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According to Eurostat, the EU‘s statistical agency, the Eurozone recorded a high average in April 2022: the annual inflation rate was 7.4% (in annual terms, i.e., April 2022 compared to...

7 June 2022

Amazon in logistical overcapacity

According to Bloomberg, Amazon now has too much storage capacity in the U.S., as e-commerce returns to normal after two years of euphoria. Need help with a strategic issue? mind Research helps you...

7 June 2022

UK. Mark & Spencer launches refillable household products

After developing bulk in 2019, Marks & Spencer launched on 1 June “M&S Refillable”, a range of private label refillable household cleaning products (cleaning sprays, fabric...

7 June 2022

Dollar General is rolling out self-check-out

By the end of December, the discount retailer Dollar General (DG) will replace traditional checkouts with a “self-check-out” system in 200 of 18,000 stores. Need help with a strategic...

7 June 2022

Lionel Jouve, Carrefour : “The growing complexity of the payment chain is underestimated”

How does a global retail Group (turnover: €81.2 billion in 2021), selling in more than 30 countries, adapt to the continuous changes in payment methods? What are the Carrefour group's priorities...

3 June 2022

LVMH and Chanel hit by current Chinese Covid-19 lockdowns

What will be the effects for the Chinese luxury sector of inflation combined with the severe lockdown over the last two months? A recent study from Daxue Consulting provided some answers.

3 June 2022

U.S.A.: new home sales plummet in April

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3 June 2022

Kyle Leahy, the new face of Glossier

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3 June 2022

Majid Al Futtaim partners with Binance to offer crypto payments

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2 June 2022

Aude Vicaire (Marketpay): “To succeed, crypto payments must be able to rival the speed of Visa”

Available in Brazil, France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Lithuania and Denmark, payment provider Marketpay handled €2.3 billion transactions in 2021. Aude Vicaire, Director of Products, Solutions and...

2 June 2022

Lush: “We left Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and Facebook to protect our community”

Lush, the cosmetics retailer whose fiscal year ends in June 2022, decided to leave social media six months ago. Chloé Chazot, Communications Manager for France, Belgium and Luxembourg, takes a...

30 May 2022

Cofidis launches Pay Later in stores

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30 May 2022

65% of polish people approve of boycotting brands operating in Russia

According to Inquiry, a Warsaw-based research company, the attack on Ukraine was both a shock and a great challenge. The Polish people have committed all possible resources to help Ukrainians in...

30 May 2022

Retail Media: Ulta Beauty enters the race

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27 May 2022

Alibaba and WeChat push the digital Yuan

At Alipay and WeChat Pay, the Digital Yuan, a central retail banking digital currency that originated in 2014, is now in the roll-out stage. Need help with a strategic issue? mind Research helps...

20 May 2022

Deliveroo and Hero: arm wrestle over delivery workers’ pay in the Emirates

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20 May 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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25 February 2026

Klépierre, URW, Carmila: in 2025, retail media and services accounted for nearly 10% of net rental income

Published on February 12 and 19, annual financial results of the three major European property companies show that Klépierre, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, and Carmila are no longer singing from the...

24 February 2026

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

The SaaS licence model falters in the face of AI automation

With the launch of Claude Cowork, the software sector, prized by investors for predictable and recurring revenue, is slowing down. According to Bain, stock market indices for SaaS tech editors...

19 March 2026