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Following the Q3 2021 results on November 18, Alibaba announced a separation of Chinese and international e-commerce businesses. A number of overseas subsidiaries, including Lazada, AliExpress and...

3 January 2022

Leroy Merlin Romania. “We will open a marketplace in 2023”

Over 10 years, Leroy Merlin Romania moved from a low-price retail concept to an omnichannel company in which e-commerce plays a major role, both in terms of activity and profitability. What are...

23 December 2021

GRDI: Top 10 most attractive countries for retailers

According to Kearney‘s Global Retail Development Index (GRDI), Africa will become the fastest growing market for retail. The study, which examines emerging markets, raises critical...

22 December 2021

Walgreens plans to sell Boots

In order to focus on its new healthcare provider business and the North American market, Walgreens Boots Alliance (sales of US$132.5 billion in the year to August 2021, +7.5%) is considering...

21 December 2021

Majid Al Futtaim Retail believes in “tech-enhanced” convenience

Majid Al Futtaim (assets estimated at US$16,8 billion according to Forbes, with 27 malls and 13 hotels) is the exclusive franchisor of Carrefour in the Gulf, Africa and part of the Asian...

21 December 2021

Israel. Shufersal’s online sales fall

In Q3 2021, Israeli supermarket chain Shufersal reported that online revenue fell to 18.7% of business, compared to 20.8% in Q3 2020.

17 December 2021

TikTok invests in Dubai delivery start-up

An unexpected investor emerged in the latest round of funding for Dubai-based delivery start-up iMile.

17 December 2021

A mapping of the French retail techs

In an annual study, Klein Blue and Finance Innovation offer a panorama of French retail technology. Find them the 383 startups in this article.

17 December 2021

Black Friday. BNPL payment volumes explode across Europe

According to data released by payment service provider Mollie, the use of Buy Now Pay Later payment methods (BNPL) increased by 51% in Europe during the Black Friday period, compared to the same...

17 December 2021

After Douglas, Criteo strengthens a beauty footprint with Flaconi pure-player

Criteo, which has raised the financial forecast for 2021, is rolling out a retail media offering in the non-food sector. Elise Ophèle, Head of Sales Retail Media Non-Food, and Nicolas Benoît...

17 December 2021

[exclu] Retail media. What are the rates in France?

In the U.S.A., the retail media market (including advertising investments on e-commerce sites) will pass US$30 billion in 2022. Amazon alone accounts for 75% of this market.

17 December 2021

Zara: the heiress takes charge of a group that has undergone a digital transformation

Marta Ortega Pérez, aged 38, will become President of Inditex in April 2022, the holding company of the fast-fashion group built by her father (€7.56 billion in sales via 6,829 stores...

17 December 2021

4 years after its liquidation, Toys R Us is rising from the ashes

Under the leadership of new owner WHP Global, Toys R Us is returning to brick & mortars.

13 December 2021

Property. New projects mushroom in the Gulf region

Whilst the Central Bank forecasts a GDP of 2.1% in 2021 and 4.2% in 2022 for the United Arab Emirates, the property market is catching up. In the first half of 2021, Dubai’s hotels returned...

13 December 2021

Canada. Ikea is keeping pace online

In a summary on December 1st, Ikea- Canada said that e-commerce reached US$969 million, up by 161% in the fiscal year to August. It accounted for 37% of total sales of US$2.59 billion (+11.8%)...

13 December 2021

“In franchising, you sometimes have two sheets shearing each others’ wool”

Across Europe, co-operatives such as Intersport, John Lewis, Co-op Danmark or E.Leclerc as not-profit systems, do not aim to make a profit. The objective is to improve costs by high volume...

13 December 2021

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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