Sophie Baqué

As physical stores establish themselves as a new territory for BNPL, Lululemon (sales Q1 2026: US$2.5 billion, up by 4%) launched Klarna in late July in its German and British stores. The BNPL...

Through its conversational assistant, the US grocery retailer is recording double-digit increases in e-commerce baskets. Eager to maximise their potential, it is changing tack and rolling out a...

This summer, Target, PVH Corp and B&M simultaneously reinforced their executive teams with the creation of dedicated AI roles. A move marking the shift from experimentation to the...

As part of a strategy of vertical integration and boosted by a strong H1 2026, Vusion acquired Spanish retail media specialist In-Store Media (2025 revenue: €120 million). This debt-financed deal...

Within Europe, summer heatwaves highlight the vulnerability of store estates, with energy consumption surging up by to 30%, cold room and refrigerated cabinets breaking down, uncontrolled thermal...

While AI is now part of 40% of purchasing journeys, Lemrock intends to become the key infrastructure connecting retailers' product catalogues to conversational engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity...

As the fragmentation of product discovery - or Search - becomes bigger, now split between social networks, marketplaces and LLMs - Lucie Pérus, Marketing and Customer Experience Manager at...

According to a Financial Times article citing sources close to the matter, Tesco is exploring the sale of its subsidiaries in Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. This represents a network of...

Following the acquisition of Pricing Hub by Akeneo in June 2026, Mercio, a start-up specialised in pricing for physical stores, is adding a second German retailer to a client portfolio and working...

For British grocer Asda, the technological transition following a divorce from Walmart weighs on financial results. Combined with investments on lower prices, this project widened the pre-tax loss...

In the wake of a large fundraising, Skello develops a portfolio of key accounts by winning over a big name in retail. Backed by an ARR of €50 million and profitability reached in 2025, the...

In just six months, conversational AI engines such as ChatGPT and Gemini have evolved from mere curiosities into a major customer acquisition channel, now capturing almost 20% of referral traffic...