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E-commerce : Carter-Cash rolls out Alma’s BNPL service
A subsidiary of the Mobivia group, discount automotive spare parts retailer Carter-Cash (100 stores, 2025 revenue undisclosed), which generates less than 10% of revenue online, is multiplying...
Stratacache sells Scala and liquidates UK operations
Amid a restructuring plan, U.S.-based retail media group Stratacache has just divested a subsidiary Scala, sold to Swedish Vertiseit for US$28 million. In parallel, the group has placed the...
Alexandre Douchez, Carter-Cash (Mobivia): “The volume of customer service contacts has more than doubled in a year”
In the automotive sector, where purchasing can be anxiety-inducing for shoppers, Carter-Cash (a Mobivia subsidiary) is multiplying initiatives to strengthen customer trust and ease purchasing...
5 June 2026
With sales of US$6.4 billion, SharkNinja strengthens a physical footprint with Nocibé
Already the number 1 seller on TikTokShop in the U.K. according to Lengow, SharkNinja is accelerating both offline and online. The U.S. manufacturer of home electrical and tech products has just...
3 June 2026
How will agentic commerce translate into physical stores?
As the race towards agentic AI accelerates, blurring the boundaries between e-commerce sites, marketplaces and large conversational models, retailers are reorganising their infrastructures around...
DSA: Temu fined €200 million by Brussels
Less than a month before the tax on small online parcels comes into force in the 27 EU countries, Brussels imposes a record fine to the low-cost marketplace Temu (PDD Holdings). This represents...
eBay declines GameStop’s US$55.5 billion takeover bid
On May 12, 2026, eBay’s board of directors rejected GameStop’s unsolicited acquisition offer, deeming it neither “credible” nor “attractive”. However, GameStop’s C.E.O. said he would do...
Nike, Apple, Costco, Target: US retailers step up a battle over tariffs refund
As the Supreme Court ruled importation tariffs increases unconstitutional, Donald Trump said he would “remember” companies that had not requested refunds. However, many U.S. retailers and consumer...
Alexandre Chaumien, Shopify: “Traffic generated by AI searches on Catalog converts twice as much as traffic from traditional AI searches”
As shopping shifts from “scrolling”, filters and keyword-based searches towards a more conversational and intent-driven mode, mind Retail spoke with Alexandre Chaumien, Shopify's Head of Revenue...
26 May 2026
Pierre Demoures, Vusion: “Bluetooth will become our standard protocol and will be integrated into all our developments”
Faced with the rise of in-store picking for online orders, Vusion (formerly SES-imagotag) is accelerating the digitalisation of physical stores. Driven by the launch of a Bluetooth (BLE) protocol...
22 May 2026
E-commerce tax: Paris maintains, while Rome suspends amid risk of flow diversion
France and Italy both attempted to anticipate a future European customs reform regarding small e-commerce parcels. But while Rome has suspended a national tax, Paris is facing lower revenue than...
With Everlane’s takeover, Shein makes a forced omnichannel shift
While its 2025 financial landing is not public yet - it used to be released in February so far - Shein is taking over U.S. retailer Everlane. The fast fashion brand aims to improve a brand image...
Which European countries are leading the agentic commerce way for high-tech, energy and fashion?
According to a study by Sopra Steria and Cluster17, accessed exclusively by mind Retail, Europeans shoppers are ready to entrust certain stages of shopping journeys to AI agents. But only if they...
Live Sports: Amazon bets on ultra-personalized advertising
While Amazon’s advertising business accelerated in Q1 2026, the pure-player unveiled Dynamic TV Creative at the 2026 Upfronts, an interactive and dynamic advertising solution designed for live...
18 May 2026
Financial results of the world’s largest food and fashion retailers
Revenue, net profit, margin rates, share of online sales, stock market capitalisation… Every year, mind Retail analyses the main financial indicators of the world’s largest grocery and fashion...
Food barometer 2026: Walmart takes the lead in the global grocery e-commerce battle
Despite sustained growth for most grocery retailers in 2025, margins tightened and the hierarchy has reshuffled, favouring the most omnichannel and diversified companies, such as Walmart, Ahold...
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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...