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Hugues Chanoine (Hygie31 Digital): “The next step is to eliminate filters to move to 100% conversational search”
The Hygie31 retail group, known for the Lafayette Pharmacies, is continuing to transform its websites, driven by Cocooncenter. Thanks to an AI strategy and a fully redesigned IT architecture, it...
10 September 2026
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Lily Cadell, Ankorstore: “We launch a fulfillment service from September 2022”
Présente dans 33 pays d’Europe, la marketplace Ankorstore (€ 379 millions levés depuis sa création, risque de solvabilité classé élevé par Societe.com) digitalise la vente en gros. Comme...
Inflation remains high in the Eurozone
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...
- Retail
- Analysis
- News brief
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.
- Retail
- News brief
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.
- Retail
- News brief
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...
- Retail
- News
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.
- Retail
- News
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...
- Retail
- News brief
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...
- Retail
- News brief
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...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- News
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...
- Retail
- News
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...
- Retail
- News brief
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...
- Retail
- News brief
27 May 2022
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Retail media: Fnac Darty, Klépierre and Médiaperformances accelerate on XXL screens and international expansion
As advertising formats arrive at high speed on LLMs, omnichannel retail media players are strengthening their offerings. While Klépierre has just signed with a new partner for 3D screens...
- Retail
- Retail tech
- News
11 September 2026
Hugues Chanoine (Hygie31 Digital): “The next step is to eliminate filters to move to 100% conversational search”
The Hygie31 retail group, known for the Lafayette Pharmacies, is continuing to transform its websites, driven by Cocooncenter. Thanks to an AI strategy and a fully redesigned IT architecture, it...
10 September 2026
ChatGPT: Bureau Vallée’s recipe to capture back-to-school spending
By launching a conversational chatbot with Algolia and a new module converting school lists into e-commerce carts this summer, Bureau Vallée aims to ease the chore of back-to-school supply list...
10 September 2026
With Claudeforce, Salesforce opens data to Anthropic and shifts into the conversational AI era
With the announcement of deep integration of the Claude LLM within the Salesforce ecosystem via MCP servers, SaaS software interfaces are fading in favour of AI agents. According to...
- Retail
- Retail tech
- News
9 September 2026
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Electronic shelf labels: why the US regulator threatens rollout
In the USA, the Federal Trade Commission has just required full transparency on the use of pricing algorithms based on personal data, under threat of penalties. In this regulatory framework...
- Retail
- Economy and regulators
- Analysis
21 August 2026
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E-commerce: click-through rate down by 5.4% since Google AIO launch in France
mind Retail has gained access to exclusive Ahrefs figures on the impact of Google "AI Overviews" responses for the e-commerce sector. Launched on July 22, 2026, in France as part of AI Mode, these...
20 August 2026