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In the State of New York, unprecedented legislation has come into force requiring retailers using personalised pricing algorithms to inform consumers. While the NRF is seeking to counter its...
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12 December 2025
On December 9, Carrefour and Carmila signed a partnership with Unlimitail and JCDecaux to create a retail media network combining indoor DOOH and outdoor OOH across their sites in France and...
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12 December 2025
Kroger compensates Ocado with US$350 million and scales back robotic warehouses
After improving net margin in 2024, Kroger is closing several automated Ocado warehouses. The strategy is to strengthen in-store picking and delivery partnerships with DoorDash Instacart and Uber...
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12 December 2025
Walmart and Instacart bet on AI agents to simplify basket creation
In the U.S.A., Walmart has partnered with Pinterest and Instacart with ChatGPT to simplify and speed up the creation of online grocery baskets. Details below.
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12 December 2025
Laurent Hugou (Les Mousquetaires): “With Diebold’s camera system, shrinkage at self-check-out is reduced by a third”
Shift towards an omnichannel payment service provider, roll-out of mobile payment and Diebold’s computer vision solution for self-checkout, impact of one-click payment on online sales, adoption of...
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11 December 2025
BNPL: Scalapay raises €70 million. Klarna now available in Apple Pay
On December 9, 2025, the European Investment Bank concluded a €70 million financing agreement with Scalapay, the Italian fintech specialising in 3- and 4-installment payments, already active in...
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11 December 2025
Shareholder change: Brevo becomes a unicorn through €500 million buy-out
After raising €140 million in 2020, CRM start-up Brevo, dedicated to SMEs, completed a buy-out on December 4, 2025. U.S. private equity fund General Atlantic and British Oakley Capital, each...
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11 December 2025
Retail tech mapping 2025: 42% of start-ups already profitable, 53% aiming for breakeven within 3 years
In their final update for 2025 covering retail tech mapping, FDJ Ventures and France Digitale present new challenges for French retail start-ups. These include financing, slowing company creation...
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10 December 2025
Refurbished smartphones: why Largo relies on Speeral automation
The start-up founded by the duo behind Teester and Skeepers is accelerating automation of second-hand product flows. The strategy is to use AI to direct products to high-traffic marketplaces such...
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9 December 2025
With 7% of e‑commerce sales, Albertsons deploys an AI agent and prepares integration with ChatGP
While Walmart and Target connected product catalogue to ChatGPT, Albertsons launches an AI agent on e‑commerce sites and hints at a future interface with OpenAI’s conversational platform.
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5 December 2025
Leroy Merlin and Aroma‑Zone launch in‑store analytics pilots with XXII
French retail tech XXII, which aims to become the Google Analytics and Contentsquare of physical stores, has already signed with 15 retailers and shopping centres, mind Retail learned. A year...
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5 December 2025
Boulanger partners with Valiuz and launches audio retail media format
Valiuz announced on Thursday 4 December the launch of a programmatic audio offering in stores, deployed in 95% of Boulanger’s home electrical stores. Developed in partnership with The Trade Desk...
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4 December 2025
Already in POC, Dialog’s conversational agent shows up in the search bar
Buoyed by a €3.8 million seed round closed in mid‑November 2025, French start‑up Dialog, specialised in AI‑based conversational e‑commerce, is accelerating. Initially placed on product pages, this...
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4 December 2025
How Maison 123 generated €420,000 on WhatsApp in 5 months
Riding on a reduction in Meta’s commercial policy, Wax start‑up specialised in WhatsApp engagement, is gaining ground, capitalising on messaging as a customer acquisition and retention channel in...
Payment: a lever for retail innovation
This month, our editorial team highlights how innovation is taking shape around payment. This key stage, enabling turnover to be collected by retailers, is at the heart of numerous pilots and POCs: roll-out of mobile checkout in the aisles, rise of wallets and BNPL options, expansion of Wero…
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Payments and e-commerce : which retail tech solutions dominate French websites?
In mid-November 2025, mind Retail analysed 50 French e-commerce websites using Wappalyzer to identify technologies installed on them. The result was 144 solutions were recorded, installed more...
Payments: Wallets accelerate in a fragmented market
As retailers seek to streamline shopping journeys, payment fluidity is becoming a key conversion driver. Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, PayPal: wallets enable retailers to reduce delays and...
