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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...
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...
AI Search : YouTube citations climb to 40%, Reddit falls to 20%
While Reddit once dominated the sources cited by AIs, YouTube videos are now winning over LLMs. Here's why.
4 March 2026
Advertising in LLMs: Criteo becomes OpenAI’s first adtech partner
Following a fundraising of US$ 110 billion on February 27, 2026, OpenAI signed a technological partnership with Criteo (720 million daily active users at the end of 2025, 17,000 advertisers, 4.5...
4 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...
Belgium: Lidl and Bpost adopt Wero’s payment solution
The news. Following its rollout in Germany at the end of 2025, EPI is launching Wero e-commerce solution in Belgium with first retail partners, including Bpost and Lidl. The service is initially...
3 March 2026
Amazon France Logistique employee surveillance fine halved on appeal
In a ruling delivered on 23 December 2025 and first reported by L’Usine Digitale, the Conseil d’État (France’s supreme administrative court) confirmed the fine issued by the Commission...
3 March 2026
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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...
Electronic labels: Hanshow accelerates breakthrough and signs with a leading British retailer
While the leader in electronic labels, Vusion exceeded €1.47 billion in revenue in 2025, rival Hanshow is stepping up a global offensive, winning a strategic account in the U.K. and a new POC for...
27 February 2026
Supreme Court ruling on customs duties: what are the implications for Europe?
On February 20, 2026, after the US Supreme Court ruled that most of the reciprocal tariffs imposed by Donald Trump since April 2025 were illegal, the President issued an executive order imposing...
27 February 2026
WhatsApp, rich SMS, YouTube, TikTok: Focus on the conversational levers that engage the most
Beyond traditional stores and e-commerce sites, retail has shifted to conversational omnichannel, where WhatsApp, RCS, and live shopping are becoming drivers of conversion and lifetime value. At...
27 February 2026
BNPL: Between healthcare and retail, Scalapay accelerates a P.O.S. offensive with two major signings
Building on a strong foothold in fashion, Scalapay is strengthening in-store penetration targeting players in the healthcare sector. According to our information, the Italian BNPL unicorn has...
25 February 2026
Profound raises US$96 million in Series C funding, becoming a first GEO unicorn
Founded in 2024 in New York by James Cadwallader, GEO startup Profound raised US$96 million on February 24, 2026, in a Series C round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, including Sequoia Capital...
25 February 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
At Walmart, the Sparky chatbot increases an average basket by 35%
While Walmart published annual results on February 19, 2026, the AI chatbot confirms a key role in revenue generation. “Customers using Sparky generate an average basket that is...
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
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