Sophie Baqué

On 24 March, Adeo announced an intention to “cede control” of 113 Russian Leroy Merlin stores. However, the holding company wants to “keep its hand” in the poker game. The...

In the U.A.E., the marketplace Noon (also selling in Saudi Arabia and Egypt) has finalised the acquisition of the fashion pure-player Namshi (2021 turnover of US$491.6 million) with immediate...

Taking advantage of TotalEnergies' withdrawal from petrol stations, the Canadian company Couche-Tard is filling the space and expanding operations in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and...

With luxury purchases of US$325 per capita in 2022, South Koreans are the now the world's largest customers for high-end goods. Whilst luxury sales could fall in the U.S.A. in 2023 due to tensions...

Following the announcement of the imminent opening of a Carrefour digital shop on the Rakuten marketplace, Mind Retail met Fabien Versavau, MD of Rakuten France and Executive Officer Rakuten...

On 14 March, during the 1-to-1 conference in Monaco, Carrefour (2022 sales of €90.8 billion, up by 8.4% organic excluding petrol) announced the opening of a digital store on the Rakuten...

Eduardo Velasco, Partner at the investment fund L Catterton co-founded by LVMH and Bernard Arnault (US$ 33 billion in assets under management in F&B, fashion, etc.) was a guest at the latest...

mind Retail invites you, in video and photos, behind the scenes of the Decathlon Lab located in Kallang (Singapore). In this 5,000 sq.m store, the company has opted for a rational technological...

According to a Cegid spokesperson at the 1-to1 briefing in Monaco, Cegid is taking further steps with Mistigriff, a retailer specialising in the clearance of fashion brands, already operating 35...

Six months after launching payment in four installments without charge on its website and in store with Alma, Maisons du Monde presented its results at the end of December 2022 at the 1-to-1...

A year after war in Ukraine, grocery retailers are facing a generalised range of cost inflation for energy and also products. What strategies must be adopted to face this unprecedented crisis of...

In mid-February 2023, Meta (turnover of US$117 billion in 2022 down by 1%) indicated the end of the possibility to tag products (and thus make them “shoppable”) in live...