Morgane Monteiro

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Journaliste économique pour mind Retail depuis 2024, j’analyse la transformation digitale du commerce.

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Journaliste économique pour mind Retail depuis début 2024, j’analyse les dynamiques de transformation digitale dans le commerce. Mon travail mêle suivi de l’actualité sectorielle, enquêtes approfondies et décryptage des innovations technologiques nourris par des échanges avec des experts du terrain à travers des interviews de dirigeants et l’animation de tables rondes.
Forte d’une première expérience en analyse d’insights stratégiques au sein du HUB Institute, je m’attache à produire une information indépendante et rigoureuse pour les décideurs du retail. Je couvre un large spectre de sujets liés à la digitalisation et à l’omnicanalité dans le retail et la retail tech : expérience client, supply chain, paiement, cybersécurité, intelligence artificielle.

Most read articles by Morgane Monteiro
Global retail tech investment rose by 7.4% in 2025
In 2025, venture capital continued to flow into commerce technologies. With 27.5 billion dollars invested in retail tech, the average deal size increased while the number of transactions declined.
With Walmart, Ulta Beauty, Zalando and Carrefour, Google launches an agentic commerce protocol
Following the launch of payments in Copilot, Google is preparing to join OpenAI and Microsoft, but with a more integrated version focused on its own payment method, Google Pay. These moves...
13 January 2026
2026 Trends – How far should retailers open the door to AI Search engines ?
(Trends 1/6) With data visibility, recommendations, transactions on ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity, LLMs are establishing themselves as new entry points for e-commerce. As search, comparison and...
Picnic plans to open a 3rd warehouse in France
To support growth, the Dutch online grocery retailer Picnic (global revenue 2025 : 1.5 billion euros, up by 25%) continues to concentrate their logistics network. In France, revenue was reported...
23 January 2026
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Lulu Group to build a major mall of 288,000 sq.m in Ahmedabad  
In 2024, Abu Dhabi-based retailer Lulu Group (global annual turnover of US$7.3 billion in 2023) plans to build one of India’s largest malls. Located in Ahmedabad it will cover 288,000 sq.m...
5 March 2024
Aramco strengthens in South America with the takeover of Esmax
On 1 March 2024, Saudi Arabian oil company Aramco (valued at US$7.62 billion) acquired Chile’s Esmax Distribucion SPA from the Southern Cross Group (100% buyout, amount not disclosed). The...
5 March 2024
Travel retail: China wants South-East Asia to become a visa-free zone
China is stepping up the number of agreements with neighboring countries, to relax or even lift visa policies. Since March 1, 2024, citizens of China and Thailand can travel to the other country...
1 March 2024
USA: Ikea wants to take advantage of falling valuations and acquire more malls
While e-commerce has plateaued at around 25% of sales for the past 2 years, Ingka Group (total sales €47.6 billion in 2023, up by 6.6%) is stepping up property investments. Last week, Cindy...
1 March 2024
Temu wants to open a digital marketplace to American sellers
The e-commerce platform Temu (a subsidiary of PDD Holdings, Pinduoduo’s parent company), known for low-value products, is expanding considerably. By October 2023, Temu was selling into 47...
Carrefour ends 2023 on a high note and aims to lease-operate 30% of hypermarkets
Carrefour has published a positive balance sheet for 2023, boosted by external growth in Brazil and in Europe. In France, the strategy of switching to franchising and leasing contracts has...
As food deflation accelerates in China, Hong Kong’s shoppers adapt behavior
Since Q4 2023, China has been facing deflation. According to the Bureau of National Statistics, the country saw in 2023 the biggest price drop in over 10 years : this was particularly true for...
23 February 2024
In the U.K., The Body Shop is for sale
After a period of financial difficulties (EBITDA down 40% in the 9 months to end-November 2023), The Body Shop (900 directly-operated stores and 1,600 franchises worldwide, 7,000 staff, including...
23 February 2024
Walmart invests US$ 2.3 billion in connected TVs
On February 20, 2024, in a context in which American retailers are attracting an audience similar to that of major TV channels, Walmart (US$645 billion in sales in 2023, up by 5.5% at constant...
21 February 2024
Nike cuts 2% of workforce to reduce costs
At Nike, the layoff of 1,600 staff, announced on February 15, 2024, is part of a US$2 billion cost-cutting plan over the next 3 years. In December, the company revised annual revenue forecasts...
The Digital Service Act extends authority to all marketplaces
From February 17, 2024, the DSA (Digital Service Act) extended authority to all e-commerce sites operating in the European Union, whatever their size. Amongst measures is an obligation to appoint...
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E-retail media solidifies brand–retailer relationships
According to Publicis Commerce‘s e-retail media barometer for 2025 (surveying around 200 marketing, commerce, and e-commerce decision-makers in France) published on January 7, 2026, nearly...
2 February 2026
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After a loss-making but high-growth year in 2025, the stock-pooling start-up for marketplaces signed agreements with 4 Swiss players, mind Retail learned. By taking on one of Europe’s most...
30 January 2026
Retail tech: major trends for 2026
In 2026, retail can no longer afford to promise. It must deliver. Retail tech has entered the execution stage. The race for showcase innovation is over, giving way to clear priorities: operational...
Bonus textile repair: a virtuous scheme held back by a shortage of skills
Two years after a launch in the fashion sector, the French repair "bonus" is struggling to scale up. The main reason is a limited pool of repairers constrained by poor recruitment. We share an...
29 January 2026
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Circana: French e-commerce ended 2025 with strong growth, hypermarkets continue to decline
After four years of decline, volumes of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) rose again in 2025 in France and Europe, although they did not compensate for four years of losses. The rebound was...
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Black Friday: Amazon’s AI assistant Rufus featured in 38% of sessions in the US
While peak season sales, revealed at the NRF Big Show, rose by 4.1% in the US from November 1 to December 31, 2025, Rufus, Amazon’s conversational chatbot, confirmed its traction. During the...
15 January 2026
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2026 Trends – BNPL, mobile checkout, wallets: new challenges for payments
(Trends 3/6) Faced with soaring Visa and Mastercard fees, European retailers are looking for alternative payment methods that protect margins while boosting conversion. From wallets and...
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2026 Trends – Retail organises itself in the face of the Trump trade war
(Trend 4/6) Invested as President for a second term in 2025, Donald Trump has shaken global trade. Between higher customs duties, a tax on small parcels, attacks on diversity and inclusion...
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Retail tech: major trends for 2026
In 2026, retail can no longer afford to promise. It must deliver. Retail tech has entered the execution stage. The race for showcase innovation is over, giving way to clear priorities: operational...
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China bans JD.com, Alibaba and Meituan from forcing promotions
On January 7 2026, China published new regulations banning the country’s major e-commerce platforms such as Alibaba from forcing merchants to apply promotions. These measures, which will...
8 January 2026