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18 November 2025
BNPL: in a mature market, Alma, Klarna, Scalapay, Younited and Oney seek new growth levers
As BNPL reached maturity in France and Europe and commonplace online, players in the sector are accelerating their transformation. Longer instalments, new verticals, extended services and...
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14 November 2025
Alma to launch a payment app in France
The BNPL specialist Alma (2024 GMV: €2 billion) will launch “by the end of the year a mobile app for consumers, enabling them to pay in instalments with Alma at all merchants, not only our...
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18 November 2025
Criteo wants to integrate sponsored products into AI chatbots
With 720 million daily active users and 4.5 billion products in the catalogue, Criteo wants to integrate with agentic commerce. Betting on proprietary data, the adtech company is testing...
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2 December 2025
E‑commerce: How Hive customises free‑delivery thresholds using customer data
With 500 e‑merchant clients, including Embryolisse, Hindbag, Airup, Hygée or Jacks Beauty Line, German logistics provider Hive is capitalising on data to raise e‑commerce conversion via a finely...
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2 December 2025
How Armis relies on AI to transform multi‑local advertising on connected TV
French start‑up Armis (created in 2015 and focused on digitising paper brochures) tackles creation of video ad spots generated by AI and broadcast on connected TVs in BVOD. Commercialised since...
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2 December 2025
Retail media: Marionnaud bets on print with Figaro to boost drive-to-store
According to our sources, Marionnaud’s beauty retailer will expand an advertising unit into 3 new countries in 2026 and is launching another retail media lever in the French key market. The goal...
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26 November 2025
Deborah Van Dessel (Lagardère Travel Retail): “We are testing AI tools and prompts for store layout”
Between global governance, local ambassador clubs and deployments at scale, Lagardère Travel Retail identified major operational gains thanks to AI, while other use cases reveal the current limits...
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25 November 2025
Online Advertising: Leroy Merlin and Auchan at the heart of a political controversy
Since November 17, Leroy Merlin has faced controversy after a report from Sleeping Giants, an activist group against online hate speech. The organisation alerted the Adeo group retailer (GMV 2024...
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21 November 2025
Adobe bets on GEO with the US$1.9 billion acquisition of Semrush
On November 19 the technology leader Adobe (2024 revenue: US$21.5 billion, up by 11% at constant rates) announced the acquisition of SaaS platform Semrush (2024 revenue: US$376.8 million, up by...
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21 November 2025
How Cuisinella’s AI chatbot generates a rise by 21% of in-store appointments
To support “drive-to-store”, the Schmidt group subsidiary deployed an AI chatbot on the e-commerce site to improve conversion of in-store appointment bookings. For mind Retail, Daniel Freyd, Chief...
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20 November 2025
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Online Advertising: Leroy Merlin and Auchan at the heart of a political controversy
Since November 17, Leroy Merlin has faced controversy after a report from Sleeping Giants, an activist group against online hate speech. The organisation alerted the Adeo group retailer (GMV 2024...
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21 November 2025
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Payments and e-commerce : which retail tech solutions dominate French websites?
In mid-November 2025, mind Retail analysed 50 French e-commerce websites using Wappalyzer to identify technologies installed on them. The result was 144 solutions were recorded, installed more...
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20 November 2025
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Payment: a lever for retail innovation
This month, our editorial team highlights how innovation is taking shape around payment. This key stage, enabling turnover to be collected by retailers, is at the heart of numerous pilots and...
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Leroy Merlin and Aroma‑Zone launch in‑store analytics pilots with XXII
French retail tech XXII, which aims to become the Google Analytics and Contentsquare of physical stores, has already signed with 15 retailers and shopping centres, mind Retail learned. A year...
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5 December 2025
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Adobe bets on GEO with the US$1.9 billion acquisition of Semrush
On November 19 the technology leader Adobe (2024 revenue: US$21.5 billion, up by 11% at constant rates) announced the acquisition of SaaS platform Semrush (2024 revenue: US$376.8 million, up by...
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21 November 2025
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How Maison 123 generated €420,000 on WhatsApp in 5 months
Riding on a reduction in Meta’s commercial policy, Wax start‑up specialised in WhatsApp engagement, is gaining ground, capitalising on messaging as a customer acquisition and retention channel in...
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3 December 2025