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Off-White, Victoria's Secret, Reebok... long associated with VSEs, Shopify intends to compete with Salesforce, Oracle, Adobe and SAP by setting its sights on major accounts.

4 December 2024

USA: Mirakl Ads signs up furniture specialist Mathis Home

After launching into retail media in mid-2023, Mirakl Ads is adding a new client to the portfolio, mind Retail has learned in a preview. On December 4, 2024, the retailer signed up home...

4 December 2024

Carrefour to deploy GS1’s augmented QR code in all European banners by 2025

At the first CoNext event organised by GS1 on the theme of data for circularity, of which mind Retail was a media partner, Carrefour announced the deployment of the augmented QR code on private...

3 December 2024

Vorwerk deploys Younited Pay to ease Thermomix purchases

Acceptance rates, customer relations, impact on sales teams... At Tech for Retail in Paris, Mind Retail delved into the details of the test carried out in four French branches of Vorwerk, the...

3 December 2024

Delivery platforms: After Swiggy, India’s Zomato raises US$1 billion

With the Indian market of express delivery set to reach US$6 billion in 2024, the number of IPOs and capital raisings by delivery platforms is increasing. Following Swiggy and Zepto, Zomato...

3 December 2024

Obi joins forces with Too Good To Go in the plants department

On November 26, 2024, Germany’s second largest D.I.Y. retailer OBI (sales 2023 of €8.2 billion via 645 stores in Europe, including 349 German units) announced that it had joined forces...

3 December 2024

Decathlon tests Klaro to boost staff buying power

Since late October 2024, Decathlon has been testing the Klaro solution with 1,000 staff in Northern France. The aim is to improve their purchasing power by simplifying access to social benefits...

3 December 2024

Temu gained 5.4 million visitors in France in Q3 2024, versus 344,000 for Amazon

In Q3 in France, of the 6 online retailers that gained over a million monthly Unique Visitors (UVs), 5 were marketplaces. Whilst Temu leads the way, with a gain of 5.4 million visitors, Carrefour...

29 November 2024

JD Sports buys Courir for €520 million, 10 times EBIT

After buying rival U.S. retailer Hibbett for US$1.1 billion in April, JD Sports Fashion (sales 2023 of €11.93 billion, up by 2.9%) made a 2nd acquisition. On November 27, 2024, it took over...

29 November 2024

[mind Retail Exclusive] Chronodrive and Norauto join Tipik’s HR multi-brand pool to absorb peaks in activity

Chronodrive and Norauto join Tipik, an H.R. pooling solution managed with Laponi and Cegedim. Already adopted by Decathlon, Kiabi, Brice, Jules, Rouge Gorge, La Vie Claire, Leroy Merlin, Boulanger...

29 November 2024

Western Union takes turn in retail media

On November 11, financial transfer and payment network Western Union announced the launch of a retail media service, both in agencies and online. The American group aims to provide advertisers...

29 November 2024

California: first flagship dedicated to live shopping on TikTok

Gone are the days of content creators live-streaming from a bedroom. On November 21, digital agency Outlandish opened a first store in the U.S.A. dedicated to live shopping on TikTok Shop. In...

28 November 2024

Kohl’s sales plunge 8.8% in Q3, penalised by insufficient private label inventory

American chain Kohl’s (2023 sales 16.6 billion dollars , down by 3.4%, 1,100 stores in 49 states) is going through a difficult period. Quarterly sales to November 2 fell by 8.8%...

28 November 2024

[mind Retail Exclusive] Back Market presents 6-month report on virtual payment card

In Europe, for products not repairable under warranty, Back Market has been offering a dematerialised card refund solution since May 2024. Where compensation was previously sent by e-mail via an...

27 November 2024

Alexis Marcombe, Unlimitail: “Our tech and data division will double in Q1 2025”

Ongoing developments in Germany, tech recruitment, search, omnichannel approach, connected TV... As the 2024 financial year draws to a close, Alexis Marcombe, C.E.O. of Unlimitail, shared his...

26 November 2024

Temu leads growth in Q3, far ahead of Alibaba and JD.com

On November 21, PDD Holdings (Temu’s parent company) published Q3 figures. Sales reached US$14.2 billion, an increase of 44%, a marked slowdown on the 86%-uplift of Q2. Operating margin...

21 November 2024

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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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Electronic shelf labels: why the US regulator threatens rollout

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