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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.
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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...
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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...
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20 December 2023
Black Friday 2023: French average online spending up by 15%
Although Black Friday for 2023 failed to attract new online shoppers, average online rose by 15% from 2022 in France. Data from Foxintelligence, which tracks the profiles and purchasing behaviour...
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15 December 2023
CosMc’s: McDonald’s competes with Starbucks with a 100% takeaway concept
With digital sales accounting for 40% of McDonald's revenue, the world's largest fast-food retailer is testing a low-staff format entirely dedicated to drinks and snacks for takeaway.
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15 December 2023
CSR: Europe reaches a political agreement on corporate sustainability due diligence
From 2025, the supply chains of European retailers, as well as those of large companies operating within the Old Continent, will have to respect human rights and environmental sustainability...
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15 December 2023
Constance Fouquet, Maisons du Monde: “The bigger calls for tender are, the more we believe that B2B should become a dedicated business”
With nearly €100 million in B2B revenue expected this year and a dedicated team of 50 people, the home furnishings retailer is making B2B a priority. Constance Fouquet, Executive Director of...
Payment: Paypal’s subsidiary Venmo loses Amazon contract
Venmo, the Paypal-owned online and offline application for mobile payments between individuals, will no longer be one of the payment methods available on the Amazon‘s U.S. website from...
12 December 2023
Casino takes 100% of Cdiscount and turns a page in Brazil
Casino grocery retailer is preparing to sell the Brazilian supermarkets GPA (a 41% stake holding) and sell more domestic grocery stores. With a focus on French operations pending a sale to Daniel...
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7 December 2023
In China, beauty retail sales stagnate for a second month
In China, after a first half-year of growth of 4.8%, cosmetics sales fell by 4.1% in July, rose by 9.7% in August, by 1.6% in September and by 1.1% in October (National Bureau of Statistics)...
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7 December 2023
BNPL: Before an IPO, Tabby is valued at US$1.5 billion
Less than a year after a US$58 million funding round, the U.A.E.-based Tabby, now headquartered in Riyadh, raised US$200 million in early November 2023. Wellington Management and Bluepool Capital...
7 December 2023
Retail tech: Gulf wealth funds step up investments in Southeast Asia
As venture capital financing plummets worldwide, sovereign funds such as Qatar Investment Authority have been making South Asian start-ups a new target.
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7 December 2023
SMCP fashion group to open in India with Reliance Retail
While the recovery is “slow and fragile” in China, the SMCP Group (Sandro, Maje, Claudie Pierlot, Fursac) announced on November 30th an agreement with Reliance Brands Ltd. This moves...
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5 December 2023
In South Korea, Chanel condemned again for excessive data collection
On November 23,2023, Chanel (2022 sales up by 17% at €16 billion, with 50% coming from Asia-Pacific) was fined US$2,761 by the South Korean data protection watchdog called PIPC (Personal...
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5 December 2023
[case study] How Petit Bateau boosted gift card sales with Global POS
Myriam Van de Casteele, Omnichannel Experience Project Manager at Petit Bateau children’s clothes, talked exclusively to mind Retail about the gift card dematerialisation. This project with Global...
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- Retailer and e-commerce
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4 December 2023
Our mind news
While his start-up shakes up an array of players focused on product data management solutions, Edouard Margain, Co-Founder of Upsellr, shared with us at NRF Europe the results of the data...
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19 September 2026
While at NRF Europe, Hanshow revealed a major contract with one of the U.S. retail giants to mind Retail, its smart trolley has yet to prove a market match. A hardware-focused strategy that raises...
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18 September 2026
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
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