E-commerce and marketplaces

Now in a fourth edition, our annual barometer presents the financial performance of the world's 10 largest food retailers from 2017 to 2024: Walmart, Costco, Kroger, Seven & I, Target...

17 April 2025

Shein receives approval for its IPO on the London Stock Exchange

In the U.K., where Shein planned an I.P.O. on the London Stock Exchange in April 2025, the Singapore-based company finally received agreement from the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority according to...

11 April 2025

With 40% of online sales, Best Buy is banking on influence to reach a new level

In the U.S.A., with preparation for a marketplace by June 2025, Best Buy (2024 turnover US$41.5 billion, down by 4.4%) launched an affiliate programme for content creators on April 8. Not yet...

10 April 2025

Using an omnichannel approach, JD.com ensures tyre delivery and installation in 30 minutes

In China, JD Auto Service, the automotive services branch of JD.com (turnover 2024 of US$158.8 billion, up 6.8% in a year) announced the instant delivery of automotive equipment in late March...

9 April 2025

[mind Retail Exclusive] In 4 years, Cdiscount generated €10 million in GMV with Stockly

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...

7 April 2025

[mind Retail Exclusive] In the process of rolling out Autone in stores, Lancel is testing digital use

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...

4 April 2025

In France, BNPL use declines in 2024

According to a 4th edition of the Floa – Kantar barometer measuring changes in payment practices in Europe (4,916 respondents), 66% of French people used a payment by instalments solution in...

4 April 2025

Philippines: Faced with an increase in marketplace disputes, the government is tightening the screws

With e-commerce (including services) having grown by 14% in 2024 in the Philippines, coupled with a 25% increase in complaints, the government wants to strengthen oversight between marketplaces...

2 April 2025

Nicolas takes stock of 4 months of last mile deliveries with Woop

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...

2 April 2025

With points of interest prompt, Amazon creates an AI-generated shopping monitoring tool

On March 26, Amazon (2024 turnover US$638 billion, up by 11% at constant rates) launched ‘interests’ as ