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Faced with inflation and the housing crisis, Ikea sales fall for the first time in 5 years
While the restriction of purchasing power for the working classes continues unabated, even shaking up the political landscape, Ikea's sales fell by 4% in value and remained sluggish in volume in...
15 October 2024
Saudi Cenomi and GIB Capital launch a €245 million retail property fund
On October 8, 2024, in Saudi Arabia, mall developer Cenomi Centres (66 million visitors in H1 2024, 92.5% occupancy rate) joined forces with investment fund GIB Capital (a branch of Gulf...
- Retail
- Property and investors
- News brief
15 October 2024
Lectra aims to reduce waste in the fashion industry with Valia
As pressure mounts on fashion retailers to combine profitability with CSR regulations, Lectra is launching Valia, a cloud-based software package that optimises textile cutting and reduces waste.
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- Analysis
14 October 2024
British department stores Selfridges flies under Thai-Saudi flag
On October 7, 2024, the Saudi Arabian public investment fund announced acquisition of Austrian Signa‘s shares in Selfridges Group. The Saudi government thus becomes a 40% minority...
14 October 2024
The U.S.A Department of Justice wants to dismantle Google
On October 8, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) published initial proposals for remedies to break up Google‘s alleged illegal monopoly of the search and sponsored links market. The...
- Retail
- News brief
14 October 2024
In the retail sector, M&A are expected to rise in the GCC in 2024
As online retailers are putting a rising pressure on omnichannel retailers, retailers located in the Gulf Cooperation Council are expected to see a rise in M&A transactions. According to the...
- Retail
- News brief
11 October 2024
Norauto teams up with Klaro to boost staff purchasing power
Since June 2024, Norauto's HR department has been offering all 7,000 French staff use of Klaro, a start-up simplifying access to welfare benefits and local assistance. Staff using the app are now...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- Analysis
11 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...
- Retail
- News
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...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- Analysis
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...
- Retail
- News brief
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)...
- Retail
- News brief
4 October 2024
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Against a backdrop of growing pressure on household budgets, the European CCD2 Directive coming into force and a new legal framework for assisted purchasing journeys, Oney is stepping up an...
- Retail
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- Retail tech
29 October 2026
Amid an ownership shake-up following its acquisition by Evoriel, shopping centre operator Advantail has signed with Formality to digitise the management of commercial leases and contracts across...
23 October 2026
With an average basket of €3,500 and a payment journey that includes a financial deposit at the time of ordering, Mobilier de France shares with mind Retail its assessment of the rollout of...
- Retail
- mind Exclusive
- Retail tech
15 October 2026
Eager to bring together customer data and improve data accuracy, jewellery and watch retailer Maison A.Constant built its own Single Customer Repository (SCR) using n8n, an orchestration platform...
7 October 2026
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US retailers divided over the rise of autonomous shopping agents
In the US, Gap, Walmart, Best Buy, Amazon and eBay are taking very different approaches to agentic commerce. While TV shopping giants QVC and HSN see these new intermediaries as an opportunity to...
- Retail
- Economy and regulators
- Analysis
21 October 2026