Sophie Baqué

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NRF : the most striking in-store innovations seen in New York

While New York retail has not regained the pre-Covid momentum, with vacancy and footfall rates below 2019 levels, mind Retail reports that in-store experience remains the priority for many...

24 January 2023

NRF 2023: Sustainability start-ups in New York

The NRF Big Show was full of new products and services. We offer a selection including IT solutions to reduce waste and the management of SLEDs in the food industry with Afresh and CodaBene. These...

23 January 2023

NRF 2023: Ikea U.S.A., Levi’s and L’Oréal present sustainable roadmaps

At the NRF conference, sustainability-focused technology solutions took a back seat to automation and AI. However, Ikea, Levi's and L'Oréal stood out with interesting case studies and roadmaps.

21 January 2023

Cegid wants to enhance sellers’ experience

Task management planning for vendors, integration within the Cegid Retail ERP software by June 2023 and a possible acquisition of clienteling software. With the Cegid Retail Store Excellence...

20 January 2023

Retail media: In Europe, 58% of the largest e-retailers sell their advertising spaces

In December 2022, IAB Europe presented a study of the e-retail media offerings, conducted out of the 91 largest e-retailers (by revenue) in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the U.K...

18 January 2023

Trends in 2023 for transformation of the retail market

After 2 years of accelerating e-commerce followed by 2022 as a year of energy and inflation crisis, plus a summer of climate emergency, the context for 2023 is uncertain. Retailers are caught...

12 January 2023

With the acquisition of Memory, SES-Imagotag strengthens its position in data

On 10th January 2022, the electronic tag specialist SES-Imagotag (turnover of €423 million in 2021) entered exclusive negotiations to acquire The Memory. Created in 2018, this start-up...

10 January 2023

In 2022, Chanel recorded 3.75 million views on WeChat

In 2022, Chanel was the most active luxury brand on China’s social media. According to a survey by the data analysis platform iPaiban, Chanel published 72 posts on a WeChat...

10 January 2023

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield continues to reduce debt and refocuses on Europe

Five years after the acquisition of Westfield, URW is accelerating a sale of assets in the U.S.A. to reduce debts.

10 January 2023

Beauty. Morphe, a symbol of the fragility of influence marketing

The make-up brand, valued at US$2.2 billion in 2019, is now closing its stores in the U.S.A., following a 30% drop in turnover between 2019 and 2021. It has become a symbol of the fragility of...

6 January 2023

Furniture: Nitori leaves the U.S.A. to compete with Ikea in Asia

Faced with rising energy and transportation costs, the furniture company Nitori Holdings is reviewing a retail footprint.

6 January 2023

Beijing gives the U.S.A. full access to Chinese company accounts

According to The Information, several US-listed Chinese tech giants are cancelling plans to list in Hong Kong. Among them, Pinduoduo (capitalised at US$100 billion) and Full Truck Alliance, a...

6 January 2023

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According to Publicis Commerce‘s e-retail media barometer for 2025 (surveying around 200 marketing, commerce, and e-commerce decision-makers in France) published on January 7, 2026, nearly...

2 February 2026

Marketplaces: Stockly enters Switzerland with MediaMarkt, Decathlon, Galaxus and Manor

After a loss-making but high-growth year in 2025, the stock-pooling start-up for marketplaces signed agreements with 4 Swiss retailers, mind Retail learned. By taking on one of Europe’s most...

30 January 2026

Retail tech: major trends for 2026

In 2026, retail can no longer afford to promise. It must deliver. Retail tech has entered the execution stage. The race for showcase innovation is over, giving way to clear priorities: operational...

30 January 2026

Bonus textile repair: a virtuous scheme held back by a shortage of skills

Two years after a launch in the fashion sector, the French repair "bonus" is struggling to scale up. The main reason is a limited pool of repairers constrained by poor recruitment. We share an...

29 January 2026

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Shoptimus AI scales up in grocery smart shopping lists and prepares for a new funding round

After securing a strategic partnership with Spanish grocer Bon Preu, retail tech firm Shoptimus AI—first spotted by Carrefour—is accelerating a rollout. By leveraging AI agents to automate grocery...

11 January 2026

Global retail tech investment rose by 7.4% in 2025

In 2025, venture capital continued to flow into commerce technologies. With 27.5 billion dollars invested in retail tech, the average deal size increased while the number of transactions declined.

23 January 2026

With Walmart, Ulta Beauty, Zalando and Carrefour, Google launches an agentic commerce protocol

Following the launch of payments in Copilot, Google is preparing to join OpenAI and Microsoft, but with a more integrated version focused on its own payment method, Google Pay. These moves...

13 January 2026

2026 Trends – Retail media, between omnichannel reach, creativity and measurement

(Trends, 6/6) After an exceptional 2024 driven by the Olympic Games, retail media entered a phase of maturity and slowing business last year. It nonetheless remains extremely dynamic, fuelled by...

28 January 2026

2026 Trends – How far should retailers open the door to AI Search engines ?

(Trends 1/6) With data visibility, recommendations, transactions on ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity, LLMs are establishing themselves as new entry points for e-commerce. As search, comparison and...

8 January 2026

2026 Trends – Chatbots, WhatsApp, social networks: don’t miss out on conversation

(Trends 2/6) After a cautious observation phase by retailers and some high-profile hallucination issues, 2025 was a turning point operationally for chatbots and conversational tools. Positioned...

13 January 2026