Most read articles by Sophie Baqué
Electronic labels: Hanshow accelerates breakthrough and signs with a leading British retailer
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
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
Aroma-Zone and Najar reveal the behind-the-scenes of a strategic partnership
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
Klépierre, URW, Carmila: in 2025, retail media and services accounted for nearly 10% of net rental income
Published on February 12 and 19, annual financial results of the three major European property companies show that Klépierre, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, and Carmila are no longer singing from the...
24 February 2026
Latest articles by Sophie Baqué
Vorwerk deploys Younited Pay to ease Thermomix purchases
Acceptance rates, customer relations, impact on sales teams... At Tech for Retail in Paris, Mind Retail delved into the details of the test carried out in four French branches of Vorwerk, the...
3 December 2024
Temu gained 5.4 million visitors in France in Q3 2024, versus 344,000 for Amazon
In Q3 in France, of the 6 online retailers that gained over a million monthly Unique Visitors (UVs), 5 were marketplaces. Whilst Temu leads the way, with a gain of 5.4 million visitors, Carrefour...
JD Sports buys Courir for €520 million, 10 times EBIT
After buying rival U.S. retailer Hibbett for US$1.1 billion in April, JD Sports Fashion (sales 2023 of €11.93 billion, up by 2.9%) made a 2nd acquisition. On November 27, 2024, it took over...
29 November 2024
Alexis Marcombe, Unlimitail: “Our tech and data division will double in Q1 2025”
Ongoing developments in Germany, tech recruitment, search, omnichannel approach, connected TV... As the 2024 financial year draws to a close, Alexis Marcombe, C.E.O. of Unlimitail, shared his...
Temu leads growth in Q3, far ahead of Alibaba and JD.com
On November 21, PDD Holdings (Temu’s parent company) published Q3 figures. Sales reached US$14.2 billion, an increase of 44%, a marked slowdown on the 86%-uplift of Q2. Operating margin...
For the first time since 2020, the global luxury market is expected to drop in 2024
In 2024, 50 million people have stopped buying luxury brands, according to a report by Bain & Co and Altagamma. In a historic decline, the report recommends re-evaluating the brands' value...
21 November 2024
British retailers are up in arms against Rachel Reeves’ budget for 2025
British retailers are up in arms over the 2025 budget, presented at the end of October. Between increases in a minimum wage, the introduction of union rights and additional health insurance...
20 November 2024
[mind Retail Exclusive] Bonus repairs extended to all furniture categories in France
Launched in late 2022 as part of the French AGEC law and extended in May 2024, the repair bonus is gaining ground in the furniture sector, mind Retail learned. Ecomaison has announced an imminent...
EU : Focus on the main regulatory changes for e-commerce in 2025
Standards for large platforms, green claims, right to repair... After DSA and DMA, what are the next regulatory developments for e-commerce in Europe? mind Retail interviewed Juliette Beaulaton...
15 November 2024
Dynamic pricing: how to optimise your prices with AI?
AI, integrating customer reviews into pricing strategies, personalised pricing... Between falling volumes, inflation and funding pressures, pricing strategies have become key to maintain a balance...
15 November 2024
Bonpoint to be sold to China’s Youngor
The EPI group ( Bonpoint, Weston, Piper-Heidsieck, Charles Heidsieck and Biondi-Santi brands) is looking to sell the upmarket children’s label Bonpoint. According to La Lettre, it is...
14 November 2024
[mind Retail Exclusive] Schmidt invents a new range of kitchens using 30% less materials
On November 6, the Schmidt Group (sales 2023: €668 million via 900 stores under the Schmidt, Cuisinella and ID Pro brands) unveiled a new collection of kitchens, central islands, bookcases...
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Agentic commerce : After Stripe, Mirakl partners with JPMorgan Payments
On March 10, 2026, Mirakl and JPMorgan Payments (JPMP) unveiled a partnership to deploy agentic commerce by combining the Mirakl Nexus agentic orchestration platform with the U.S. bank’s...
16 March 2026
Aroma-Zone and Najar reveal the behind-the-scenes of a strategic partnership
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
Most viewed articles of the month on mind Retail
What readers clicked on the most last month.
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Electronic labels: Hanshow accelerates breakthrough and signs with a leading British retailer
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
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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...
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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
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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
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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...
25 February 2026
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Agentic commerce : After Stripe, Mirakl partners with JPMorgan Payments
On March 10, 2026, Mirakl and JPMorgan Payments (JPMP) unveiled a partnership to deploy agentic commerce by combining the Mirakl Nexus agentic orchestration platform with the U.S. bank’s...
16 March 2026