Sophie Baqué

For the first time, Amazon's advertising revenue exceeded subscriptions revenue in Q3 2022. The services to third-party merchants, the second largest business unit, and AWS remained very dynamic...

The American company Banyan is developing a platform that enables retailers to feed their purchase data to financial players, in order to enrich services and applications through dedicated...

To strengthen business with Chinese consumers, the U.S. mall owner Simon Property unveiled a groundbreaking partnership with Alibaba, via "live shopping" sessions. The launch is scheduled for...

Chinese fast fashion giant Shein (valued at €91 billion in April 2022) will open a first permanent store in Tokyo on 13 November. 

The German online optician Mister Spex is continuing a very controlled foray into the physical world. In November 2022, it will open a first store in Switzerland. “This will be our 65th...

At a time when the South Korean group SPC is under fire for working conditions, its Paris Baguette chain (4,000 bakeries worldwide, including 3,400 in South Korea and 600 in the U.S.A., China...

On 18 October, Tata Starbucks India (300 coffee shops in India, including 32 openings in 2022) opened its first “Reserve” coffee shop in Mumbai in the Maharashtra district. Designed to...

Frenchman Frédéric Marty-Debat will be leaving as Managing Director of Publicis Commerce France, according to information from mind Retail on Friday 21st October. He will be taking...

Gucci (519 stores at the end of June 2022, half-yearly turnover of €5.17 billion, up 8% on a comparable basis) is expanding into the metaverse. The nugget of the Kering group, owned by the...

Exclusive interview with Cathy Collart Geiger, Picard's C.E.O. as a guest at the last FrenchFounders meeting in Paris, of which mind Retail is a partner. She explains her ambitions for the group's...

In the U.S.A., the food retailer Kroger announced the purchase of competitor Albertsons on 14th October 2022. While this deal looks defensive in the short term, it is also offensive in the long...

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