Most read articles by Sophie Baqué
Electronic labels: Hanshow accelerates breakthrough and signs with a leading British retailer
While the leader in electronic labels, Vusion exceeded €1.47 billion in revenue in 2025, rival Hanshow is stepping up a global offensive, winning a strategic account in the U.K. and a new POC for...
27 February 2026
BNPL: Between healthcare and retail, Scalapay accelerates a P.O.S. offensive with two major signings
Building on a strong foothold in fashion, Scalapay is strengthening in-store penetration targeting players in the healthcare sector. According to our information, the Italian BNPL unicorn has...
25 February 2026
Aroma-Zone and Najar reveal the behind-the-scenes of a strategic partnership
As the adoption of AI results in increasing cost volatility for companies, mind Retail spoke in Monaco with Christelle Glaszer, Manager of Indirect Purchases at Aroma-Zone natural beauty retailer...
13 March 2026
Klépierre, URW, Carmila: in 2025, retail media and services accounted for nearly 10% of net rental income
Published on February 12 and 19, annual financial results of the three major European property companies show that Klépierre, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, and Carmila are no longer singing from the...
24 February 2026
Latest articles by Sophie Baqué
Etam Group: at Maison 123, the stores are in charge to double ownership of e-wallet loyalty cards
One year after the start of the dematerialisation of the loyalty card with Captain Wallet, the first results are encouraging for the fashion retailer. In 8 months, the value of customers who have...
5 April 2023
Cashback: a successful sales option to relieve pressure on spending
Well-established in English-speaking countries, cashback attracted French consumers in 2022. Driven by inflation and households budget constraints, this option is a marketing lever, allowing...
31 March 2023
Carrefour Brazil. How e-commerce doubled in Q4 2022 with VTEX
Last June, Carrefour’s Brazilian subsidiary launched an omnichannel integration project with VTEX. “The challenge was to serve web orders faster, offering more convenience and agility...
Leroy Merlin wants to give up control in Russia
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...
28 March 2023
In Dubai, the marketplace Noon is banking on external growth to counter Amazon
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...
28 March 2023
Couche-Tard consolidates in Europe via a US$3.3 billion buyout
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...
Why South Korea has become a springboard for LVMH and Gucci
With luxury purchases of US$325 per capita in 2022, South Koreans are the now the world's largest customers for high-end goods. Whilst luxury sales could fall in the U.S.A. in 2023 due to tensions...
24 March 2023
Fabien Versavau, Rakuten: “With Carrefour, the synergies in terms of retail media are obvious”
Following the announcement of the imminent opening of a Carrefour digital shop on the Rakuten marketplace, Mind Retail met Fabien Versavau, MD of Rakuten France and Executive Officer Rakuten...
22 March 2023
Why Carrefour is outsourcing non-food e-commerce to Rakuten
On 14 March, during the 1-to-1 conference in Monaco, Carrefour (2022 sales of €90.8 billion, up by 8.4% organic excluding petrol) announced the opening of a digital store on the Rakuten...
Eduardo Velasco, L Catterton: “Consumers do not believe in ESG transformations”
Eduardo Velasco, Partner at the investment fund L Catterton co-founded by LVMH and Bernard Arnault (US$ 33 billion in assets under management in F&B, fashion, etc.) was a guest at the latest...
22 March 2023
Tech in-store: guided tour of the Decathlon Lab for South East Asia
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...
Confidential. Mistigriff signs for Cegid Retail Store Excellence
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...
16 March 2023
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Agentic commerce : After Stripe, Mirakl partners with JPMorgan Payments
On March 10, 2026, Mirakl and JPMorgan Payments (JPMP) unveiled a partnership to deploy agentic commerce by combining the Mirakl Nexus agentic orchestration platform with the U.S. bank’s...
16 March 2026
Aroma-Zone and Najar reveal the behind-the-scenes of a strategic partnership
As the adoption of AI results in increasing cost volatility for companies, mind Retail spoke in Monaco with Christelle Glaszer, Manager of Indirect Purchases at Aroma-Zone natural beauty retailer...
13 March 2026
Online authentification : Prelude expands a “message free” solution globally 
A competitor to Twilio, Vonage and Plivo, the French startup Prelude, which has 75 retail clients, is actively deploying Prelude Zero, an authentication method that requires no message delivery...
13 March 2026
Social media & age verification: Tech breaks the glass ceiling of precision
As an array of international governments restrict social networks access for teenagers under 15 or 16, new facial recognition technologies from Yoti, Persona and k-ID are making progress in...
13 March 2026
Most viewed articles of the month on mind Retail
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Electronic labels: Hanshow accelerates breakthrough and signs with a leading British retailer
While the leader in electronic labels, Vusion exceeded €1.47 billion in revenue in 2025, rival Hanshow is stepping up a global offensive, winning a strategic account in the U.K. and a new POC for...
27 February 2026
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Conflicts in the Middle East: what impact on the supply chain and European retail?
With US and Israeli strikes on Iran triggering a major crisis on February 28, 2026, retailers already have to face the closure of strategic trade routes, rising freight costs and import...
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Regulatory: With 200,000 Digital Product Passports issued, Darty scales up
While the European Commission is set to vote on delegated acts to specify requirements for home appliances, Darty is accelerating a Digital Product Passport (DPP) push by integrating new products...
11 March 2026
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Following a complaint from the FTC, Walmart agrees to pay US$100 million to Spark delivery drivers
On February 26, 2026, Walmart (2025 revenue: US$713.2 billion, up by 5.1% at constant rates) agreed to pay US$100 million in response to allegations of misleading compensation to delivery drivers...
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Agentic commerce : After Stripe, Mirakl partners with JPMorgan Payments
On March 10, 2026, Mirakl and JPMorgan Payments (JPMP) unveiled a partnership to deploy agentic commerce by combining the Mirakl Nexus agentic orchestration platform with the U.S. bank’s...
16 March 2026
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Online authentification : Prelude expands a “message free” solution globally 
A competitor to Twilio, Vonage and Plivo, the French startup Prelude, which has 75 retail clients, is actively deploying Prelude Zero, an authentication method that requires no message delivery...
13 March 2026