UK :  Dunnhumby creates a multi-retailer ad network to compete with Valiuz and Unlimitail
Dunnhumby launches Network Alliance, a single counter uniting data and inventories from Tesco and Waitrose (food), B&Q (DIY) and John Lewis department stores, to put an end to the fragmentation of...
26 June 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...
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...
After L’Oréal and Clarins, Omi adds Puig and Freshly Cosmetics to a customer portfolio
As retailers increasingly want to stand out in responses generated by LLM, Omi is gaining traction. With 35% of revenue coming from the USA, the start-up specialising in AI-generated 3D photos and...
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...
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...
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...
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
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