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PulpoAR, a U.S. augmented reality start-up active in e-commerce and beauty stores, is taking a new step forward by positioning on Google search and retail media. This strategic diversification...

26 June 2025

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...

26 June 2025

[mind Retail Exclusive] After a quiet fundraising round, Newtone connects generative AI to Shopify, Salsify, and Inriver

Since launch in March 2024, Newtone has been aiming to industrialise content production for the e-commerce sector with generative AI LLM. According to our information, the retail tech company...

24 June 2025

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

Daniel Gebler, Picnic: “Like in the Netherlands, we want to launch a reverse logistics service in France and Germany”

As e-commerce retailer Picnic accelerates its logistics robotization with the opening of a third—and largest—automated processing center in Germany, it is also embracing new models. In the...

19 June 2025

ChatGPT’s audience doubled in 4 months, OpenAI aims for 100% increase in revenue

According to data from Demandsage, ChatGPT’s total audience reached 800 million weekly active visitors in April 2025. By way of comparison, this was 400 million in February 2025 and 300...

18 June 2025

Portugal: a Glovo delivery rider recognised as an employee by the Supreme Court

In a ruling on May 28, the Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal reclassified the relationship between an independent food delivery rider and the Glovo platform as an employment relationship. The...

6 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.

4 June 2025

Veesion secures a €53-million funding and opens a U.S. subsidiary

As shoplifting becomes more prevalent in the retail sector, particularly in the U.S. amid inflation and price increases, Veesion (specialising in AI-powered detection of in-store behaviours) has...

27 May 2025

[mind Retail Day] How Mousquetaires, Marionnaud and URW maximise in-store retail media

While in France, retail media revenue grew by 14% to €1.22 billion in 2024 (representing 11% of total digital advertising), the increasingly omnichannel approach of both advertising agencies...

26 May 2025

Valiuz signs with Auchan Spain and launches Valiuz Iberia

On May 13, Valiuz, the retail media agency for Mulliez brands, which will soon be integrated with Infinity Advertising, announced a partnership with Alcampo, the group’s Spanish grocery...

23 May 2025

Amazon decarbonises the last mile with public transport

To speed up delivery times with a low carbon footprint, Amazon is covering the last mile via high-speed train. In France, on May 14, following a one-month pilot phase in June 2024 and rollout in...

15 May 2025

Frasers launches retail media in fashion and department stores

On May 13, British company Frasers (2023 turnover: €6.5 billion, down 0.9% year-on-year) launched a retail media network ‘Elevate’ in partnership with ad server Zitcha. In the...

14 May 2025

Vusion and NielsenIQ join forces to optimise assortments and merchandising

On May 6, 2025, global leaders in electronic shelf labels and data solutions for retail and consumer insights, Vusion and NielsenIQ, formalised a strategic partnership. Covering 100 countries and...

7 May 2025

Delivery platforms: Doordash acquires Deliveroo for US$3.3 billion

On May 6, US company DoorDash acquired a British rival for US$3.29 billion. As part of Doordash’s international expansion strategy (2024 revenue of US$10.7 billion, up by 24%, net margin...

6 May 2025

Customer satisfaction: Actionable enhances product with an AI Data Analyst assistant

Just a year after launch, tech start-up Actionable, which specialises in predicting customer satisfaction, is picking up speed. With a product launch, ISO 27001 certification, an award at...

30 April 2025

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[mind Exclusive] After signing Fusalp and Ysé, Webyn relies on Gemini to boost the performance of e-commerce A/B testing

Awarded on October 13, 2025, in the category of the Customer Relationship Awards, the start-up specialising in e-commerce A/B testing continues to grow. For mind Retail, C.E.O. and Co-Founder...

23 October 2025

[mind Exclusive] Casino lost lawsuit against Mediaposte

According to information from mind Media, the Casino group failed to take legal action against the advertising print distribution specialist Mediaposte (a subsidiary of La Poste). The food...

21 October 2025

[mind Exclusive] Thanks to a conversational chatbot, La Grande Récré triples e-commerce conversion rates

While AI conversational chatbots have become widespread in e-commerce, La Grande Récré shared with mind Retail the results of the tool launched in summer 2025 with iAdvize: number of queries...

9 October 2025

[mind Exclusive] Prolong signs Mellow Yellow and expands into new verticals

A competitor of Save Your Wardrobe, the start-up Prolong, which focuses on returns, warranty, repair, and after-sales service, announced the signing of Mellow Yellow footwear retailer, a jewellery...

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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

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Awarded on October 13, 2025, in the category of the Customer Relationship Awards, the start-up specialising in e-commerce A/B testing continues to grow. For mind Retail, C.E.O. and Co-Founder...

23 October 2025

Cyberattack: Muji, Loft and Sogo & Seibu e-commerce sites down in Japan

Since October 19, Japanese logistics company Askul (2024 revenue: 3.3 billion dollars, up by 2% year-on-year) has been the victim of a cyberattack, preventing it from managing e-commerce orders...

27 October 2025

TikTok Shop and Temu strengthen logistics networks by signing with Royal Mail and La Poste

To accelerate European markets, TikTok Shop and Temu signed agreements with the leading postal operators in France and the United Kingdom. Here is a look at these strategic partnerships.

20 October 2025

Scope 3 carbon footprint: How Auchan is moving toward eco-selection of suppliers

Auchan Retail is taking another step forward in the decarbonisation of Scope 3 emissions. Since August, the retailer has begun including smaller suppliers in the measurement of CO2 emissions...

13 October 2025

Cosmetics: How start-up Aiso multiplied by 5 the visibility of U.S. brand Particle on ChatGPT

Since March 2025, Israeli start-up Aiso has been working with the U.S. online brand Particle, a specialist in men’s cosmetics, to strengthen visibility on ChatGPT. In 6 months, impressions have...

13 October 2025