E-commerce and marketplaces
The American version of Pinduoduo is the most downloaded app in the U.S.
Launched on September 1, 2022, Temu (owned by PDD Holdings, the parent company of Pinduoduo) was the most downloaded app in the USA in November, December and January. Up to the beginning of...
2 February 2023
E-commerce: What digital analytics strategy for 2023?
Nicolas Malo, Founder of Optimal Ways, looks back at the change that will affect e-commerce teams with the end of the Universal Analytics solution (Google Analytics v3) announced for July 2023...
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- Retailer and e-commerce
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9 January 2023
ManoMano launches a Black Friday for professional clients
The D.I.Y. marketplace ManoMano launched Prodays, a promotional event for professional customers to run from 22nd to 28th November, 2022.
25 November 2022
Confidential. Carrefour hypermarket offer soon available on Uber Eats
After having successfully regained market share and customers for physical stores, Carrefour is investing with Uber Eats to rebuild e-commerce.
17 November 2022
[Amazon Results] At nearly US$10 billion, advertising outpaces subscriptions for US giant
For the first time, Amazon's advertising revenue exceeded subscriptions revenue in Q3 2022. The services to third-party merchants, the second largest business unit, and AWS remained very dynamic...
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- Retailer and e-commerce
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4 November 2022
Japan. Shein opens its first permanent store to boost omnichannel
Chinese fast fashion giant Shein (valued at €91 billion in April 2022) will open a first permanent store in Tokyo on 13 November.
3 November 2022
Ads.txt: which advertising providers do retailers work with?
In our study of 100 e-commerce sites worldwide, mind Retail analysed the relationships between retailers' websites and marketplaces alongside service providers responsible for selling their...
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- Retailer and e-commerce
- Analysis
28 October 2022
Alexander Soncini, VTEX : “In Brazil, 40% of online sales of C&A come from Whatsapp”
Listed on the US Stock Exchange for one year, the Brazilian unicorn VTEX stands out from many IT publishers thanks to its broad functional scope (e-commerce, marketplaces and OMS) and wants to...
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- Retailer and e-commerce
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28 June 2022
Aude Vicaire (Marketpay): “To succeed, crypto payments must be able to rival the speed of Visa”
Available in Brazil, France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Lithuania and Denmark, payment provider Marketpay handled €2.3 billion transactions in 2021. Aude Vicaire, Director of Products, Solutions and...
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- Retailer and e-commerce
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2 June 2022
Shopee to close Indian operations
Amid a backdrop of global uncertainties, the Singaporean Sea Group (turnover of US$10 billion in 2021, with 51% from e-commerce and 43% from gaming) closed Shopee India, its e-commerce...
29 March 2022
Migros wants “click & collect” in autonomous mode
After investing in the delivery start-up Smood (delivery in less than an hour), the Swiss cooperative Migros (turnover of about €25 billion last year) is rolling out click & collect...
2 November 2021
In China, Pinduoduo overtakes Alibaba
The Nasdaq-listed online platform Pinduoduo (Tencent) is growing a competitive audience in China’s e-commerce market. The company reported 788.4 million annual active users in 2020, ahead of...
15 April 2021
Nike did not need Amazon… until now
After having refused to sell via Amazon alongside its own retail channels, the sporting goods retailer Nike (sales of US$34.4 billion in the fiscal year to May 2017, up by 6%) has decided that it...
26 July 2017
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As the adoption of AI results in increasing cost volatility for companies, mind Retail spoke in Monaco with Christelle Glaszer, Manager of Indirect Purchases at Aroma-Zone natural beauty retailer...
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13 March 2026
Signing of three high-end clients, launch of a maintenance passport, imminent Seed funding round and cloud migration project in China… At a 1-to-1 conference in Monaco, the Founder of Prolong...
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12 March 2026
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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11 March 2026
While the leader in electronic labels, Vusion exceeded €1.47 billion in revenue in 2025, rival Hanshow is stepping up a global offensive, winning a strategic account in the U.K. and a new POC for...
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27 February 2026
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Electronic labels: Hanshow accelerates breakthrough and signs with a leading British retailer
While the leader in electronic labels, Vusion exceeded €1.47 billion in revenue in 2025, rival Hanshow is stepping up a global offensive, winning a strategic account in the U.K. and a new POC for...
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- Retail tech
27 February 2026
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Conflicts in the Middle East: what impact on the supply chain and European retail?
With US and Israeli strikes on Iran triggering a major crisis on February 28, 2026, retailers already have to face the closure of strategic trade routes, rising freight costs and import...
- Retail
- Economy and regulators
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5 March 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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- Retail tech
11 March 2026
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Following a complaint from the FTC, Walmart agrees to pay US$100 million to Spark delivery drivers
On February 26, 2026, Walmart (2025 revenue: US$713.2 billion, up by 5.1% at constant rates) agreed to pay US$100 million in response to allegations of misleading compensation to delivery drivers...
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4 March 2026
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Agentic commerce : After Stripe, Mirakl partners with JPMorgan Payments
On March 10, 2026, Mirakl and JPMorgan Payments (JPMP) unveiled a partnership to deploy agentic commerce by combining the Mirakl Nexus agentic orchestration platform with the U.S. bank’s...
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16 March 2026
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Online authentification : Prelude expands a “message free” solution globally
A competitor to Twilio, Vonage and Plivo, the French startup Prelude, which has 75 retail clients, is actively deploying Prelude Zero, an authentication method that requires no message delivery...
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- Retail tech
- Analysis
13 March 2026