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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

With the acquisition of Memory, SES-Imagotag strengthens its position in data

On 10th January 2022, the electronic tag specialist SES-Imagotag (turnover of €423 million in 2021) entered exclusive negotiations to acquire The Memory. Created in 2018, this start-up...

10 January 2023

In 2022, Chanel recorded 3.75 million views on WeChat

In 2022, Chanel was the most active luxury brand on China’s social media. According to a survey by the data analysis platform iPaiban, Chanel published 72 posts on a WeChat...

10 January 2023

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield continues to reduce debt and refocuses on Europe

Five years after the acquisition of Westfield, URW is accelerating a sale of assets in the U.S.A. to reduce debts.

10 January 2023

E-commerce: What digital analytics strategy for 2023?

Nicolas Malo, Founder of Optimal Ways, looks back at the change that will affect e-commerce teams with the end of the Universal Analytics solution (Google Analytics v3) announced for July 2023...

9 January 2023

Beauty. Morphe, a symbol of the fragility of influence marketing

The make-up brand, valued at US$2.2 billion in 2019, is now closing its stores in the U.S.A., following a 30% drop in turnover between 2019 and 2021. It has become a symbol of the fragility of...

6 January 2023

Furniture: Nitori leaves the U.S.A. to compete with Ikea in Asia

Faced with rising energy and transportation costs, the furniture company Nitori Holdings is reviewing a retail footprint.

6 January 2023

Beijing gives the U.S.A. full access to Chinese company accounts

According to The Information, several US-listed Chinese tech giants are cancelling plans to list in Hong Kong. Among them, Pinduoduo (capitalised at US$100 billion) and Full Truck Alliance, a...

6 January 2023

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Julien Cailleau, Oney: “With 3 retailers, we are testing the use of Valiuz data to streamline financing approvals”

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Advantail signs with Formality to streamline commercial lease management

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How Mobilier de France reduced the share of cheque payments from 80% to 50%

With an average basket of €3,500 and a payment journey that includes a financial deposit at the time of ordering, Mobilier de France shares with mind Retail its assessment of the rollout of...

15 October 2026

How Maison A.Constant built a unified customer database with n8n

Eager to bring together customer data and improve data accuracy, jewellery and watch retailer Maison A.Constant built its own Single Customer Repository (SCR) using n8n, an orchestration platform...

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