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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

China’s beauty market plummets in November, joining the D.I.Y. market

After a 1st half-year up by 4.8%, the Chinese cosmetics market continued to show signs of weakness in H2 : -4.1% in July, +9.7% in August, +1.6% in September, +1.1% in October and -3.5% in...

9 January 2024

Daniel Kretinsky has Brussels’ green light for the takeover of Casino

From the beginning of March, the consortium led by the Czech businessman will take over what remains of the Casino Group. A business that has been halved since the sale of Latin America. The...

9 January 2024

Supply chain: Blue Yonder launches generative AI functionality

As generative AI use cases have been mushrooming in the retail sector, US supply-chain management software publisher Blue Yonder (formerly JDA, with customers including Asda, Walmart and PVH)...

9 January 2024

Amazon and Macy’s tighten returns policies

In the U.S.A. initiatives aimed at preserving e-commerce margins were stepped up over the holiday season. At Amazon, which already charges US$1 per return via UPS, the free delivery window has...

9 January 2024

Online retailer Zulily enters liquidation agreement

The liquidation of the pure-player Zulily (children’s fashion, home decoration, 2022 sales of US$ 906 million) in favour of creditors directly implicates Amazon, via a legal action. This...

9 January 2024

Descrozailles Law: EuroCommerce asks Brussels to take action against France

In mid-December, EuroCommerce, the supermarket and wholesaler lobby, lodged a formal appeal with the European Commission against the Descrozaille (or Egalim 3) law, passed by the French Parliament...

3 January 2024

[mind Retail Exclusive] Socloz made redundancies at the end of the year 2023

According to our information, Socloz carried out a redundancy program in the fourth quarter 2023, affecting almost 1 in 5 staff. This was in response to a difficult market environment...

3 January 2024

[mind Retail Exclusive] Auchan tests Hanshow’s Lumina displays in 6 hypermarkets

To boost the display and performances of a fruit and vegetable aisle, Auchan Retail is testing new IoT functionalities with electronic label supplier Hanshow. Samir Amellal, Chief Information...

2 January 2024

Richemont sells Farfetch to South Korea’s Coupang

The British marketplace dedicated to luxury goods, Farfetch, is going under a South Korean flag. For Richemont, it's the end of an adventure in luxury e-commerce.

2 January 2024

E.Leclerc and Système U will test Ouidrop’s Dropper solution

Mind Retail learned that after a successful pilot at Unibail Rodamco Westfield at the Forum des Halles and a €2 million fund-raising round in July 2023, the start-up specialised in robotic lockers...

22 December 2023

With Walmart, SES-imagotag invents the next generation of in-store IoT

Detecting out-of-stocks, managing production schedules in store kitchens, prioritising employee tasks, picking of online orders... Currently being deployed at Walmart in the U.S.A., SES-imagotag's...

20 December 2023

B&Q (Kingfisher Group) launches a retail media business in the U.K.

The rise of retail media continues in the D.I.Y. sector. Kingfisher (turnover of £3.2 billion in the Q3 to the end of October 2023, down by 2.7% at constant exchange rates) is now rolling...

20 December 2023

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Already in POC, Klarna launches long-term credit in Germany, the UK and France

Swedish fintech Klarna is expanding long-term financing in Germany and the UK, with an imminent launch, followed by France, where POCs are already underway with major e-retailers. The BNPL...

18 March 2026

Aroma-Zone and Najar reveal the behind-the-scenes of a strategic partnership

As the adoption of AI results in increasing cost volatility for companies, mind Retail spoke in Monaco with Christelle Glaszer, Manager of Indirect Purchases at Aroma-Zone natural beauty retailer...

13 March 2026

After-sales service: Prolong aims to become the OS of repair and adds 3 luxury brands

Signing of three high-end clients, launch of a maintenance passport, imminent Seed funding round and cloud migration project in China… At a 1-to-1 conference in Monaco, the Founder of Prolong...

12 March 2026

Regulatory: With 200,000 Digital Product Passports issued, Darty scales up

While the European Commission is set to vote on delegated acts to specify requirements for home appliances, Darty is accelerating a Digital Product Passport (DPP) push by integrating new products...

11 March 2026

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Profound raises US$96 million in Series C funding, becoming a first GEO unicorn

Founded in 2024 in New York by James Cadwallader, GEO startup Profound raised US$96 million on February 24, 2026, in a Series C round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, including Sequoia Capital...

25 February 2026

Klépierre, URW, Carmila: in 2025, retail media and services accounted for nearly 10% of net rental income

Published on February 12 and 19, annual financial results of the three major European property companies show that Klépierre, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, and Carmila are no longer singing from the...

24 February 2026