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On February 9, 2026, a consortium led by the American fund Advent and delivery giant FedEx announced the acquisition of the Polish locker specialist InPost. The transaction, valued at €7.8...

10 February 2026

In-store analytics: US company Form acquires Israeli unicorn Trax

On February 5, 2026, Israeli start-up Trax, founded in 2010 by Joel Bar-El and Dror Feldheim, announced a merger with Form to develop shelf analytics through AI. With a cumulative total of 11...

6 February 2026

[Amazon Results] E-commerce fuelled by AI and advertising drives Amazon in 2025, but the cloud bet raises questions

Driven by e-commerce, the marketplace, the cloud, and advertising — four units each generating more than US$12 billion in incremental revenue in 2025 — Amazon ended the year with solid...

6 February 2026

AI Builders study : 18% of French companies have launched agentic projects

Whilst a shift towards agentic commerce has been under way for several months, consulting firm AI Builders has revealed, exclusively to mind Retail, a study on the disintermediation of customer...

6 February 2026

With 276 stores and exclusive agreements with L’Oréal and Nike, Nykaa accelerates an omnichannel shift

Through influence on YouTube and Snapchat, data exploitation, physical retail and partnerships with international companies, Nykaa is shifting from a pure-player model to an integrated omnichannel...

6 February 2026

Why Wall Street is backing Walmart as Amazon reshapes grocery

As Amazon confirms the closure of Fresh and Go stores in a refocusing move, Walmart crosses the symbolic threshold of US$1 trillion in market capitalisation. A trajectory that illustrates Wall...

5 February 2026

How Leroy Merlin generates 5% additional revenue with a range optimisation tool

On the sidelines of Diamart Consulting’s Retail Data Day event in Paris, Louis des Escotais, Chief Performance Officer at Leroy Merlin, presented to mind Retail the results of Wiser, an internal...

5 February 2026

Facing the rise of Google Pay, Apple Pay and Wero, Lyf shuts down

Eight years after launch, Lyf ceased operations due to failure to gain profitability. Despite several major innovations in mobile payments, the fintech company did not reach critical scale, facing...

5 February 2026

Tata Consultancy Services warns only 24% of retailers use AI for autonomous decision-making

Despite a strong rhetoric around AI, retail struggles to move beyond chatbots. According to the TCS Global Retail Outlook 2026 study, based on responses from 800 executives across 18 countries, AI...

4 February 2026

Retail media: Klépierre signs with Seiki to refine audience measurement in malls

Europe’s second largest mall owner, Klépierre, is taking steps to structure retail media. Event-based campaigns doubled in 2025, the giant screen network expanded and the group signed a deal with...

3 February 2026

Costco partners with Instacart to launch e-commerce and delivery in France and Spain

On January 30, 2026, the world’s largest cash & carry retailer Costco (2025 revenue: US$275 billion, up by 8% in a year, 3% net margin ratio, through 923 stores in 14 countries) launched...

3 February 2026

Moltbook: when AI agents take the floor

On January 28, 2026, American Matt Schlicht, Co-Founder and C.E.O. of Octane AI (a platform specialising in conversational commerce) created Moltbook, a social network for AI agents similar to...

3 February 2026

After signing But and Fnac Darty, Dealt becomes profitable and begins expansion

Profitable in 2025, service start-up Dealt is preparing international expansion, mind Retail learned. With 55 clients after signing with But and Fnac Darty, the tech platform is deploying AI...

3 February 2026

E-retail media solidifies brand–retailer relationships

According to Publicis Commerce‘s e-retail media barometer for 2025 (surveying around 200 marketing, commerce, and e-commerce decision-makers in France) published on January 7, 2026, nearly...

2 February 2026

Marketplaces: Stockly enters Switzerland with MediaMarkt, Decathlon, Galaxus and Manor

After a loss-making but high-growth year in 2025, the stock-pooling start-up for marketplaces signed agreements with 4 Swiss retailers, mind Retail learned. By taking on one of Europe’s most...

30 January 2026

Retail tech: major trends for 2026

In 2026, retail can no longer afford to promise. It must deliver. Retail tech has entered the execution stage. The race for showcase innovation is over, giving way to clear priorities: operational...

30 January 2026

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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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Italy seizes €27.4 million from CEVA Logistics for fraud and undeclared labour

On March 3, 2026, Italian tax authorities announced the seizure of €27.4 million from two Italian subsidiaries of French supply chain specialist CEVA Logistics, itself a subsidiary of the...

5 March 2026

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

Following a complaint from the FTC, Walmart agrees to pay US$100 million to Spark delivery drivers

On February 26, 2026, Walmart (2025 revenue: US$713.2 billion, up by 5.1% at constant rates) agreed to pay US$100 million in response to allegations of misleading compensation to delivery drivers...

4 March 2026

Social media & age verification: Tech breaks the glass ceiling of precision

As an array of international governments restrict social networks access for teenagers under 15 or 16, new facial recognition technologies from Yoti, Persona and k-ID are making progress in...

13 March 2026

Faced with sluggish demand, The Home Depot and Lowe’s cut 1,400 jobs and reaffirm a B2B focus

In the United States, with the home improvement and D.I.Y. market under pressure, retail leaders are reorganising. Home Depot and Lowe's, respectively No. 1 and No. 2 in the market, announced...

25 February 2026

Search AI : in the retail sector, 25% of AI queries are transactional

For mind Retail, online SEO specialist Ahrefs analysed retail queries on AI search engines. The goal was to measure the proportion of transactional prompts compared to informational ones. The...

2 March 2026