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Electronic shelf labels: why the US regulator threatens rollout

In the USA, the Federal Trade Commission has just required full transparency on the use of pricing algorithms based on personal data, under threat of penalties. In this regulatory framework...

21 August 2026

E-commerce: click-through rate down by 5.4% since Google AIO launch in France

mind Retail has gained access to exclusive Ahrefs figures on the impact of Google "AI Overviews" responses for the e-commerce sector. Launched on July 22, 2026, in France as part of AI Mode, these...

20 August 2026

Heatwave : Learnings from a crash test for stores’ operating models

Within Europe, summer heatwaves highlight the vulnerability of store estates, with energy consumption surging up by to 30%, cold room and refrigerated cabinets breaking down, uncontrolled thermal...

27 July 2026

How AI gives control back to e-retailers: Onepoint’s analysis within a context of search dispersion

As the fragmentation of product discovery - or Search - becomes bigger, now split between social networks, marketplaces and LLMs - Lucie Pérus, Marketing and Customer Experience Manager at...

16 July 2026

The USA wants to tax Brazil to break Pix’s dominance in the payment sector

The Lula’s government is facing a two-pronged offensive on a digital market. The US threatens to apply potential punitive tariffs linked to an “unfair competition to U.S. credit card operators...

19 June 2026

According to Euromonitor, AI engines will influence 13% of global e-commerce sales by 2029

As traffic coming from ChatGPT, Gemini or Perplexity to e-commerce websites jumped by 390% last year, retailers are losing control of their audience and consumers now trust LLM (38%) more than...

19 June 2026

From traffic acquisition to visibility in LLM, the new challenge of marketing teams

As AI engines have become a new distribution channel and access point to consumers in a saturated retail market, mind Retail attended Shoptalk Europe and asked a dozen of retailers, analysts and...

17 June 2026

DSA: Temu fined €200 million by Brussels

Less than a month before the tax on small online parcels comes into force in the 27 EU countries, Brussels imposes a record fine to the low-cost marketplace Temu (PDD Holdings). This represents...

29 May 2026

Nike, Apple, Costco, Target: US retailers step up a battle over tariffs refund

As the Supreme Court ruled importation tariffs increases unconstitutional, Donald Trump said he would “remember” companies that had not requested refunds. However, many U.S. retailers and consumer...

27 May 2026

E-commerce tax: Paris maintains, while Rome suspends amid risk of flow diversion

France and Italy both attempted to anticipate a future European customs reform regarding small e-commerce parcels. But while Rome has suspended a national tax, Paris is facing lower revenue than...

21 May 2026

Which European countries are leading the agentic commerce way for high-tech, energy and fashion?

According to a study by Sopra Steria and Cluster17, accessed exclusively by mind Retail, Europeans shoppers are ready to entrust certain stages of shopping journeys to AI agents. But only if they...

19 May 2026

Financial results of the world’s largest food and fashion retailers

Revenue, net profit, margin rates, share of online sales, stock market capitalisation… Every year, mind Retail analyses the main financial indicators of the world’s largest grocery and fashion...

18 May 2026

Food barometer 2026: Walmart takes the lead in the global grocery e-commerce battle

Despite sustained growth for most grocery retailers in 2025, margins tightened and the hierarchy has reshuffled, favouring the most omnichannel and diversified companies, such as Walmart, Ahold...

16 May 2026

Najar SaaS Trend Report : What are the 10 AI solutions most adopted by retailers in 2026?

According to Najar's Retail SaaS Trend Report 2026 study, to which mind Retail had access, 65% of retailers use at least 5 AI tools (OpenAI, Mistral, Claude...) simultaneously. While ChatGPT...

27 April 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 efficiency, sustainable business models, and infrastructures capable of supporting scale-up...

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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 – Unified commerce: when stock and product flow management is boosted by AI

(Trends, 5/6) Under margin pressure and faced with increasingly complex omnichannel flows, retailers are turning stock management into a strategic streamlining lever. Demand planning, OMS and...

27 January 2026

2026 Trends – Retail organises itself in the face of the Trump trade war

(Trend 4/6) Invested as President for a second term in 2025, Donald Trump has shaken global trade. Between higher customs duties, a tax on small parcels, attacks on diversity and inclusion...

23 January 2026

2026 Trends – BNPL, mobile checkout, wallets: new challenges for payments

(Trends 3/6) Faced with soaring Visa and Mastercard fees, European retailers are looking for alternative payment methods that protect margins while boosting conversion. From wallets and...

16 January 2026

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Email tracking pixels: French personal data authority Cnil toughens the rules

In France, Cnil unveiled on April 14, 2026, a recommendation on email tracking pixels, a key e-commerce question. It now imposes the collection of consent in several use cases, notably linked to...

17 April 2026

Oil shock: inflation soars in March in the USA and Europe

In the USA, in March 2026, CPI index for consumer price inflation (source Bureau of Labor Statistics) reached 3.3% in annual change, and 0.9% compared to February 2026. This is a direct effect of...

17 April 2026

Small parcels : Highly contested by shoppers and retailers, tax exemption is extended until 2029 in the U.K.

Ahead of the Retail Technology Show 2026, a study revealed that 54% of British consumers want a reform of the customs exemption on small e-commerce parcels. A strong signal, while this scheme...

16 April 2026

Cookies: French data protection agency Cnil serves formal notice to Carrefour, Back Market and EDF

Cornered by a series of formal notices from Cnil, online retailers are hitting a major obstacle : how to technically manage a consent withdrawal ? While the French PURR association has been...

7 April 2026

In France, Apple Pay and Google Pay account for 17% of online payments

According to the Mollie 2026 Payment Report study published in March, e-wallets accounted for 24% of online payments in 2025 in Europe, and SEPA Instant transfers significantly accelerated cash...

2 April 2026

Shein : 35% of the European population were active users in 2025, but the tide is turning

According to the DSA transparency report, consulted by mind Retail, Shein continues a cheeky trajectory. On December 31, 2025, the ultra-fast-fashion giant claims 155.7 million monthly active...

2 April 2026

UAE : Sanctions for illegal price increase with the Iranian conflict

Faced with inflation caused by tensions with Iran, the UAE Ministry of Economy has intensified controls on basic commodities. Between February 28, 2026 – the start of the conflict –...

1 April 2026

GDPR: Amazon’s €746 million fine is cancelled for now

Luxembourg’s Administrative Court has overturned the record €746 million GDPR fine against Amazon, citing procedural gaps in the CNPD's original 2021 investigation. While the court confirmed the...

23 March 2026

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Hugues Chanoine (Hygie31 Digital): “The next step is to eliminate filters to move to 100% conversational search”

The Hygie31 retail group, known for the Lafayette Pharmacies, is continuing to transform its websites, driven by Cocooncenter. Thanks to an AI strategy and a fully redesigned IT architecture, it...

10 September 2026

ChatGPT: Bureau Vallée’s recipe to capture back-to-school spending

By launching a conversational chatbot with Algolia and a new module converting school lists into e-commerce carts this summer, Bureau Vallée aims to ease the chore of back-to-school supply list...

10 September 2026

Fnac Darty to launch Wero on its e-commerce sites

According to our information, Fnac Darty is about to deploy European payment solution Wero, based on account-to-account instant transfers, on its e-commerce sites. Already active in Germany at...

4 September 2026

Why Shein emits twice as much CO2 as Inditex for equivalent revenue

On the occasion of an IPO, Shein revealed a carbon footprint of 25.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2025, up by 20% compared to a reference year. For an equivalent sales level, the fast...

3 September 2026

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