Raphaële Karayan
Editor-in-Chief Mind MediaRédactrice en chef de mind Media, responsable de la rubrique Marques et agences
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Rédactrice en chef de mind Media depuis septembre 2023, et responsable de la rubrique Marques et agences. Journaliste économique web et print avec 20 ans d'expérience, plus particulièrement dans les domaines de la Tech et de la transformation numérique, B2B et B2C. Passée par L'Usine Nouvelle, Usine Digitale, L'Express, L'Argus de l'assurance et le JDN. Diplômée de l'EM Lyon.
Most read articles by Raphaële Karayan
Valiuz and Infinity Advertising formalise alliance
The retail media agencies of the Mulliez Family Association (AFM, owner of Auchan Retail) and the Mousquetaires Group (Intermarché) announced the finalisation of a merger, which will be...
- Retail
- Retail tech
- News
15 September 2025
Generative AI: according to MIT, 95% of projects do not deliver ROI
According to an MIT study conducted as part of the NANDA project, dedicated to the Internet of AI agents and published in mid-August, 95% of pilot projects carried out by companies and public...
- Retail
- Retail tech
- News brief
8 September 2025
Can financial services’ offensive in the advertising arena hit the mark?
In 2024, banking and payment companies have agreed to invest in the retail media market. Like e-retailers, they are looking to leverage their 1P data, coveted for targeting capabilities in...
- Retail
- Retail tech
- Analysis
9 May 2025
‘Yes Advertising’: why it is over
By deciding to stick with the old Stop Ad system, the French government is avoiding legislation in a market that has already regulated itself. Nicolas Ruchon, Director of WellPack, and Henri-Noël...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- News
24 April 2025
Latest articles by Raphaële Karayan
Valiuz and Infinity Advertising formalise alliance
The retail media agencies of the Mulliez Family Association (AFM, owner of Auchan Retail) and the Mousquetaires Group (Intermarché) announced the finalisation of a merger, which will be...
- Retail
- Retail tech
- News
15 September 2025
Generative AI: according to MIT, 95% of projects do not deliver ROI
According to an MIT study conducted as part of the NANDA project, dedicated to the Internet of AI agents and published in mid-August, 95% of pilot projects carried out by companies and public...
- Retail
- Retail tech
- News brief
8 September 2025
Can financial services’ offensive in the advertising arena hit the mark?
In 2024, banking and payment companies have agreed to invest in the retail media market. Like e-retailers, they are looking to leverage their 1P data, coveted for targeting capabilities in...
- Retail
- Retail tech
- Analysis
9 May 2025
‘Yes Advertising’: why it is over
By deciding to stick with the old Stop Ad system, the French government is avoiding legislation in a market that has already regulated itself. Nicolas Ruchon, Director of WellPack, and Henri-Noël...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- News
24 April 2025
TikTok Shop arrives in France, Germany and Italy
TikTok announced the launch of TikTok Shop in France, Germany and Italy on March 31. The service is now available in 15 countries. The shopping features are directly integrated into the videos in...
28 March 2025
In 2024, E.Leclerc and Lidl were the 2 biggest French advertisers
On March 6, 2025, Kantar Media presented the Top 100 Advertisers 2024, revealing that they now account for 46% of investments in the multi-media advertising market (press, radio, TV, OOH, cinema...
13 March 2025
Infinity Advertising becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mousquetaires
Infinity Advertising, the joint advertising agency that has been marketing the retail media offerings of Intermarché and Casino supermarkets since 2021, announced on February 14 a purchase...
19 February 2025
Eager to rival with Criteo and Epsilon, Amazon Ads launches monetisation service for retailers
On January 9, at CES, Amazon Ads launched the beta version of a new monetisation service for the e-commerce sites of multi-brand retailers, called Retail Ad Service. With this service, available...
- Retail
- Retail tech
- News brief
10 January 2025
Retail media: Valiuz joins the Leroy Merlin and Saint Maclou banners
On January 2, Valiuz, the retail data alliance that includes Decathlon, Auchan, Boulanger, Alinea, Electro Depot, Kiabi and Norauto chains, announced the integration of Adeo Retail Media (Leroy...
