Sophie Baqué

In China, real estate developer Dalian Wanda Group (513 Wanda Plaza malls covering 70.9 million sq.m) is selling 48 shopping centres in a US$6.94 billion deal. The buyer is a joint venture led by...

During the mind Retail Day, the Fitness Park gym chain (350 gyms in Europe) took stock of their advertising monetization strategy. Here are the key figures.

Exclusively for mind Retail, Benjamin Wutiuyen, Head of Digital Marketing at Pyrenex, reviews the replatforming carried out in July 2024, with the integration of Mollie as payment provider...

For Séverine Geoffroy (Castorama), Emilie Arnaud (Fnac-Darty), Pauline Tolila (Younited) and Edouard Roussel (La Redoute), the marketplace offers a structuring growth lever with an array of...

As shoplifting becomes more prevalent in the retail sector, particularly in the U.S. amid inflation and price increases, Veesion (specialising in AI-powered detection of in-store behaviours) has...

While Brussels has just approved the methodological framework for eco-score in the fashion industry, France is taking the lead with a more ambitious version directly aimed at consumers. Already in...

Behind the scenes at the mind Retail Day conference in Paris on May 21, Laura Marquant, Managing Director of Tara Jarmon and Zapa, exclusively unveiled her circular roadmap. Accelerating...

According to the latest audience report, Shein has managed to stabilise the active user base in Europe over the last 6 months. Driven by the marketplace, 4 countries account for 65% of monthly...

As merger plans with Kroger, the U.S.’s third-largest food retailer, fell through, Albertsons (2024 revenue: US$80 billion, up by 2% year-on-year) announced on May 6 an e-commerce platform...

In India, the premium beauty market is whetting appetites. Under the leadership of Chanel’s CDO, Renaud Batteux, the luxury group (sales of US$19.7 billion in 2023 up 16%, net margin ratio...

While the impact of tariffs began to affect the US economy in Q1, with GDP falling by 0.3%, retail space occupancy rates did not improve.

On May 1 2025, Amazon published financial results for the first quarter 2025 (to March 31). Sales, at US$155.7 billion, compared with US$143.3 billion a year earlier, rose by 8.6% at constant...