Sophie Baqué

Although European countries have historically been among the largest private label markets in the world, 2022 and Q1 2023 have seen a major shift towards private labels in most markets. Private...

According to Circana/IRI data supplied to mind Retail, unit sales of FMCG products accelerated a fall in January and February 2023, after a black year in Western...

Criteo, Publicis with Citrus Ad, Mirakl Ads, Microsoft with PromoteIQ, Casino with RelevanC and Tryger are the main players offering technologies dedicated to retail media in France. When did they...

While Galeries Lafayette has signed with a new Chinese partner, in France, the financial safeguard procedure for 26 department stores raises stakes of territory appeal at a national level.

According to a survey of 500 fashion retailers in the U.S.A. and the U.K. by the R.F.I.D. specialist SML Group, a third of retailers say they spend too much time processing returns manually. This...

In the U.S.A. and Canada, Sephora (LVMH, 17% organic growth in Q1 2023, as in 2022) signed a partnership with Pact Collective. This project, called Beauty (Re)Purposed, aims at collecting empty...

Interrupting a proposed merger between Casino and Teract, Intermarché is joining the fray. The firm wants to take over about 100 Casino French supermarkets to gain 0.7% market share. This is...

Having initiating retail media in 2020 with Criteo, King Jouet (330 stores in France, Switzerland and Benelux, steady turnover of €412 million in 2022) the firm shared results...

Boosted by the tax benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act from August 2022, Ikea is investing €2 billion over 3 years to turn the U.S.A. into the largest market by sales. However, on an annual...

Rising costs, inflation, purchasing power. After 2 years of crazy growth boosted by Covid-19, 2022 was a good one in terms of sales, but not profitability. For the 2023 edition of this exclusive...

Since the beginning of 2023, competition has intensified in Europe with the arrival of new grocery operators. The Japanese giant Seven & I Holdings is about to make inroads in various...

Guillaume Darrousez, C.E.O. of the Petit Bateau children's wear brand, was a guest of the latest FrenchFounders meeting in Paris, attended by mind Retail. He shared future plans to combine carbon...