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Boulanger (sales €4.35 billion by 2023) and Valiuz Adz, the retail media agency of the Valiuz data alliance (Auchan, Decathlon, Leroy Merlin…), which includes Boulanger, announced a...

12 July 2024

JouéClub bets on the 2024 Olympics to boost growth

In the toy sector, even though the 4th quarter accounts for more than 50% of sales, the Olympic Games are a highlight of 2024. JouéClub spokesman Franck Mathais reviews this pivotal moment.

12 July 2024

Christopher Hermelin, Nicolas Group: “Advertisers are not investing in the Olympics”

Nicolas Group, a wine cellar retailer with a strong store base in Paris, shared the customer engagement strategy for the Olympics with mind Retail. With 15 million tourists expected to visit...

10 July 2024

Amazon takes a step into luxury with the mega-merger of Saks and Neiman Marcus

Within a U.S. luxury goods market hit by inflation, Saks acquired a major competitor Neiman Marcus for US$2 billion. At a time when department stores are sharpening logistics strategies by...

8 July 2024

JD.com could invest €2.4 billion to boost delivery capacity in the U.K.

In the U.K., delivery and locker company Evri (75% owned by Advent and 25% by Germany’s Otto) may have found a new owner in JD.com. Other interested parties include Poland’s InPost...

5 July 2024

[mind Retail Exclusive] Columbus to launch a supermarket offer in Canada in Costco and Metro

With sales of €113 million in 2023, i.e., 74% of parent company Wagram Food Service revenue, French coffee shop retailer Colombus&Co is continuing a shift into supermarkets...

5 July 2024

In Poland, convenient stores giant Zabka targets US$8 billion valuation for I.P.O.

Luxembourg-based investment fund CVC Capital Partners Plc plans to float Zabka, Poland’s leading convenience store retailer, on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in September 2024. With 10,000...

4 July 2024

U.S. Legends manages the Champs-Élysées Paris 2024 megastore

On June 27, the Champs Elysée Olympic Games megastore, managed by the U.S. company Legends, was opened on Place Clémenceau. At the bottom of the avenue, this covers 1,000 sq.m of...

3 July 2024

In receivership, leaflet specialist Milee will lose over 5,000 jobs

Amid a paper leaflet market that halved in 4 years in France, several companies seem to be on the verge of collapse. As Mediapost ceased distribution, rival Adrexo (Milee) could file for...

2 July 2024

Naf Naf taken over by Turkey’s Migiboy for €1.5 million

On June 18, the Parisian Commercial Court of Bobigny granted Naf Naf (2022 sales of €141 million, debts of €40 million in 2023) to Migiboy Tekstil (2023 sales of €55.9 million down...

27 June 2024

[mind Retail Day] How AI has become a performance lever for physical stores

How can omnichannel retailers make the most of AI technologies, whether generative or not? What results can they expect? The mind Retail Day, held in Paris on June 19, offered an opportunity to...

27 June 2024

[Cannes Lions] Retail media: professional measurement is a key to scale-up

While the retail media sector is maturing, the question of scaling up was a common theme at Cannes Lions. On the one hand, the multiplication of retail media networks and the growth of the...

27 June 2024

[mind Retail Day] Six fashion, home and B2B retailers facing circularities’ challenges

At the mind Retail Day on June 19, Béatrice Brandt (Le Jacquard Français), Loic Gauchet (5ASEC Business), Anne-Laure Grand (Decathlon Pro), Marie Kennel (Christofle), Damien Pellé (SMCP) and Julia...

27 June 2024

[mind Retail Day] Leveraging retail media on marketplaces: all the takeaways

Retail media, which is almost mature in grocery and to a lesser extent at electronics retailers, is now taking off in non-food marketplaces. How do they scale up? What KPIs and margin levels can...

26 June 2024

Luxury brand Polène makes inroads in South Korea with a flagship

Founded in 2016, French luxury leather goods brand Polène (5 stores, with 3 in Paris, 1 in Tokyo and 1 in New York) is continuing to expand. On June 15, 2024, the retailer opened a flagship...

26 June 2024

In the U.S.A., Japanese discounter Daiso plans to increase store count 10-fold by 2030

In the United States, while Family Dollar has closed 600 stores since the start of the year, Japanese discounter Daiso (a subsidiary of Korean investor AsungHMP, which has an 84.2% stake since...

26 June 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