Sophie Baqué

In the wake of Amazon One, Latvian start-up Handwave aims to democratise biometric payment and authentication using the palm of the hand. The past weeks have seen major announcements by the...

Eager to better source retail innovation and accelerate time to market, Danish grocer Salling (2024 turnover: €9.7 billion, up by 2.7%) launched a new fund. Named Salling Seeds and headed by...

Following in the footsteps of Best Buy, DHL and Picnic, Blue Yonder is responding to the rising challenge of online returns. As their operational, environmental and commercial impact increases...

On August 11, 2025, SMCP (including Sandro and Maje) announced the end of a legal battle from 2021. Following a ruling by the High Court of Singapore, the 15.5% stake that had been wrongfully...

As more Americans visited shopping centres in H1 2025, the sector’s leader Simon Property Group is expanding both data and community engagement with a new partnership with Humana. This gives a new...

On July 31, Amazon published quarterly results in line with Wall Street expectations, with revenue up 13.3% and net profitability up 35%. Looking for early signs of a return on spending, and...

In an e-commerce market that is growing in volume but disrupted by the pull of out-of-home consumption, Colissimo is adopting innovative AI digital twin and package tracking technologies. The goal...

In 2024, online product sales doubled (up by 5.4%) in the 6 main Western European markets of the U.K., Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, driven by lower inflation and...

Dissolved on July 30 by the Paris Commercial Court, the start-up Delipop, which pooled pedestrian drive-through pickups for several food retailers such as Carrefour and Intermarché via automated...

The framework agreement reached on July 27 between Trump and von der Leyen imposes tariffs of 15% on European exports. While aerospace and spirits are expected to be exempt, the extra costs for...

With less than 6 months to go before the delegated Acts come into force, the Digital Product Passport crystallises a dual challenge: shifting from a linear model to a circular economy and enabling...

While e-commerce traffic is experiencing a significant decline, consulting firm STLAR is highlighting a shift in online shopping habits. According to an exclusive study conducted with Toluna –...