- Retail
- Retail tech
- News brief
8 January 2025
The U.S.A Department of Justice wants to dismantle Google
On October 8, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) published initial proposals for remedies to break up Google‘s alleged illegal monopoly of the search and sponsored links market. The...
- Retail
- News brief
14 October 2024
Retail media: Boulanger leaves Criteo to sign with Valiuz Adz
Boulanger (sales €4.35 billion by 2023) and Valiuz Adz, the retail media agency of the Valiuz data alliance (Auchan, Decathlon, Leroy Merlin…), which includes Boulanger, announced a...
- Retail
- News brief
12 July 2024
[Cannes Lions] Retail media: professional measurement is a key to scale-up
While the retail media sector is maturing, the question of scaling up was a common theme at Cannes Lions. On the one hand, the multiplication of retail media networks and the growth of the...
- Retail
- Retail tech
- Analysis
27 June 2024
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Shoprite adopts Yoobic solution for 3,600 stores and 160,000 employees
As announced in April in mind Retail, the African grocery retailer Shoprite has confirmed the rollout of the Yoobic application to optimise staff task management and anomaly detection in stores...
- Retail
- Retail tech
- News
29 October 2025
Faced with debt and declining sales, Fossil files for bankruptcy
Competition from Apple and Samsung in the smartwatch segment, collapsing sales, customs tariffs… Cornered with a debt of US$179 million, Fossil has filed several bankruptcy petitions in the U.S.A...
- Retail
- Economy and regulators
- News
29 October 2025
EU: Omnibus bill stalled in Parliament
On October 22, MEPs rejected by a narrow majority the negotiating mandate that would have allowed trilogue negotiations to begin on the omnibus directive watering down the CSRD and duty of care...
- Retail
- Economy and regulators
- News brief
27 October 2025
Verizon, Starbucks, DoorDash and Grubhub impacted by AWS outage
On October 20, 2025, the Amazon Web Services cloud (Amazon Q2 2025 revenue: 168 billion dollars, up by 13.3%) was down for several hours before returning to normal. Numerous websites and...
27 October 2025
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Faced with debt and declining sales, Fossil files for bankruptcy
Competition from Apple and Samsung in the smartwatch segment, collapsing sales, customs tariffs… Cornered with a debt of US$179 million, Fossil has filed several bankruptcy petitions in the U.S.A...
- Retail
- Economy and regulators
- News
29 October 2025
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Lululemon, Ralph Lauren, Gap and Levi’s enter peak season with high stock levels
Faced with rising customs tariffs affecting US imports, several retailers have built up significant inventories. Over a year, the stocks of Gap, Levi’s, Lululemon, Ralph Lauren and Academy Sports...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- News
27 October 2025
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France and Italy urge Shein to reassess a business model
While Shein continues to spark controversy through partnerships with Pimkie and BHV department stores (SGM), Italy announced plans to introduce a tax on Asian e-commerce platforms. In France, the...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- News
13 October 2025
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Cyberattack: Muji, Loft and Sogo & Seibu e-commerce sites down in Japan
Since October 19, Japanese logistics company Askul (2024 revenue: 3.3 billion dollars, up by 2% year-on-year) has been the victim of a cyberattack, preventing it from managing e-commerce orders...
27 October 2025
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Antoine Jouteau, Leboncoin : “We are launching our first warranty offer for multimedia products”
As Leboncoin prepares to celebrate a 20th anniversary in 2026, mind Retail interviewed Antoine Jouteau, the outgoing Chief Executive Officer. As Jacob Aqraou, Executive Chairman of the Board of...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- Analysis
13 October 2025
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TikTok Shop and Temu strengthen logistics networks by signing with Royal Mail and La Poste
To accelerate European markets, TikTok Shop and Temu signed agreements with the leading postal operators in France and the United Kingdom. Here is a look at these strategic partnerships.
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- News
20 October 2025