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How has the financial health of the 10 largest global food retailers changed since 2017? How did Target manage to climb to 19% of online sales, when Carrefour is only 4%? How do Ahold Delhaize and...

24 August 2022

The French government wants to support dark stores

Pedestrian pick-up points in several cities, cafés inside a dark store in London... While Gorillas shows willingness to welcome the public in its warehouses, the French government is considering...

23 August 2022

Sephora bets on partnerships with Glossier and Kohl’s

On July 26, 2022, the beauty DNVB Glossier signed an agreement with Sephora to increase omnichannel revenue. Starting in Q1 2023, Glossier’s products (the firm was valued US$1.8 billion in...

22 August 2022

Emaar Malls to sell e-commerce business

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19 August 2022

Ingka Centres starts construction of a first Indian mall

…Ingka Centres, a subsidiary of the Ingka Group (turnover of €37.4 billion in the fiscal year to August 2021 up by 6% year-on-year) started construction of the Gurugram mixed-use...

19 August 2022

Kohl’s rolls out self-pick-up

Eager to improve profitability of e-commerce operations, Kohl's is rolling out a service of a self pick-up, throughout its whole U.S. store network.

18 August 2022

Amazon invests US$1.7 billion in Roomba robot hoovers

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17 August 2022

Greenwashing. Ongoing investigation of Asos, Boohoo and Asda

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17 August 2022

H&M develops machine learning with Google cloud

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16 August 2022

Live Shopping. TikTok abandons the “Shop” version for Europe and the U.S.A.

…After launching TikTok “Shop” in Indonesia in 2021, ByteDance (the app’s parent company) cancelled plans to offer the new social commerce function for Europe and the...

1 August 2022

Arteum: “Our marketplace will integrate the offer of international museums from 2023”

Phygital, marketplace. With 20 stores in France and Italy, museum shop specialist Arteum is investing in digital services. How to address a new audience online when the offer is associated with a...

26 July 2022

Chile. Victoria’s Secret increases sales with “Click & Collect”

Since the Covid-19 crisis, physical stores have played a central role in e-commerce and omnichannel. Based on this lesson, the lingerie brand use VTEX's technology to deploy “click & collect...

22 July 2022

Taiwan. Carrefour leaves Asia for good

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22 July 2022

To compete with Walmart, Costco announces 7 openings in China

While many food retailers have failed in China, the membership-based wholesale model is a success.

22 July 2022

Amazon cuts back on private label offerings due to pressure from competition regulators

Faced with competition infringements, Amazon makes commitments to Brussels and reduces private label offers in the U.S.A.

21 July 2022

Exclusive. Alibaba out of the TOP 10 global retailers in 2021

Since 2017, mind retail published analys of retail revenues for the world's leading retailers. What were these revenues in 2021, for the 10 largest players in the sector? How much of business...

19 July 2022

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Agentic AI: Hymalaia attracts retailers and announces imminent fundraising

According to our sources, the young start-up Hymalaia is continuing development in retail with 4 new retailers currently in POC and an imminent fundraising. We examine the details.

16 December 2025

Refurbished smartphones: why Largo relies on Speeral automation

The start-up founded by the duo behind Teester and Skeepers is accelerating automation of second-hand product flows. The strategy is to use AI to direct products to high-traffic marketplaces such...

9 December 2025

Leroy Merlin and Aroma‑Zone launch in‑store analytics pilots with XXII

French retail tech XXII, which aims to become the Google Analytics and Contentsquare of physical stores, has already signed with 15 retailers and shopping centres, mind Retail learned. A year...

5 December 2025

Already in POC, Dialog’s conversational agent shows up in the search bar

Buoyed by a €3.8 million seed round closed in mid‑November 2025, French start‑up Dialog, specialised in AI‑based conversational e‑commerce, is accelerating. Initially placed on product pages, this...

4 December 2025

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Carmila join forces with Unlimitail and JCDecaux to equip 252 malls

On December 9, Carrefour and Carmila signed a partnership with Unlimitail and JCDecaux to create a retail media network combining indoor DOOH and outdoor OOH across their sites in France and...

12 December 2025

With Grand Frais, Apollo makes a first move into European grocery retail

Through an agreement to acquire 70% of the operator of Grand Frais, the US investment fund Apollo aims to double stores and evolve a model that has so far been entirely focused on physical retail...

19 December 2025

Italian Golden Goose set for Chinese ownership

A year after the French children’s clothing brand Bonpoint was acquired by Chinese group Youngor, Italian luxury brand Golden Goose is next. British fund Permira (already owner of Hugo...

9 December 2025

Pierre Brousseau (FDJ United Ventures): “For 2026, we are positioning ourselves in a more rational and offensive again VC market”

What is the total amount of assets under management at FDJ United Ventures?FDJ United Ventures was launched in 2015. We invest in European start-ups supported by La Française des Jeux (FDJ...

12 December 2025