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AI search engines: how advertising is entering the conversation
While many retailers spend 80% of their acquisition budget on Google Shopping, monetisation tests are accelerating on ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini. How much of the budget will they absorb...
Antoine Jouteau, Leboncoin : “We are launching our first warranty offer for multimedia products”
As Leboncoin prepares to celebrate a 20th anniversary in 2026, mind Retail interviewed Antoine Jouteau, the outgoing Chief Executive Officer. As Jacob Aqraou, Executive Chairman of the Board of...
Nacera Bekhat, CNIL: “Walking through a store aisle does not mean I have consented to data processing”
Several vendors, like Veesion and Alfred Eyes, provide smart camera technologies aimed at capturing customer data throughout the store to prevent theft. How do these systems fit with GDPR? Some...
Cosmetics: How start-up Aiso multiplied by 5 the visibility of U.S. brand Particle on ChatGPT
Since March 2025, Israeli start-up Aiso has been working with the U.S. online brand Particle, a specialist in men’s cosmetics, to strengthen visibility on ChatGPT. In 6 months, impressions have...
13 October 2025
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[mind Retail Exclusive] Socloz made redundancies at the end of the year 2023
According to our information, Socloz carried out a redundancy program in the fourth quarter 2023, affecting almost 1 in 5 staff. This was in response to a difficult market environment...
[mind Retail Exclusive] Auchan tests Hanshow’s Lumina displays in 6 hypermarkets
To boost the display and performances of a fruit and vegetable aisle, Auchan Retail is testing new IoT functionalities with electronic label supplier Hanshow. Samir Amellal, Chief Information...
2 January 2024
Richemont sells Farfetch to South Korea’s Coupang
The British marketplace dedicated to luxury goods, Farfetch, is going under a South Korean flag. For Richemont, it's the end of an adventure in luxury e-commerce.
2 January 2024
E.Leclerc and Système U will test Ouidrop’s Dropper solution
Mind Retail learned that after a successful pilot at Unibail Rodamco Westfield at the Forum des Halles and a €2 million fund-raising round in July 2023, the start-up specialised in robotic lockers...
With Walmart, SES-imagotag invents the next generation of in-store IoT
Detecting out-of-stocks, managing production schedules in store kitchens, prioritising employee tasks, picking of online orders... Currently being deployed at Walmart in the U.S.A., SES-imagotag's...
20 December 2023
B&Q (Kingfisher Group) launches a retail media business in the U.K.
The rise of retail media continues in the D.I.Y. sector. Kingfisher (turnover of £3.2 billion in the Q3 to the end of October 2023, down by 2.7% at constant exchange rates) is now rolling...
20 December 2023
Black Friday 2023: French average online spending up by 15%
Although Black Friday for 2023 failed to attract new online shoppers, average online rose by 15% from 2022 in France. Data from Foxintelligence, which tracks the profiles and purchasing behaviour...
15 December 2023
CosMc’s: McDonald’s competes with Starbucks with a 100% takeaway concept
With digital sales accounting for 40% of McDonald's revenue, the world's largest fast-food retailer is testing a low-staff format entirely dedicated to drinks and snacks for takeaway.
15 December 2023
CSR: Europe reaches a political agreement on corporate sustainability due diligence
From 2025, the supply chains of European retailers, as well as those of large companies operating within the Old Continent, will have to respect human rights and environmental sustainability...
15 December 2023
Constance Fouquet, Maisons du Monde: “The bigger calls for tender are, the more we believe that B2B should become a dedicated business”
With nearly €100 million in B2B revenue expected this year and a dedicated team of 50 people, the home furnishings retailer is making B2B a priority. Constance Fouquet, Executive Director of...
14 December 2023
Payment: Paypal’s subsidiary Venmo loses Amazon contract
Venmo, the Paypal-owned online and offline application for mobile payments between individuals, will no longer be one of the payment methods available on the Amazon‘s U.S. website from...
Casino takes 100% of Cdiscount and turns a page in Brazil
Casino grocery retailer is preparing to sell the Brazilian supermarkets GPA (a 41% stake holding) and sell more domestic grocery stores. With a focus on French operations pending a sale to Daniel...
7 December 2023
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Shoprite adopts Yoobic solution for 3,600 stores and 160,000 employees
As announced in April in mind Retail, the African grocery retailer Shoprite has confirmed the rollout of the Yoobic application to optimise staff task management and anomaly detection in stores...
29 October 2025
Faced with debt and declining sales, Fossil files for bankruptcy
Competition from Apple and Samsung in the smartwatch segment, collapsing sales, customs tariffs… Cornered with a debt of US$179 million, Fossil has filed several bankruptcy petitions in the U.S.A...
29 October 2025
EU: Omnibus bill stalled in Parliament
On October 22, MEPs rejected by a narrow majority the negotiating mandate that would have allowed trilogue negotiations to begin on the omnibus directive watering down the CSRD and duty of care...
Cyberattack: Muji, Loft and Sogo & Seibu e-commerce sites down in Japan
Since October 19, Japanese logistics company Askul (2024 revenue: 3.3 billion dollars, up by 2% year-on-year) has been the victim of a cyberattack, preventing it from managing e-commerce orders...
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Faced with debt and declining sales, Fossil files for bankruptcy
Competition from Apple and Samsung in the smartwatch segment, collapsing sales, customs tariffs… Cornered with a debt of US$179 million, Fossil has filed several bankruptcy petitions in the U.S.A...
29 October 2025
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Lululemon, Ralph Lauren, Gap and Levi’s enter peak season with high stock levels
Faced with rising customs tariffs affecting US imports, several retailers have built up significant inventories. Over a year, the stocks of Gap, Levi’s, Lululemon, Ralph Lauren and Academy Sports...
27 October 2025
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Casino : Jean-Charles Naouri tried for corruption and stock price manipulation
Two years after the French National Financial Prosecutor’s Office (PNF) concluded an investigation into Casino, the trial of Jean-Charles Naouri, C.E.O. of the retail group from 2005 to...
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EU: Omnibus bill stalled in Parliament
On October 22, MEPs rejected by a narrow majority the negotiating mandate that would have allowed trilogue negotiations to begin on the omnibus directive watering down the CSRD and duty of care...
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France and Italy urge Shein to reassess a business model
While Shein continues to spark controversy through partnerships with Pimkie and BHV department stores (SGM), Italy announced plans to introduce a tax on Asian e-commerce platforms. In France, the...
13 October 2025
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[mind Exclusive] Casino lost lawsuit against Mediaposte
According to information from mind Media, the Casino group failed to take legal action against the advertising print distribution specialist Mediaposte (a subsidiary of La Poste). The food...