Sophie Baqué

In China, after a first half-year of growth of 4.8%, cosmetics sales fell by 4.1% in July, rose by 9.7% in August, by 1.6% in September and by 1.1% in October (National Bureau of Statistics)...

Less than a year after a US$58 million funding round, the U.A.E.-based Tabby, now headquartered in Riyadh, raised US$200 million in early November 2023. Wellington Management and Bluepool Capital...

As venture capital financing plummets worldwide, sovereign funds such as Qatar Investment Authority have been making South Asian start-ups a new target. 

While the recovery is “slow and fragile” in China, the SMCP Group (Sandro, Maje, Claudie Pierlot, Fursac) announced on November 30th an agreement with Reliance Brands Ltd. This moves...

On November 23,2023, Chanel (2022 sales up by 17% at €16 billion, with 50% coming from Asia-Pacific) was fined US$2,761 by the South Korean data protection watchdog called PIPC (Personal...

Myriam Van de Casteele, Omnichannel Experience Project Manager at Petit Bateau children’s clothes, talked exclusively to mind Retail about the gift card dematerialisation. This project with Global...

With its new chatbot, Bricorama is opting for a pragmatic approach to painting projects. Based on two different versions of Chat GPT, it aims to enhance the average painting basket, in particular...

The Norwegian group Adevinta, parent company of Leboncoin C2C website, is changing shareholders. A €12.1 billion offer from a consortium of private equity funds (Blackstone, Permira, General...

According to a survey from Pricewaterhouse Coopers (amongst 4,000 US consumers and published in October), the average budget for the holiday season will reach US$1,530 this year. This represents...

Since September 2023, Uber Advertising, the international advertising network launched by Uber at the end of 2022, has been offering a retail media service based on the Uber Eats app, using...

With sales of US$497 million in the quarter to September 2023 (up by 37% year-on-year), US BNPL specialist Affirm reported revenue of US$50 million, exceeding analysts’ consensus, reported...

In the USA, drugstore specialist Walgreens Boots Alliance is freezing a program of new automated warehouses dedicated to preparation of Web orders, with 11 active units to date. That is 50% of the...