Sophie Baqué

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...

In the USA, Shein is rolling out pop-up stores within Forever 21 stores. While the offer is a mix of fashion and home decoration, the group told mind Retail about the 2023 results of the pop-up...

In the quarter ended October 27, Walmart‘s sales grew by 4.3% at constant exchange rates, reaching US$160.8 billion. U.S.A. sales rose by 4.9% excluding fuel, while online sales surged by...

In France, Auchan Retail has just launched Auchanpro, a website entirely dedicated to businesses. This B2B digital initiative, one of the first in the local supermarket sector, aims to secure...

In France, Castorama launched a chatbot that integrates three LLM models, based on Athena, the technological foundation developed by the Kingfisher Group. While customer data remains outside the...