox IA”. This solution enables customer reviews to be...

1 October 2024

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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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25 February 2026

Klépierre, URW, Carmila: in 2025, retail media and services accounted for nearly 10% of net rental income

Published on February 12 and 19, annual financial results of the three major European property companies show that Klépierre, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, and Carmila are no longer singing from the...

24 February 2026