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In the U.S.A., Walmart's wholesale subsidiary Sam's Club is about to deploy a technology combining AI and computer vision in all stores. The aim is to streamline a self-check-out experience and...

25 January 2024

[mind Retail Exclusive] Kiabi to launch retail media business

Mind Retail learned that, building on the success of a digital marketplace, fashion retailer Kiabi is to launch a retail media business. This is a first for a private-label fashion retailer.

24 January 2024

Discount giant Lidl wants to become a cloud provider

Following in the footsteps of Walmart, Amazon, Target, Ikea and Aldi, which are looking to secure and even make their IT infrastructure more profitable, Lidl's parent company is continuing a foray...

23 January 2024

[NRF 2024] The new levers of retail media seen at NRF

The theme of retail media came to the fore at NRF 2024, with a day of dedicated workshops on 13 January and feedback from a number of players like Kroger, Ulta, and 7/11. Between onsite, offsite...

22 January 2024

[mind Retail Exclusive] Marie Ferry joins GfK France

Marie Ferry, who was Director of Retail and Out-of-Home Catering at Adot (a subsidiary of Veepee Ad, Veepee’s advertising network), left the group, according to information supplied to mind...

20 January 2024

Retail media: 7/Eleven to roll out radio format in 30,000 stores

On 14 January, convenience retailer 7/Eleven announced the launch of radio spots as part of retail media formats. This will be deployed across all North American stores. The spots will be managed...

20 January 2024

Carrefour evaluates a grocery subscription program that includes Netflix

The food retailer wants to expand offerings to build customer loyalty, while the video-on-demand platform is looking for new ways to win customers.

19 January 2024

[mind Retail Exclusive] Cegid will be rolled out at Diptyque, Iris Galerie and is set to open a 5th data center

Cegid, the P.O.S. software publisher for specialty retailers, is to open a 5th data center in a fast-growing region. “This is due in Dubai for April 2024,” revealed Nathalie Echinard...

19 January 2024

[mind Retail Exclusive] American Adore Me wants to digitalise wholesale business

At NRF 2024 mind Retail learned that U.S. lingerie online retailer Adore Me (part of Victoria's Secret) is moving away from a purely digital and DTC approach. To gain traction in the wholesale...

16 January 2024

Picnic raises €355 million from historical shareholders

As finance opportunities in the tech sector remains under pressure, Picnic has again demonstrated solid strength to investors. On January 9, the pure-player raised €355 million, in which all...

11 January 2024

[NRF 2024] Consumer service, in-store cloud service…Google launches 5 generative AI features for retail

Ahead of the NRF, Google Cloud announced the launch of generative AI solutions. We selected 4 of them. Dedicated to consumer services, “Customer Service Modernization” can design...

11 January 2024

How Decathlon and Mango continued business in Russia

According to an investigation by Disclose media based on internal documents, Decathlon supplied ARM, the Russian buyer of its stores (now active under the Desport brand) for more than one year...

11 January 2024

One year before the expected roll-out of “Yes Ad”, what are the best promotional strategies?

With almost 18 months of experimentation of “Yes Ad” and a national launch expected in 2025, retailers have reviewed promotional and marketing plans over the past year. mind Retail interviewed...

11 January 2024

Franchising: Why McDonald’s faces boycott in Malaysia

In Malaysia, McDonald’s is caught up in the consequences of the war between Israel and Gaza. On 5 January 2023, the company’s Malaysian franchisee took a local pro-Palestinian group...

10 January 2024

Supply-chain : container prices jump 250% between Asia and Europe

Will 2024 be the year of a new logistics crisis for retail, as suffered in 2021? According to the Drewry World Container Index, the Asia-Europe rate for a 40-foot sea container has jumped from...

10 January 2024

Sports : Valuations of Li Ning and Anta plummet by US$25 billion

As consumer spending slows in China, retailers are reviewing strategies. During the Q3 2023 financial results, Adidas noted a plan to offer cheaper shoes to Chinese consumers. “If we want to...

9 January 2024

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Agentic AI: Hymalaia attracts retailers and announces imminent fundraising

According to our sources, the young start-up Hymalaia is continuing development in retail with 4 new retailers currently in POC and an imminent fundraising. We examine the details.

16 December 2025

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

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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

Italian Golden Goose set for Chinese ownership

A year after the French children’s clothing brand Bonpoint was acquired by Chinese group Youngor, Italian luxury brand Golden Goose is next. British fund Permira (already owner of Hugo...

9 December 2025

With Grand Frais, Apollo makes a first move into European grocery retail

Through an agreement to acquire 70% of the operator of Grand Frais, the US investment fund Apollo aims to double stores and evolve a model that has so far been entirely focused on physical retail...

19 December 2025

Pierre Brousseau (FDJ United Ventures): “For 2026, we are positioning ourselves in a more rational and offensive again VC market”

What is the total amount of assets under management at FDJ United Ventures?FDJ United Ventures was launched in 2015. We invest in European start-ups supported by La Française des Jeux (FDJ...

12 December 2025