Sophie Baqué

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Victoria Glanz, Fullet : “Big retailers will come out of this crisis in a better position”

Based in Shanghai, Victoria Glanz is Senior Partner at Full Jet, an agency that supports retailers on the Alibaba’s platforms Taobao and Tmall (824 million monthly active users in total in 2019)...

20 May 2020

Mark Thomson, Zebra : “Self-scanning and contactless payment is now booming in Europe”

Zebra delivers software and solutions that helps retailers to elevate customers’ shopping experience, to track and manage inventory and to improve supply chain efficiency. Sophie Baqué discussed...

5 May 2020

“Chinese may (carefully) return to stores. Or perhaps not.”

As a retail expert based in Shanghai, Eric Song Yun is the Founder of Songyun Information Technology Co. For Global Retail News, he explained how business is resuming in China’s economic capital...

20 April 2020

Ingka Group. “Instead of building malls, we are looking to buy existing urban assets”

While Ikea has clearly prioritised city centre formats, Sophie Baqué met Jan Kristensson, in charge of the brand's real estate strategy.

18 March 2020

With Greenweez, Carrefour aims to become Europe’s n°1 organic e-retailer

The organic market is gaining customer traction, both online and in physical stores. Greenweez.com, a Carrefour subsidiary which specialises in online grocery, is moving pawns into Europe. Sophie...

12 December 2019

« THERE ARE MANY OPPORTUNITIES IN ONLINE SALES AND DRIVE »

3 questions to Gary Swindells, C.E.O. of Costco-France

3 October 2019

Adrien Fabry, Phoceis: “Without a long-term project and a budget exceeding €100,000, do not plan to sell via social e-commerce in China”

A further route to sell into China with online retail is social commerce, led by WeChat (Tencent Group). This all-purpose app includes a messaging system, a social network, an online sales...

21 May 2019

“Offering more options to withdraw online orders helps growing the size of the market”

16 April 2019

“Make your brand visible and desirable in your home market before thinking of entering the UAE”

16 April 2019

The core business of a retailer is not creating computer code

15 March 2019

“Who’s the boss” new grocery brand is expected in Spain and Brazil

After the wave of retail private labels, a new brand created by consumers has launched in Europe. Sophie Baqué met Nicolas Chabanne, co-founder of “Who’s the boss” and partner Gilles Tisserand...

16 February 2018

D.I.Y. ‘‘At Mano Mano, we have a wide-open opportunity ahead of us”

Becoming Europe’s biggest online retailer of D.I.Y. and gardening products is the grand ambition of Mano Mano, a specialised and fast-growing marketplace, which fills a gap unexploited by the...

18 January 2018

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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

Marketplaces: Stockly enters Switzerland with MediaMarkt, Decathlon, Galaxus and Manor

After a loss-making but high-growth year in 2025, the stock-pooling start-up for marketplaces signed agreements with 4 Swiss retailers, 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...

30 January 2026

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...

15 January 2026

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

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...

30 January 2026

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...

16 January 2026

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...

23 January 2026

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