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Having rolled out live shopping on a large scale, the luxury accessories pure-player Monnier Paris is making inroads into metaverse. Here are the key figures and results of a marketing action...

23 March 2022

M&A. “Investors are more attracted by omnichannel luxury brands than pure DNVBs”

Alain Bernard, former President of the North American business of Richemont Group, explains the dynamics of the luxury sector in the U.S.A. In a market where the cost of digital marketing is...

22 March 2022

E-commerce: Macy’s and Darty outsource search engine to Google

Google continues to move towards e-commerce. At the 1-to-1 trade fair in Monaco, the group announced that the search engine would be made available to European online retailers.

21 March 2022

British retailers call for tax rebalancing

In the UK, 35% to 40% of non-food purchases are now made online. During a preliminary consultation on the Treasury’s initiative published at the end of February 2022, UK’s major...

21 March 2022

France revises index calculation for retail leases

On March 15th, 2022, France rules changed to include calculation of the Commercial Rent Index (Indice des Loyers Commerciaux or ILC), which is the basis of a retail leases valuation. This was just...

18 March 2022

To comply with commercial lease legislation, Gorillas launches click & collect

From click & collect services to moves to become a member of the reference retail federations, quick-commerce companies are looking for a way out, as they face rising pressure from council...

18 March 2022

Pinterest launches integrated payment solution inside the app

On March 10th, 2022, Pinterest (US$2.58 billion in revenue in 2021, up 52% with 400 million monthly active users including 19 million in France) launched “Pinterest Checkout”, a...

18 March 2022

BNPL: in the UK, 8% use it for essential purchases

In the U.K., according to an independent debt advice organisation called ‘Citizens Advice’, one in 12 people who used a BNPL service in the last 6 months, actually payed for...

18 March 2022

Adyen closes 2021 with a record Ebitda of €630 million

Written by Caroline Soutarson, published on February 10, 2022 by mind Fintech.With net revenues exceeding €1 billion (up by 46% vs. 2020), Adyen reports record Ebitda of €630 million. In...

18 March 2022

Casino opts for a split of its financial division

After a very difficult year for Casino, the pressure of the financial markets is increasing and it is time for the financial services to make big moves.

15 March 2022

Matthieu Guignard (Mondelēz International): “The market is not offering mature e-retail media K.P.I.s”

With more than 25 brands including Orea, Milka, Lu, Prince, Tuc, Toblerone and Côte d'Or, Mondelēz International, one of the world's leading advertisers, rolled out 460 e-retail media campaigns in...

14 March 2022

Social e-commerce, or the return of direct sales. How can retailers grow?

Direct sales have always existed in retail, but the- digital version in the form of social e-commerce and live shopping is developing at great speed. This is driven by increased conversion rates...

10 March 2022

Egypt. Retailers accused of exploiting the Ukrainian crisis to inflate prices

Egypt is, for the moment, safe from “out of stock” delays. However, local consumers have made complaints against food retail chains, which would take advantage of the inflationary trend to...

10 March 2022

Massmart. The Walmart subsidiary reports a loss of US$97.4 million in 2021

On 7th March, South Africa’s Massmart (408 stores on the continent) reported that annual losses increased by 65%.

8 March 2022

TK Maxx and other fashion brands boycott Russia

Following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, TK Maxx is selling its stake in the Russian retailer Familia. Another American has been added to the list of fashion brands suspending activities in Russia.

8 March 2022

Lego: China accounted for 57% of expansion in 2021

With 95 Chinese stores opened in 2021 (out of a total of 165 openings), China accounted for 57% of Lego‘s expansion programme last year.

8 March 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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GDPR: Amazon’s €746 million fine is cancelled for now

Luxembourg’s Administrative Court has overturned the record €746 million GDPR fine against Amazon, citing procedural gaps in the CNPD's original 2021 investigation. While the court confirmed the...

23 March 2026

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