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In the wake of Rabanne, Lacoste is structuring a marketplace push. While retailers active on at least 2 marketplaces record a GMV 17.5 times higher than single-channel players, Lacoste is relying...

30 April 2026

AI in retail: priority shifts on ROI management and FinOps rigour

While the technological barrier has collapsed for many transformation projects in the retail sector due to AI models, mind Retail has investigated FinOps challenges. What are the best practices...

29 April 2026

Retail media and digital advertising: Meta to outpace Google by 2026

The world’s advertising duopoly is about to experience a historic shift. According to Emarketer forecasts, Meta should snatch Google, the advertising leader in net revenue by the end of 2026...

27 April 2026

How Coopérative U strengthened local roots and combined brand content, research and video with 366

Advised by Heroiks media agency Heroiks, French grocery retailer Coopérative U chose 366 to produce a bespoke study and media plan to communicate a cooperative status as part of a brand...

27 April 2026

OMS : Fnac-Darty chooses Fluent Commerce

Already active in the USA but also in Europe with clients such as JD Sports, L’Oréal and LVMH, the Australian editor of Order Management Systems Fluent Commerce said on April 21...

27 April 2026

Najar SaaS Trend Report : What are the 10 AI solutions most adopted by retailers in 2026?

According to Najar's Retail SaaS Trend Report 2026 study, to which mind Retail had access, 65% of retailers use at least 5 AI tools (OpenAI, Mistral, Claude...) simultaneously. While ChatGPT...

27 April 2026

Email tracking pixels: French personal data authority Cnil toughens the rules

In France, Cnil unveiled on April 14, 2026, a recommendation on email tracking pixels, a key e-commerce question. It now imposes the collection of consent in several use cases, notably linked to...

17 April 2026

Unibail Rodamco Westfield and Monoprix test DOOH measured by real impact

Crossing data from advertising campaigns with in-store KPIS, such as traffic and in-store revenue, is becoming a key challenge for retail media. While URW adopts a new offer from Cityz Media to...

17 April 2026

Oil shock: inflation soars in March in the USA and Europe

In the USA, in March 2026, CPI index for consumer price inflation (source Bureau of Labor Statistics) reached 3.3% in annual change, and 0.9% compared to February 2026. This is a direct effect of...

17 April 2026

Small parcels : Highly contested by shoppers and retailers, tax exemption is extended until 2029 in the U.K.

Ahead of the Retail Technology Show 2026, a study revealed that 54% of British consumers want a reform of the customs exemption on small e-commerce parcels. A strong signal, while this scheme...

16 April 2026

With 80% of sales of floor installation digitalised, Saint Maclou starts a major tech overhaul

Between an overhaul of the offer, CRM and ERP migrations and full digitalisation of in-store installation services, the floor specialised retailer is accelerating a technological transformation...

15 April 2026

DAM & AI : Decathlon enters a second stage of a content factory with video and visual similarity

During the AWS Summit in Paris, Decathlon explained how it transformed a DAM (Digital Asset Management) into a genuine content factory boosted by AI. With 19 million multimedia assets and a...

14 April 2026

In 2025, Vinted’s sales accelerated to €1.1 billion at the cost of a compressed margin

Having passed a sales threshold of €1 billion in 2025, Vinted continues to diversify. Between a massive push of Vinted Go lockers, category expansion and the launch of a wallet, the second-hand...

9 April 2026

Shopping list: Tesco and Shoprite test AI assistants to simplify food e-commerce basket

On April 9, 2026, Tesco and Shoprite launched AI tools to ease shopping list, with distinct strategies. As Tesco is testing internally a meal planning assistant, Shoprite integrates it directly...

9 April 2026

A Google traffic up by 12% : how Sézane industrialised a SEO and Search strategy via a content factory

With 10 million monthly users and a range based on frequently renewed items, pure-player Sézane detailed, during the AWS Summit in Paris, how it exceeded the limits of a brand SEO and improved the...

9 April 2026

Cookies: French data protection agency Cnil serves formal notice to Carrefour, Back Market and EDF

Cornered by a series of formal notices from Cnil, online retailers are hitting a major obstacle : how to technically manage a consent withdrawal ? While the French PURR association has been...

7 April 2026

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Hugues Chanoine (Hygie31 Digital): “The next step is to eliminate filters to move to 100% conversational search”

The Hygie31 retail group, known for the Lafayette Pharmacies, is continuing to transform its websites, driven by Cocooncenter. Thanks to an AI strategy and a fully redesigned IT architecture, it...

10 September 2026

ChatGPT: Bureau Vallée’s recipe to capture back-to-school spending

By launching a conversational chatbot with Algolia and a new module converting school lists into e-commerce carts this summer, Bureau Vallée aims to ease the chore of back-to-school supply list...

10 September 2026

Fnac Darty to launch Wero on its e-commerce sites

According to our information, Fnac Darty is about to deploy European payment solution Wero, based on account-to-account instant transfers, on its e-commerce sites. Already active in Germany at...

4 September 2026

Why Shein emits twice as much CO2 as Inditex for equivalent revenue

On the occasion of an IPO, Shein revealed a carbon footprint of 25.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2025, up by 20% compared to a reference year. For an equivalent sales level, the fast...

3 September 2026

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Electronic shelf labels: why the US regulator threatens rollout

In the USA, the Federal Trade Commission has just required full transparency on the use of pricing algorithms based on personal data, under threat of penalties. In this regulatory framework...

21 August 2026

From ChatGPT Ads to Amazon Alexa for Shopping: advertising in LLMs scales up in Europe

This summer, OpenAI successively rolled out its ChatGPT Ads platform in the UK and in 30 European countries. From formats used, CPM levels notably for FMCG products and the new role of GEO...

27 August 2026

With Claudeforce, Salesforce opens data to Anthropic and shifts into the conversational AI era

With the announcement of deep integration of the Claude LLM within the Salesforce ecosystem via MCP servers, SaaS software interfaces are fading in favour of AI agents. According to...

9 September 2026

Retail media & LLMs: navigating intent-driven and custom experiences

From store aisles to ChatGPT Ads placements, retail media is shifting away from traditional slots, formats and keywords toward intent-based targeting. Driven by lower access costs to LLMs, full...

31 August 2026

Facing SharkNinja’s hegemony, Carrefour and Darty gain ground on TikTok Shop

While Sephora follows in Ulta's footsteps on TikTok Shop in the US, mind Retail analyzed sellers performance in Q2 2026. Based on exclusive data from Lengow and Kalodata, this European market...

7 September 2026

Fnac Darty to launch Wero on its e-commerce sites

According to our information, Fnac Darty is about to deploy European payment solution Wero, based on account-to-account instant transfers, on its e-commerce sites. Already active in Germany at...

4 September 2026