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Shein hires Lazada’s Vice President
With the appointment of Jessica Liu, formerly of Alibaba and Lazada, as Vice President, the fast fashion giant is making a new move.
16 December 2022
TJX Companies: new C.F.O. for outlet giant
US outlet retailer TJX Co. appointed John Klinger as new C.F.O. His mission is to boost the high margin business, that already takes advantage of overstock issues. 
1 December 2022
“77% of retailers want to increase the drive-to-store portion of their advertising investment”
By Sandrine Prefaut, Managing Director of S4M in France. Operating in 10 countries (USA, Canada, France, Italy, UK, Switzerland, Benelux, Asia-Pacific region…), S4M is an international “drive to...
13 January 2022
The young designer of Parade wants to dethrone Victoria Secret
The news is rich for the highly emblematic Cami Téllez, Founder of Parade, a direct-to-consumer lingerie brand currently valued at US$140 million. In November 2021, she opened her first...
3 December 2021
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Reopening of competition for the running of the retail business at the Eiffel Tower
The Société d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel (SETE) will soon be lauching a competitive tender to manage and operate shops at the Eiffel Tower (available on the B.O.A.M.P...
13 April 2018
Is technology expected to be like invisible air conditioning ?
According to Mrs. Susanna Chin, Chief Representative of the Hong Kong giant Li&Fung for the East-China region, digital technology should be invisible in-store. “Technology is like...
13 April 2018
The “cost-killer” Action
Which retailer can boast 25 years of consecutive growth with 1,095 profitable stores? This is Action, whose sales jumped by 28% to €3.4 billion in 2017 according to preliminary results. This...
13 April 2018
Flying Tiger. Quirky style and low prices
Nicknamed the “daughter of Ikea and dollar stores”, the Danish retailer Flying Tiger Copenhagen is establishing a market position based on very low prices. Its name comes from the word...
13 April 2018
Hema struggles to convince investors
Unlike Action, the Dutch retailer Hema (722 stores in October 2017) operates with a more challenging cash-rich model, focused on its private label and urban locations. Despite an expansion move...
13 April 2018
Home-Decoration. New invaders from cold countries
Hema, Action, Sostrene Grene and Flying Tiger manage to mix functional and clean design with extremely low prices. As an interesting trend, all come from Nordic countries, where people pamper...
13 April 2018
Gap is leaderless again
In February 2018, the fashion retailer Gap Inc. announced that veteran President Jeff Kirwin has resigned after three years as brand President. Joining Gap Inc. in 2004 from the U.S. grocer...
20 March 2018
Argos moves from “old school” to sophisticated omnichannel retailer
In the United Kingdom, the general merchandise retailer Argos has developed one of the fastest delivery systems in the world. This high-street retailer sells an array of electronics, houseware and...
19 March 2018
Are showrooms the future of retail ?
For some retailers, inventory should be invisible in stores transformed into showrooms. For others, “warehouse stores” with staff preparing online orders in the back-office are a smarter...
19 March 2018
From Gucci to Geox
Geox has poached an expert in luxury goods to lead its brand of quality shoes. Matteo Mascazzini became C.E.O. of the Italian retailer on February 1st, replacing Gregorio Borgo, who is leaving the...
27 February 2018
“We are the boss”
Whilst consumer mistrust has spread across traditional business and the associated inaccurate content of goods, this has sparked new and exciting initiatives in the form of “niche” brands. These...
16 February 2018
Market place. My best ennemy ?
For some retailers, large market places such as Amazon and Tmall can help generating additional revenue or quickly evaluate a new territory. For others, trading with them means joining forces with...
18 January 2018
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On March 10, 2026, Mirakl and JPMorgan Payments (JPMP) unveiled a partnership to deploy agentic commerce by combining the Mirakl Nexus agentic orchestration platform with the U.S. bank’s...
16 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
Online authentification : Prelude expands a “message free” solution globally 
A competitor to Twilio, Vonage and Plivo, the French startup Prelude, which has 75 retail clients, is actively deploying Prelude Zero, an authentication method that requires no message delivery...
13 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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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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