Shoprite adopts Yoobic solution for 3,600 stores and 160,000 employees
As announced in April in mind Retail, the African grocery retailer Shoprite has confirmed the rollout of the Yoobic application to optimise staff task management and anomaly detection in stores...
29 October 2025
Retail Media: Loblaw aims to accelerate in-store with Stratacache
During Advertising Week in New York, the Canadian food retailer Loblaw (2024 turnover: 44.8 billion dollars, up by 2.5% year-on-year) announced on October 8, that it would strengthen a network of...
20 October 2025
French start-up Gaudier pivots toward in-store customer data
Incubated within the LVMH Lab and originally focused on developing sampling machines and sensors for the beauty industry, Gaudier is now making a strategic shift toward in-store customer data...
7 October 2025
Retail media: MediaMarktSaturn launches offsite with Unlimitail in five countries
MediamarktSaturn, Europe's largest home electrical retailer is joining forces with Unlimitail to monetise data offsite. In Q2, marketplace GMV jumped 90% thanks to strong demand and international...
30 September 2025
[mind Info] Cegid signs 3 new retailers and accelerates voice AI development
Buoyed by strong sales momentum, Cegid revealed to mind Retail the identities of three new retail clients and the features of Cegid Pulse, a “super app” for sales assistants expected in 2026. By...
22 September 2025
Valiuz and Infinity Advertising formalise alliance
The retail media agencies of the Mulliez Family Association (AFM, owner of Auchan Retail) and the Mousquetaires Group (Intermarché) announced the finalisation of a merger, which will be...
15 September 2025
UK : Morrisons and Waitrose are trialling connected trolleys to reduce shoplifting
Against a backdrop of rising shoplifting across Europe, Morrisons and Waitrose are trialling connected shopping trolleys with Instacart and Shopic. The aim of this digitalisation of a customer...
15 September 2025
Solutys expands RFID scope and takes over Rayonnance and Nedap France
A week after the Buylo start-up's funding round, the RFID market has seen a second announcement. In a move towards consolidation, Solutys Group, a traceability solutions integrator, announced a...
8 September 2025
[Mind Retail info] Ouidrop rolls out drive-through robotics at E.Leclerc and prepares for Series A
Mind Retail learned the French start-up, which specialises in robotics technology for grocery drive-throughs, has signed new deals with E.Leclerc supermarkets. The rapidly growing start-up, whose...
26 August 2025
Augmodo raises US$37.5 million to transform employees into smart sensors
On July 10, 2025, US start-up Augmodo raised 37.5 million dollars in a Series A round led by TQ Ventures. Specialising in wearable technology for store employees, Augmodo’s badge uses...
5 August 2025
Carrefour and Cooperative U form European buying alliance and eye retail media deal
Carrefour and Cooperative U officially announced on July 7 the launch of Concordis, a joint European purchasing alliance. Based in Brussels, the structure will begin operating for the 2026 trade...
[mind Retail Exclusive] Tanguy Pincemin begins a new chapter in his career
Tanguy Pincemin has left Dunnhumby, according to Mind Retail. He joined the British customer data platform specialist in October 2017, where he served as EMEA Media Director, then Sales Director...
Retail media: why OBI is replacing PromoteIQ with California-based Topsort
To operate a 360° retail media business, Germany's second-largest D.I.Y. retailer has selected San Francisco-based adserver Topsort. In addition to onsite retail media, Topsort will also manage...
With Scandit, Walmart aims to take in-store assistance to the next level
Intelligent software provider Scandit has just announced a renewal of a strategic partnership with Walmart in the USA. Samuel Mueller, C.E.O. of the Swiss unicorn, talked to mind Retail about the...
Stand-alone checkout systems: 365 Retail Markets acquires Cantaloupe for US$884 million
In the U.S.A., Cantaloupe (2024 revenue: US$268.8 million, up by 10.2%), a manufacturer of self-checkout systems competing with Diebold Nixdorf, among others, has been acquired by competitor 365...
20 June 2025
[mind Retail Day] Data strategy and advertising revenue: Fitness Park’s new trajectory
During the mind Retail Day, the Fitness Park gym chain (350 gyms in Europe) took stock of their advertising monetization strategy. Here are the key figures.
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Conflicts in the Middle East: what impact on the supply chain and European retail?
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Building on a strong foothold in fashion, Scalapay is strengthening in-store penetration targeting players in the healthcare sector. According to our information, the Italian BNPL unicorn has...
25 February 2026
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Regulatory: With 200,000 Digital Product Passports issued, Darty scales up
While the European Commission is set to vote on delegated acts to specify requirements for home appliances, Darty is accelerating a Digital Product Passport (DPP) push by integrating new products...
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Agentic commerce : After Stripe, Mirakl partners with JPMorgan Payments
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