Sophie Baqué

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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 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...

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...