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Dutch discounter Action ended 2022 with a net turnover of €8.9 billion, up 30.8% in one year. It operates 2,263 stores in 10 European countries. France is the largest market, accounting...

30 January 2023

LVMH: Annual revenue up by 23% and record net margin

In 2022, despite the Covid-19 lockdowns in China and the closure of Russian stores, LVMH recorded a turnover of €79.2 billion, up by 23% year-on-year. The current operating income recorded a...

27 January 2023

Supply-chain. KFC closes 70 restaurants in South Africa

In December 2022, KFC announced the temporary closure of 70 fast food restaurants in South Africa. The reason given was the energy and electricity crisis. In recent months, repeated power cuts (or...

27 January 2023

In 2022, quick-commerce represented 2.3% of sales for French convenient stores

According to IRI data supplied to mind Retail, the French quick commerce market has more than doubled in 2022. Here is our exclusive report on the annual study.

27 January 2023

Yext: How Calzedonia generates sales conversion and “drive to store” thanks to Google queries

With 5,000 stores in 55 countries in the end of 2022, optimizing its visibility on digital platforms is a strategic challenge for the Calzedonia Group. In an exclusive talk with mind Retail...

27 January 2023

Auchan and Leboncoin: reducing unsold non-food items

Losses linked to display models, slightly damaged returns and end-of-series are being closely monitored. The Auchan Group is now rolling out its partnership with Leboncoin, following the...

26 January 2023

Charging for returns: pure players follow the lead of omnichannel retailers

Since spring 2022, H&M and Zara adopted a policy of charging for returns on online purchases, thus setting standards for standardisation of e-commerce market. Some pure-players are following...

26 January 2023

NRF’s “Big Show” arrives in Singapore

On 15 January 2023, NRF Chairman Matthew Shay and French group Comexposium announced the event for Asia Pacific in 2024. The first Retail’s Big Show Asia Pacific will be held from 11 to 13...

25 January 2023

NRF : the most striking in-store innovations seen in New York

While New York retail has not regained the pre-Covid momentum, with vacancy and footfall rates below 2019 levels, mind Retail reports that in-store experience remains the priority for many...

24 January 2023

NRF 2023: Sustainability start-ups in New York

The NRF Big Show was full of new products and services. We offer a selection including IT solutions to reduce waste and the management of SLEDs in the food industry with Afresh and CodaBene. These...

23 January 2023

NRF 2023: Ikea U.S.A., Levi’s and L’Oréal present sustainable roadmaps

At the NRF conference, sustainability-focused technology solutions took a back seat to automation and AI. However, Ikea, Levi's and L'Oréal stood out with interesting case studies and roadmaps.

21 January 2023

Cegid wants to enhance sellers’ experience

Task management planning for vendors, integration within the Cegid Retail ERP software by June 2023 and a possible acquisition of clienteling software. With the Cegid Retail Store Excellence...

20 January 2023

30% French and Germans have not yet adopted contactless payment

According to a study by SumUp, 68% of French people used contactless payment in 2022, compared to 90% of British, 85% of Swiss, 78% of Italians and 67% of Germans surveyed. According to mind...

20 January 2023

Mangopay: transaction volume to rise by 35% in 2022

Marketplace payment platform Mangopay, which was sold by Crédit Mutuel Arkéa to private equity fund Advent International in April 2022, is claiming a business volume of €11.3...

20 January 2023

Retail media: In Europe, 58% of the largest e-retailers sell their advertising spaces

In December 2022, IAB Europe presented a study of the e-retail media offerings, conducted out of the 91 largest e-retailers (by revenue) in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the U.K...

18 January 2023

Trends in 2023 for transformation of the retail market

After 2 years of accelerating e-commerce followed by 2022 as a year of energy and inflation crisis, plus a summer of climate emergency, the context for 2023 is uncertain. Retailers are caught...

12 January 2023

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29 October 2025

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

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20 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

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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

Cyberattack: Muji, Loft and Sogo & Seibu e-commerce sites down in Japan

Since October 19, Japanese logistics company Askul (2024 revenue: 3.3 billion dollars, up by 2% year-on-year) has been the victim of a cyberattack, preventing it from managing e-commerce orders...

27 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