Greentech and supply-chain

According to information from mind Retail, a new round of financing has been finalised by the second-hand start-up. In 2024, the latter saw its turnover increase by 64% to more than €2 million...

Based in the U.A.E., the start-up Lumi AI raised US$3.7 million in seed funding on March, 25, in a round led by AgFunder, Forum Ventures, Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund ADQ and the...

Having just raised €26 million in Series B funding from Eurazeo and Daphni, the start-up which specialises in stock pooling between e-retailers confirms a rising status in the market. We review a...

After deploying the Autone inventory management solution in France, Lancel premium retailer is preparing to run a pilot on an e-commerce site, mind Retail has learned. Claire Casteig, Retail...

Although in 2024 e-commerce accounted for barely 2% of Nicolas's business, the wine retailer part of Castel group is taking stock of a new Delivery Management System after 4 months. The aim is to...

After reporting a profitable 2024 fiscal year, driven by an 11% turnover uplift, the food shopping app is going further with stock data. New technology, based on computer vision and AI, should...

While additional customs duties are being confirmed (increase of 10% on Chinese products, which came into force at the beginning of February) or remain, for the moment, at the announcement stage...

In Belgium, the warehouse automation specialist Exotec signed an agreement with Colruyt grocery retailer (turnover of €5.4 billion in the 6 months to the end of September 2024 down by 0.5%...

On February 26, 2025, the French fashion brand Soeur (turnover of €65 million in 2024, up by 30% in a year via 54 points of sale in Europe) rolled out a second-hand platform “Sœur...

While the growth of Ulta Beauty is slowing down (Sales 2024 US$11.3 up by 0.8% after +5.7% in 2023, +15.6% in 2022 and +37.9% in 2021), the brand is strengthening an omnichannel approach to boost...

Omnichannel, in-store help desks, web to store... With 38% of sales online and a double-digit returns rate, Best Buy developed a unique process dedicated to making the most of returns. Chuck...

On January 7 2025, Zension, the Saudi Arabian platform specialized in after-sales service for small electrical products (clients include Jarir Bookstore and STC) closed a US$30 million Series A...

According to the Managing Director of Retail & CPG at Nvidia, the 2nd largest capitalisation in the U.S.A. after Apple (on January 10, 2025, Editor’s note), the supply chain, computer vision...

In Western Europe, 73 retail tech start-up and scale-up raised funds in the first 9  months of 2024. Discover them in mind Retail's barometer, with data from our partner INVYO.

When availability of second-hand products is a growing challenge for retailers, Kiabi signed up with technology publisher CrushOn, mind Retail has learned. The aim is to streamline the sourcing of...