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While revenue of e-retail media grew by 24 % last year in France to €1.11 billion and continues to gain share in the advertising market (12% after 9% in 2023), E.Leclerc is accelerating...

17 June 2024

Amanda Medina, Etam: “We now have real expertise on Instagram”

With nearly 1.3 million followers on Instagram, Etam stands out for a social media strategy that's close to its audience, focused on collaborations and interaction. Amanda Medina, Head of Social...

12 June 2024

Leroy Merlin halves Board and starts a vast redundancy plan

Leroy Merlin (GMV 2023 of €9.93 billion in France up by 1.3% year-on-year) announced the loss of about 500 jobs in France, representing around 1.8% of the group’s workforce. The timing...

12 June 2024

Fast fashion giant Shein tries circularity

Following a launch in the U.S.A. in 2022, the second-hand clothing resale platform Shein Exchange, was launched in France on June 3. Available from the mobile app, it offers only clothing...

11 June 2024

Casino subsidiary suspends stablecoin issuance

“As part of the entry into force of the European MiCA regulation (June 30, editor note) and in accordance with its compliance commitment, Lugh, issuer of the stablecoin euro, announces the...

7 June 2024

Adeo measures omnichannel performance of e-retail media campaigns

Omnichannel performance measurement, in-store advertising activation... After launching its Web advertising activity a year ago, Adeo DIY retailer is moving towards an omnichannel model. At the...

7 June 2024

Ikea launches a recruitment campaign for a new store on Roblox

On June 24, Ikea launched a first metaverse store in the UK. Recruited between June 14 and 18, the 10 store advisors on Roblox (“The Co-Worker Game”, developed by Swedish gaming...

6 June 2024

Benetton Co-Founder to step down as Chairman amid allegations of fraud

On May 25, in Italy, Luciano Benetton, Co-Founder of the eponymous Italian fashion retailer (sales of €1.09 billion in 2023 up by 8.5%, after a 19%-uplift in 2022), announced his intention to...

6 June 2024

Dealt raises €6 million in Series A to foster services and circularity

Formerly Mon super Voisin, Dealt, a specialist in white-label services for retailers, has announced a €6 million round of funding to accelerate expansion in France and Europe. C.E.O. Mickael...

6 June 2024

OneStock raises US$72 million to boost connectivity

On May 21, 2024, US fund Summit Partners (RELEX, Akeneo, Klaviyo, Optimove, Later and Mi9 Retail) announced a US$72 million investment in French OMS provider OneStock (100 clients including Yves...

31 May 2024

Retail media: PayPal creates an advertising division headed by an ex-Uber

PayPal (427 million active accounts in Q1 2024, for 6.5 billion transactions) is to launch an advertising sales platform, PayPal Ads. Based on users’ transactional and behavioural data...

31 May 2024

China: Shunned by Gen Z, Pandora fails to recover

Although very dynamic in the U.S.A. and in Europe, Danish retailer Pandora (sales of US$4.11 billion in 2023, up by 6%like-for-like, followed by a rise of 11% in Q1 2024 at US$980 million) is...

31 May 2024

Faced with a 183% turnover, Chipotle pays off its employees’ loans

Distribution of free shares, financing of student loans, assistance with pension payments... In a sector where turnover exceeds 75% in the U.S.A., fast-food retailer Chipotle is redoubling efforts...

31 May 2024

CSRD: Why global retailers are more exposed

Eight months before the publication of the first extra-financial reports, CSRD is shaping up to be a major challenge for European retailers. Headaches include collecting data from globalised...

30 May 2024

After very heavy weather, Chalhoub and Times Square take emergency measures

Two heavy storms wreaked havoc in Dubai on April 16 (254 mm of water) and on May 2. The damages recorded, with the heaviest rains the city has seen since 1949, is still being assessed for the...

29 May 2024

Augmented reality: start-up Zero10 deploys mirrors in Dubai

By 2024, augmented reality (AR) mirrors are set to transform the retail sector, particularly in fashion and entertainment. Led by George Yashin, Cypriot start-up Zero10 offers an AR mirror...

29 May 2024

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Refurbished smartphones: why Largo relies on Speeral automation

The start-up founded by the duo behind Teester and Skeepers is accelerating automation of second-hand product flows. The strategy is to use AI to direct products to high-traffic marketplaces such...

9 December 2025

Leroy Merlin and Aroma‑Zone launch in‑store analytics pilots with XXII

French retail tech XXII, which aims to become the Google Analytics and Contentsquare of physical stores, has already signed with 15 retailers and shopping centres, mind Retail learned. A year...

5 December 2025

Already in POC, Dialog’s conversational agent shows up in the search bar

Buoyed by a €3.8 million seed round closed in mid‑November 2025, French start‑up Dialog, specialised in AI‑based conversational e‑commerce, is accelerating. Initially placed on product pages, this...

4 December 2025

E‑commerce: How Hive customises free‑delivery thresholds using customer data

With 500 e‑merchant clients, including Embryolisse, Hindbag, Airup, Hygée or Jacks Beauty Line, German logistics provider Hive is capitalising on data to raise e‑commerce conversion via a finely...

2 December 2025

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Shift towards an omnichannel payment service provider, roll-out of mobile payment and Diebold’s computer vision solution for self-checkout, impact of one-click payment on online sales, adoption of...

11 December 2025

Retail media: Marionnaud bets on print with Figaro to boost drive-to-store

According to our sources, Marionnaud’s beauty retailer will expand an advertising unit into 3 new countries in 2026 and is launching another retail media lever in the French key market. The goal...

26 November 2025

Deborah Van Dessel (Lagardère Travel Retail): “We are testing AI tools and prompts for store layout”

Between global governance, local ambassador clubs and deployments at scale, Lagardère Travel Retail identified major operational gains thanks to AI, while other use cases reveal the current limits...

25 November 2025

Carmila join forces with Unlimitail and JCDecaux to equip 252 malls

On December 9, Carrefour and Carmila signed a partnership with Unlimitail and JCDecaux to create a retail media network combining indoor DOOH and outdoor OOH across their sites in France and...

12 December 2025

Coupang’s C.E.O. resigns after data leak of 33.7 million customers

On December 10, Park Dae-Jun, CEO of South Korean e-commerce retailer Coupang (2024 revenue: US$31.5 billion up by 29%) resigned. The cause was a security breach that exposed the personal...

12 December 2025