Digital in-store and retail media

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

With sales of US$6.4 billion, SharkNinja strengthens a physical footprint with Nocibé

Already the number 1 seller on TikTokShop in the U.K. according to Lengow, SharkNinja is accelerating both offline and online. The U.S. manufacturer of home electrical and tech products has just...

3 June 2026

Pierre Demoures, Vusion: “Bluetooth will become our standard protocol and will be integrated into all our developments”

Faced with the rise of in-store picking for online orders, Vusion (formerly SES-imagotag) is accelerating the digitalisation of physical stores. Driven by the launch of a Bluetooth (BLE) protocol...

22 May 2026

Live Sports: Amazon bets on ultra-personalized advertising

While Amazon’s advertising business accelerated in Q1 2026, the pure-player unveiled Dynamic TV Creative at the 2026 Upfronts, an interactive and dynamic advertising solution designed for live...

18 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

Retail media and digital advertising: Meta to outpace Google by 2026

The world’s advertising duopoly is about to experience a historic shift. According to Emarketer forecasts, Meta should snatch Google, the advertising leader in net revenue by the end of 2026...

27 April 2026

How Coopérative U strengthened local roots and combined brand content, research and video with 366

Advised by Heroiks media agency Heroiks, French grocery retailer Coopérative U chose 366 to produce a bespoke study and media plan to communicate a cooperative status as part of a brand...

27 April 2026

OMS : Fnac-Darty chooses Fluent Commerce

Already active in the USA but also in Europe with clients such as JD Sports, L’Oréal and LVMH, the Australian editor of Order Management Systems Fluent Commerce said on April 21...

27 April 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

With 80% of sales of floor installation digitalised, Saint Maclou starts a major tech overhaul

Between an overhaul of the offer, CRM and ERP migrations and full digitalisation of in-store installation services, the floor specialised retailer is accelerating a technological transformation...

15 April 2026

DAM & AI : Decathlon enters a second stage of a content factory with video and visual similarity

During the AWS Summit in Paris, Decathlon explained how it transformed a DAM (Digital Asset Management) into a genuine content factory boosted by AI. With 19 million multimedia assets and a...

14 April 2026

While OpenAI buries native payment, Sephora and Carrefour bet on discovery in ChatGPT

While ChatGPT backpedals in terms of native payment, less than 6 months after the launch of Instant checkout, retailers are accelerating within the LLM’s app store, in order to foster product...

27 March 2026

France: the text on camera’s surveillance in stores is now expected at the Senate

Following a rejection by the Council of State last June, the National Assembly voted on February 17, 2026 to authorise algorithmic surveillance in retail stores. As the text is due to pass to the...

20 March 2026

AI Search : YouTube citations climb to 40%, Reddit falls to 20%

While Reddit once dominated the sources cited by AIs, YouTube videos are now winning over LLMs. Here's why.

4 March 2026

Advertising in LLMs: Criteo becomes OpenAI’s first adtech partner

Following a fundraising of US$ 110 billion on February 27, 2026, OpenAI signed a technological partnership with Criteo (720 million daily active users at the end of 2025, 17,000 advertisers, 4.5...

4 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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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

From ChatGPT Ads to Amazon Alexa for Shopping: advertising in LLMs scales up in Europe

This summer, OpenAI successively rolled out its ChatGPT Ads platform in the UK and in 30 European countries. From formats used, CPM levels notably for FMCG products and the new role of GEO...

27 August 2026

With Claudeforce, Salesforce opens data to Anthropic and shifts into the conversational AI era

With the announcement of deep integration of the Claude LLM within the Salesforce ecosystem via MCP servers, SaaS software interfaces are fading in favour of AI agents. According to...

9 September 2026

Retail media & LLMs: navigating intent-driven and custom experiences

From store aisles to ChatGPT Ads placements, retail media is shifting away from traditional slots, formats and keywords toward intent-based targeting. Driven by lower access costs to LLMs, full...

31 August 2026

Facing SharkNinja’s hegemony, Carrefour and Darty gain ground on TikTok Shop

While Sephora follows in Ulta's footsteps on TikTok Shop in the US, mind Retail analyzed sellers performance in Q2 2026. Based on exclusive data from Lengow and Kalodata, this European market...

7 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