E-commerce and marketplaces
D.S.A.: Zalando added to platforms subject to stronger regulations
On Monday 25th April, the European Commission published a list of 19 online services, including 17 “very large online platforms (V.L.O.P.s)”, subject to legal obligations under the...
5 May 2023
China : Alibaba and JD.com spin-offs delight investors
On 30th March 2023, JD.com announced a spin-off of property and industrial units from the core business in order to list these on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. In the listing documents filed on...
4 May 2023
[Amazon results] Focus on A.I. to revive AWS, a declining source of profitability in Q1
Whilst Amazon's e-commerce business is losing momentum (down by 0.1% year-on-year), the AWS cloud service is recording the slowest growth since 2015. To improve profitability, the tech giant is...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- News
4 May 2023
Food retail: 6 charts to understand the financial health of the world’s Top 10 in 2022
Rising costs, inflation, purchasing power. After 2 years of crazy growth boosted by Covid-19, 2022 was a good one in terms of sales, but not profitability. For the 2023 edition of this exclusive...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- Analysis
20 April 2023
Decarbonisation, gaming, communities: the new levers of Chinese e-commerce in 2023
Last year, e-commerce played a crucial role in China, driven by Covid-19 zero policies, but the shopping experience has also been transformed. Mind Retail helps to identify the main innovations in...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- News
29 March 2023
Why Carrefour is outsourcing non-food e-commerce to Rakuten
On 14 March, during the 1-to-1 conference in Monaco, Carrefour (2022 sales of €90.8 billion, up by 8.4% organic excluding petrol) announced the opening of a digital store on the Rakuten...
22 March 2023
Tech in-store: guided tour of the Decathlon Lab for South East Asia
mind Retail invites you, in video and photos, behind the scenes of the Decathlon Lab located in Kallang (Singapore). In this 5,000 sq.m store, the company has opted for a rational technological...
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- Retailer and e-commerce
- News
17 March 2023
With 19% of online sales, Target reinvests US$100 million in e-commerce logistics
The supermarket chain has announced that it is investing US$100 million in its e-commerce logistics to build six new order preparation centres by 2026. With this investment, Target is capitalising...
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- Retailer and e-commerce
- News
17 March 2023
[Amazon results] Online sales down and US$3bn losses in 2022… How does Amazon stay afloat?
As predicted by the 18,000 layoffs announced last month, Amazon's growth slowed in 2022. While turnover grew by 13% year-on-year, online sales continued to decline and the group's operating profit...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- Data
7 February 2023
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
- News
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
- News
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...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- Analysis
28 October 2022
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The Hygie31 retail group, known for the Lafayette Pharmacies, is continuing to transform its websites, driven by Cocooncenter. Thanks to an AI strategy and a fully redesigned IT architecture, it...
10 September 2026
By launching a conversational chatbot with Algolia and a new module converting school lists into e-commerce carts this summer, Bureau Vallée aims to ease the chore of back-to-school supply list...
10 September 2026
According to our information, Fnac Darty is about to deploy European payment solution Wero, based on account-to-account instant transfers, on its e-commerce sites. Already active in Germany at...
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4 September 2026
On the occasion of an IPO, Shein revealed a carbon footprint of 25.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2025, up by 20% compared to a reference year. For an equivalent sales level, the fast...
3 September 2026
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Before an IPO, Shein forced to reveal margin erosion in 2025 and impact of US tariff shock
Made public ahead of a Hong Kong listing planned for September, Shein’s financial documents, seen by mind Retail, confirm the shift experienced by the fast-fashion retailer. Despite a 8% sales...
- Retail
- Property and investors
- Analysis
21 August 2026
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O’Boticario rolls out AI diagnostics across 4,000 stores with Haut.ai
On August 18, Brazilian cosmetics retail chain O’Boticario (2025 GMV up by 6.7%) announced the deployment of skin analysis technology provided by Estonian start-up Haut.AI. It will be rolled...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- News
21 August 2026
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Hugues Chanoine (Hygie31 Digital): “The next step is to eliminate filters to move to 100% conversational search”
The Hygie31 retail group, known for the Lafayette Pharmacies, is continuing to transform its websites, driven by Cocooncenter. Thanks to an AI strategy and a fully redesigned IT architecture, it...
10 September 2026
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ChatGPT: Bureau Vallée’s recipe to capture back-to-school spending
By launching a conversational chatbot with Algolia and a new module converting school lists into e-commerce carts this summer, Bureau Vallée aims to ease the chore of back-to-school supply list...
10 September 2026
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Walmart finally accepts in-store payments with Apple Pay and Google Pay
Sanctioned by financial markets after a sharp US slowdown in Q2, Walmart is reviewing a checkout strategy. Abandoning a rejection of technological giants, the group is rolling out Apple Pay and...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- News
24 August 2026
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Why Shein emits twice as much CO2 as Inditex for equivalent revenue
On the occasion of an IPO, Shein revealed a carbon footprint of 25.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2025, up by 20% compared to a reference year. For an equivalent sales level, the fast...
3 September 2026