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In 2022, Walmart, Amazon, Schwartz and Aldi dominate the annual ranking established by Kantar for the American Retail Federation (NRF). Which retailers have joined and which left the ranking?...

12 July 2022

India : Reliance signs a franchising deal with Gap

Gap Inc (sales of US$16.7 billion in 2021, +2% from 2019) is coming back to India via a new franchising agreement with Reliance Retail. Headquartered in Mumbai, Reliance is India’s largest...

8 July 2022

H&M and Inditex reduce their exposure in China

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8 July 2022

Mexico’s largest convenience retailer to acquire Swiss network Valora

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7 July 2022

Cloud computing: Walmart strengthens its independence

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7 July 2022

Sustainability: Shein reviled on TikTok and Youtube

…Shein is facing increasing criticism from a younger generation of sustainable consumers. In the U.S.A., Ava Grand, a young fashion design graduate from Marist College, started to...

7 July 2022

Ikea advances in India and takes a step back in Russia

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7 July 2022

Swarowski to reinvent itself under Alexis Nasard’s leadership

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7 July 2022

An American lady at the head of the Arabian Centers Company

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7 July 2022

Fractional payments: the state of grace is over

Fractional payment fintechs have eaten their fill. After two years of euphoria, in 2020 and 2021, they are facing rising interest rates, following inflation, and an increase in the risk of...

1 July 2022

Quick commerce and new online players. What is a value proposition and challenges for brands?

In the highly competitive sector of food delivery, FMCG manufacturers are increasingly interested in the quick commerce market. They are betting that some of them will survive and have entered a...

1 July 2022

Cybersecurity: Shoprite attacked by ransomware

In mid-June 2022, the South African retail group Shoprite (2,933 stores in February 2022, under various banners including Shoprite, Usave, LiquorShop, Checkers Hyper, Checkers and House &...

28 June 2022

Majid Al Futtaim sets up wholesale in Egypt with Supeco

Majid Al Futtaim (MAF), Carrefour’s exclusive franchisor in the Middle East, opened a first wholesale store in Egypt in May 2022. Located in the October City mall (West of Cairo), it is the...

28 June 2022

Alexander Soncini, VTEX : “In Brazil, 40% of online sales of C&A come from Whatsapp”

Listed on the US Stock Exchange for one year, the Brazilian unicorn VTEX stands out from many IT publishers thanks to its broad functional scope (e-commerce, marketplaces and OMS) and wants to...

28 June 2022

Longchamp extends partnership with Adyen to Asia and North America

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24 June 2022

Unibail wants to launch automated ‘click & collect’ at Forum des Halles

…In France, Unibail Rodamco Westfield (URW) is following an omni-channel strategy. After Vélizy 2, the Forum des Halles Paris centre will host an automated ‘click &...

24 June 2022

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Romain Mombert, Eurazeo: “Tomorrow, retailers and brands will no longer acquire customers, but AI agents”

In a proliferation of AI start-ups, how can investors distinguish those that bring true innovation and in which they should invest? For what valuation metrics? In retail and payment, what types of...

19 March 2026

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

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Italy seizes €27.4 million from CEVA Logistics for fraud and undeclared labour

On March 3, 2026, Italian tax authorities announced the seizure of €27.4 million from two Italian subsidiaries of French supply chain specialist CEVA Logistics, itself a subsidiary of the...

5 March 2026

Conflicts in the Middle East: what impact on the supply chain and European retail?

With US and Israeli strikes on Iran triggering a major crisis on February 28, 2026, retailers already have to face the closure of strategic trade routes, rising freight costs and import...

5 March 2026

Following a complaint from the FTC, Walmart agrees to pay US$100 million to Spark delivery drivers

On February 26, 2026, Walmart (2025 revenue: US$713.2 billion, up by 5.1% at constant rates) agreed to pay US$100 million in response to allegations of misleading compensation to delivery drivers...

4 March 2026

Social media & age verification: Tech breaks the glass ceiling of precision

As an array of international governments restrict social networks access for teenagers under 15 or 16, new facial recognition technologies from Yoti, Persona and k-ID are making progress in...

13 March 2026

Faced with sluggish demand, The Home Depot and Lowe’s cut 1,400 jobs and reaffirm a B2B focus

In the United States, with the home improvement and D.I.Y. market under pressure, retail leaders are reorganising. Home Depot and Lowe's, respectively No. 1 and No. 2 in the market, announced...

25 February 2026

Search AI : in the retail sector, 25% of AI queries are transactional

For mind Retail, online SEO specialist Ahrefs analysed retail queries on AI search engines. The goal was to measure the proportion of transactional prompts compared to informational ones. The...

2 March 2026