Sophie Baqué

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According to Eurostat, the EU‘s statistical agency, the Eurozone recorded a high average in April 2022: the annual inflation rate was 7.4% (in annual terms, i.e., April 2022 compared to...

7 June 2022

Amazon in logistical overcapacity

According to Bloomberg, Amazon now has too much storage capacity in the U.S., as e-commerce returns to normal after two years of euphoria.

7 June 2022

Dollar General is rolling out self-check-out

By the end of December, the discount retailer Dollar General (DG) will replace traditional checkouts with a “self-check-out” system in 200 of 18,000 stores.

7 June 2022

Lionel Jouve, Carrefour : “The growing complexity of the payment chain is underestimated”

How does a global retail Group (turnover: €81.2 billion in 2021), selling in more than 30 countries, adapt to the continuous changes in payment methods? What are the Carrefour group's priorities...

3 June 2022

LVMH and Chanel hit by current Chinese Covid-19 lockdowns

What will be the effects for the Chinese luxury sector of inflation combined with the severe lockdown over the last two months? A recent study from Daxue Consulting provided some answers.

3 June 2022

U.S.A.: new home sales plummet in April

…In the United States, 591,000 new homes were sold in April 2022, compared with 709,000 in March, a drop of 17%. On a year-on-year basis, the decline is down by 27% (sources...

3 June 2022

Kyle Leahy, the new face of Glossier

…Kyle Leahy has been appointed C.E.O. of Glossier. She takes over from Emily Weiss, the blogger and entrepreneur who created one of the most iconic direct-to-consumer brands in the USA. A...

3 June 2022

Aude Vicaire (Marketpay): “To succeed, crypto payments must be able to rival the speed of Visa”

Available in Brazil, France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Lithuania and Denmark, payment provider Marketpay handled €2.3 billion transactions in 2021. Aude Vicaire, Director of Products, Solutions and...

2 June 2022

Lush: “We left Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and Facebook to protect our community”

Lush, the cosmetics retailer whose fiscal year ends in June 2022, decided to leave social media six months ago. Chloé Chazot, Communications Manager for France, Belgium and Luxembourg, takes a...

30 May 2022

Cofidis launches Pay Later in stores

…Beyond e-commerce, deferred or split payments are gaining ground in stores. Credit specialist Cofidis (CM-CIC banking group) announced the launch of a “Pay Later” payment...

30 May 2022

Retail Media: Ulta Beauty enters the race

…The attraction of beauty retailers to turn data into sales started in Germany with Douglas and the cosmetics pure-player Flaconi. After two years of tests, the leading American cosmetics...

27 May 2022

Alibaba and WeChat push the digital Yuan

At Alipay and WeChat Pay, the Digital Yuan, a central retail banking digital currency that originated in 2014, is now in the roll-out stage.

20 May 2022

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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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While the leader in electronic labels, Vusion exceeded €1.47 billion in revenue in 2025, rival Hanshow is stepping up a global offensive, winning a strategic account in the U.K. and a new POC for...

27 February 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

BNPL: Between healthcare and retail, Scalapay accelerates a P.O.S. offensive with two major signings

Building on a strong foothold in fashion, Scalapay is strengthening in-store penetration targeting players in the healthcare sector. According to our information, the Italian BNPL unicorn has...

25 February 2026

Regulatory: With 200,000 Digital Product Passports issued, Darty scales up

While the European Commission is set to vote on delegated acts to specify requirements for home appliances, Darty is accelerating a Digital Product Passport (DPP) push by integrating new products...

11 March 2026

Profound raises US$96 million in Series C funding, becoming a first GEO unicorn

Founded in 2024 in New York by James Cadwallader, GEO startup Profound raised US$96 million on February 24, 2026, in a Series C round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, including Sequoia Capital...

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