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Fashion: Why omnichannel players are gaining in profitability and e-commerce is suffering, in 6 charts
Mind Retail analysed the financial results of the 12 largest fashion retailers between 2019 and 2022, to understand performance in terms of sales and profitability. As a result of the multiple...
25 September 2023
Pierre Fougeat, Lugh (Casino Group): “All platforms combined, €2.5 million of our stablecoin Lugh are in circulation”
Pierre Fougeat, COO of Lugh Financial Services, a subsidiary of Casino Group, presents the Euro stablecoin Lugh. He details the strategy behind this new business.
22 September 2023
Valiuz Adz : The Mulliez family’s retailers launch a retail media offering
Auchan (grocery) and Boulanger (home electrical products) are entrusting advertising inventory to Valiuz Adz, the Association Familiale Mulliez's new advertising agency for the French market...
22 September 2023
Central Retail invests half a billion dollars in wholesale
Thai conglomerate Central Retail Corp is to create a new wholesale chain. With 43 new stores planned in the next 5 year, the country's largest retailer is focusing on wholesale sales, which are...
22 September 2023
Headwinds in China force SMCP to reduce annual forecasts
On 18th September, the SMCP group (Maje, Sandro, Claudie Pierlot, Fursac) announced an adjustment of annual growth targets due to disappointing sales. While an operating margin in excess of 9.2%...
U.K : Primark persists with click & collect
The click & collect service launched for children's wear in more than half of British stores is successful. Primark now extends this service to women's fashion.
Great Britain: Tesco equips staff employees with body cameras
British retailer Tesco (300,000 employees) is equipping store staff with body cameras, to counter the sharp rise in physical assaults by customers and to enhance safety.
18 September 2023
USA: How Walmart and Amazon are embracing generative AI
While companies like Amazon and Apple have reduced access to generative A.I. tools in workplaces, this is not the case for Walmart (net sales of US$314 billion in H1 2023, up by 6.6%). On August...
16 September 2023
South Africa: Walmart strengthens the team to support digital growth
U.S. giant Walmart is reorganizing the South African business by recruiting Jonathan Collins as Chief Financial Officer, with the aim of boosting online sales.
NFT: Bouygues Telecom partners with Cohort to build customer loyalty
For a month, Bouygues Telecom has been using Web3 to build loyalty and commitment among environment-committed customers, in partnership with Cohort and 1,000 associations. mind Retail presents all...
15 September 2023
David Eichholtzer, Wam Agency: “With Google’s new SGE, the visibility game is getting tougher”
David Eichholtzer, Founder of Wam Agency, has been testing the Search Generative Experience (SGE), available in the U.S.A. via Google Labs. We asked him about the Gen Z's expectations in terms of...
14 September 2023
Jeremy Lamri, Tomorrow Theory : “There isn’t a single HR topic that won’t be impacted by generative AI”
With ChatGPT’s popularity continuing to grow since its launch in November 2022, Jeremy Lamri, co-author of ‘Travailler à l'ère des AI génératives’* (Editions EMS), explains about how generative...
7 September 2023
How retail professionals are adopting generative AI
The contextWhilst AI has been an integral part of retailers’ organisations for over 10 years, the deployment of generative AI marks a new stage. Since November 2022, when ChatGPT 3.5 was...
7 September 2023
Uyghur forced labour : Investigations launched in Canada against Walmart and Hugo Boss
After the complaint filed in July 2023 in France against Uniqlo, Inditex and Skechers, on August 24, Canada’s corporate ethics watchdog opened investigations into three companies (Walmart...
5 September 2023
Dubai: The sustainable label The Giving Movement is multiplying pop-ups
Eco-friendly clothing brand The Giving Movement, founded in April 2020 in the United Arab Emirates, announced the opening of a flagship store in Dubai in 2024. Currently at the Mall of the...
TikTok Shop could lose at least US$500 million in the USA in 2023
TikTok Shop, the social network’s e-commerce solution, could lose more than US$500 million in the U.S.A. in 2023, according to an article by The Information published on August 23rd. The...
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Faced with debt and declining sales, Fossil files for bankruptcy
Competition from Apple and Samsung in the smartwatch segment, collapsing sales, customs tariffs… Cornered with a debt of US$179 million, Fossil has filed several bankruptcy petitions in the U.S.A...
29 October 2025
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Lululemon, Ralph Lauren, Gap and Levi’s enter peak season with high stock levels
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
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Casino : Jean-Charles Naouri tried for corruption and stock price manipulation
Two years after the French National Financial Prosecutor’s Office (PNF) concluded an investigation into Casino, the trial of Jean-Charles Naouri, C.E.O. of the retail group from 2005 to...
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EU: Omnibus bill stalled in Parliament
On October 22, MEPs rejected by a narrow majority the negotiating mandate that would have allowed trilogue negotiations to begin on the omnibus directive watering down the CSRD and duty of care...
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France and Italy urge Shein to reassess a business model
While Shein continues to spark controversy through partnerships with Pimkie and BHV department stores (SGM), Italy announced plans to introduce a tax on Asian e-commerce platforms. In France, the...
13 October 2025
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[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...