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Before an IPO, Shein forced to reveal margin erosion in 2025 and impact of US tariff shock

Made public ahead of a Hong Kong listing planned for September, Shein’s financial documents, seen by mind Retail, confirm the shift experienced by the fast-fashion retailer. Despite a 8% sales...

21 August 2026

Towards a sale of Central European assets, Tesco follows in Carrefour’s footsteps

According to a Financial Times article citing sources close to the matter, Tesco is exploring the sale of its subsidiaries in Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. This represents a network of...

10 July 2026

After a €200 million funding round, Skello adds a major name to a client portfolio

In the wake of a large fundraising, Skello develops a portfolio of key accounts by winning over a big name in retail. Backed by an ARR of €50 million and profitability reached in 2025, the...

7 July 2026

Klépierre internalises a media agency and bets on computer vision with XXII

Taking back control of the commercialisation of digital screens, ongoing tests with computer vision start-up XXII specialised in data analytics for brick & mortars... Klépierre, Europe’s second...

3 July 2026

All in Box signs with Advantail and prepares a conversational AI mode

Faced with declining occupancy rates and lower marketing budgets, property owners are seeking greater cost efficiency. This is a niche where All in Box is gaining traction. According to our...

18 June 2026

Product data & PIM: Why Equadis is selling a majority stake to Cathay Capital

According to our information, Cathay Capital is about to take a majority stake in Equadis, a product data and PIM solutions provider. Competing with Salsify and Syndigo, this deal aims to...

15 June 2026

Dust raises US$40 million to conquer the USA

AI start-up Dust (ARR of US$20 million, not profitable) completed a US$40-million funding round on May 18, 2026 (the equity amount was not disclosed, Editor’s note). This brings total...

5 June 2026

Stratacache sells Scala and liquidates UK operations

Amid a restructuring plan, U.S.-based retail media group Stratacache has just divested a subsidiary Scala, sold to Swedish Vertiseit for US$28 million. In parallel, the group has placed the...

5 June 2026

eBay declines GameStop’s US$55.5 billion takeover bid

On May 12, 2026, eBay’s board of directors rejected GameStop’s unsolicited acquisition offer, deeming it neither “credible” nor “attractive”. However, GameStop’s C.E.O. said he would do...

28 May 2026

With Everlane’s takeover, Shein makes a forced omnichannel shift

While its 2025 financial landing is not public yet - it used to be released in February so far - Shein is taking over U.S. retailer Everlane. The fast fashion brand aims to improve a brand image...

21 May 2026

Venture Report CB Insights Q1 2026: the market enters an era of super deals

According to CB Insights, Q1 2026 saw an acceleration of funding in global tech, driven by AI mega rounds. While funding levels reached a 4-year high, capital is concentrating among a shrinking...

7 May 2026

Gamestop bids US$56 billion to acquire eBay

The video game retailer Gamestop has submitted a takeover bid for eBay. Led by C.E.O. Ryan Cohen, this acquisition aims to reach a critical size against Amazon by focusing on key categories and...

7 May 2026

Unibail Rodamco Westfield and Monoprix test DOOH measured by real impact

Crossing data from advertising campaigns with in-store KPIS, such as traffic and in-store revenue, is becoming a key challenge for retail media. While URW adopts a new offer from Cityz Media to...

17 April 2026

Romain Mombert, Eurazeo: “Tomorrow, retailers and brands will no longer acquire customers, but AI agents”

In a proliferation of AI start-ups, how can investors distinguish those that bring true innovation and in which they should invest? For what valuation metrics? In retail and payment, what types of...

19 March 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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The SaaS licence model falters in the face of AI automation

With the launch of Claude Cowork, the software sector, prized by investors for predictable and recurring revenue, is slowing down. According to Bain, stock market indices for SaaS tech editors...

19 March 2026

Profound raises US$96 million in Series C funding, becoming a first GEO unicorn

Founded in 2024 in New York by James Cadwallader, GEO startup Profound raised US$96 million on February 24, 2026, in a Series C round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, including Sequoia Capital...

25 February 2026

Klépierre, URW, Carmila: in 2025, retail media and services accounted for nearly 10% of net rental income

Published on February 12 and 19, annual financial results of the three major European property companies show that Klépierre, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, and Carmila are no longer singing from the...

24 February 2026

Find out who is replacing Arnaud Gallet as Head of NRF Europe

According to our information, the succession at the head of NRF Europe and SIEC is now finalized. An executive from a major international event company took up her position at Comexposium in...

19 February 2026

Shopping centres: in Brazil, AI reduces contract signing time by 80% at Grupo AD

In Brazil, the second-largest shopping centre owner Grupo AD (2025 revenue: 7.5 billion reais, or €1.2 billion), is deploying AI for prospecting, qualifying and negotiating commercial leases...

19 February 2026

After a profitable fiscal year, Fluent Commerce raises €27 million

Australian OMS publisher Fluent Commerce raises €27 million from Bain Capital to accelerate international expansion and establish in the US against players such as Manhattan and Oracle. In an...

17 February 2026

DOOH: Clear Channel Outdoor buyout opens new strategic cycle after 5 years of losses

After accumulating US$1.6 billion in net losses between 2020 and 2024, the American Clear Channel Outdoor is set to change scale. The acquisition by a consortium (led by Mubadala Capital and TWG...

13 February 2026

U.S. giants Advent and FedEx acquire InPost for €7.8 billion

On February 9, 2026, a consortium led by the American fund Advent and delivery giant FedEx announced the acquisition of the Polish locker specialist InPost. The transaction, valued at €7.8...

10 February 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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Before an IPO, Shein forced to reveal margin erosion in 2025 and impact of US tariff shock

Made public ahead of a Hong Kong listing planned for September, Shein’s financial documents, seen by mind Retail, confirm the shift experienced by the fast-fashion retailer. Despite a 8% sales...

21 August 2026