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Faced with rising customs tariffs affecting US imports, several retailers have built up significant inventories. Over a year, the stocks of Gap, Levi’s, Lululemon, Ralph Lauren and Academy Sports...

27 October 2025

Verizon, Starbucks, DoorDash, and Grubhub impacted by AWS outage

On October 20, 2025, the Amazon Web Services cloud (Amazon Q2 2025 revenue: US$168 billion, up by 13.3%) was down for several hours before returning to normal. Numerous websites and applications...

23 October 2025

[Info mind] After signing Fusalp and Ysé, Webyn relies on Gemini to boost the performance of e-commerce A/B testing

Awarded on October 13, 2025 in France, in the category of the Customer Relationship Awards, the start-up specialising in e-commerce A/B testing continues to grow. For mind Retail, C.E.O. and...

23 October 2025

AI search engines: how advertising is entering the conversation

While many retailers spend 80% of their acquisition budget on Google Shopping, monetisation tests are accelerating on ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini. How much of the budget will they absorb...

23 October 2025

With Linxo, SoCoo’c digitises payments to support omnichannel strategy

In a kitchen market that is still predominantly physical, SoCoo’c (Mobalpa, Perene, Hygena) is accelerating digital transformation to streamline the customer experience and secure payments. Arnaud...

22 October 2025

[mind Exclusive] Casino lost lawsuit against Mediaposte

According to information from mind Media, the Casino group failed to take legal action against the advertising print distribution specialist Mediaposte (a subsidiary of La Poste). The food...

21 October 2025

TikTok Shop and Temu strengthen logistics networks by signing with Royal Mail and La Poste

To accelerate European markets, TikTok Shop and Temu signed agreements with the leading postal operators in France and the United Kingdom. Here is a look at these strategic partnerships.

20 October 2025

Price-fixing agreement: €157 million fine for Gucci, Chloé and Loewe

The European Commission has dealt a major blow to the luxury sector by fining Gucci, Chloé and Loewe for price-fixing practices that continued until 2023. The penalty, amounting to 120 million...

20 October 2025

Retail Media: Loblaw aims to accelerate in-store with Stratacache

During Advertising Week in New York, the Canadian food retailer Loblaw (2024 turnover: 44.8 billion dollars, up by 2.5% year-on-year) announced on October 8, that it would strengthen a network of...

20 October 2025

The Body Shop returns to the U.S.A. with a 100% digital model

After closing in the U.S.A. in March 2024, The Body Shop (3,000 stores, 60 countries) made a return to the market on October 7 through an exclusively digital operation. The cosmetics retailer...

20 October 2025

Losing momentum, Ulta Beauty launches a marketplace with Mirakl

On October 15, the U.S. retailer Ulta Beauty (2024 turnover: 11.2 billion dollars, up by 0.8% after up by 5.7% in 2023, up by 15.6% in 2022 and up by 37.9% in 2021, e-commerce data undisclosed)...

20 October 2025

Fast fashion: Italy plans to tax Shein, Temu and AliExpress through extended producer responsibility

According to a Reuters report published on October 15, Italy is considering imposing additional taxes on Asian fast fashion platforms. “We are going to introduce a measure to tackle ultra...

20 October 2025

Live shopping: Asos moves closer to social commerce to compete with TikTok Shop

After a successful test in August, the British pure player Asos (2024 turnover: 3.7 billion dollars, down by 16% after down by 11% in 2023) launched Asos Live on October 2, a live shopping feature...

20 October 2025

Serge Papin, former C.E.O. of Cooperative U, appointed Minister Delegate for Trade and SMEs

On October 12, during the presentation of Sébastien Lecornu’s new government, Serge Papin was appointed Minister Delegate for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises. He succeeds...

20 October 2025

Anti-deforestation law: the Commission about to backpedal once again on the Green Deal

Adopted with ambition in 2023, the anti-deforestation law was intended to mark a turning point for European manufacturers and retailers using soy, cocoa, coffee or leather. Two years later...

17 October 2025

Agentic Commerce: when ChatGPT disintermediates retail

Already launched at Etsy, BigBasket and soon Walmart and Glossier, AI agents allow purchasing a product or service directly within artificial intelligence engines, without leaving the...

16 October 2025

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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

E‑commerce: How Hive customises free‑delivery thresholds using customer data

With 500 e‑merchant clients, including Embryolisse, Hindbag, Airup, Hygée or Jacks Beauty Line, German logistics provider Hive is capitalising on data to raise e‑commerce conversion via a finely...

2 December 2025

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Carmila join forces with Unlimitail and JCDecaux to equip 252 malls

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