Raphaële Karayan

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Rédactrice 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.

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Amanda Medina, Etam: “We now have real expertise on Instagram”

With nearly 1.3 million followers on Instagram, Etam stands out for a social media strategy that's close to its audience, focused on collaborations and interaction. Amanda Medina, Head of Social...

12 June 2024

With generative AI, Google turns the search engine upside down

On May 14, Google unveiled its new search engine powered by Gemini generative AI. After having tested the display of natural language answers in SGE since May 2023, Google is now extending this...

16 May 2024

TikTok: 120 mins per day in France, 127 minutes for the U.K.

According to Qustodio, TikTok is the first social network in the world, in terms of time of use by customers under 18 years old. Building on a growing audience, TikTok has just announced an...

8 February 2024

[case study] How PepsiCo partnered with Uber Eats for retail media

Since September 2023, Uber Advertising, the international advertising network launched by Uber at the end of 2022, has been offering a retail media service based on the Uber Eats app, using...

23 November 2023

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29 October 2025

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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...

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...

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...

13 October 2025

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Casino : Jean-Charles Naouri tried for corruption and stock price manipulation

Two years after the French National Financial Prosecutor’s Office (PNF) concluded an investigation into Casino, the trial of Jean-Charles Naouri, C.E.O. of the retail group from 2005 to...

7 October 2025

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Nacera Bekhat, CNIL: “Walking through a store aisle does not mean I have consented to data processing”

Several vendors, like Veesion and Alfred Eyes, provide smart camera technologies aimed at capturing customer data throughout the store to prevent theft. How do these systems fit with GDPR? Some...

7 October 2025

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AI-driven job cuts on the rise in tech sector

As leading tech companies ramp up investment in artificial intelligence (AI) and roll out transformation plans to boost its development, layoffs across the sector are increasing. But are the job...

14 October 2025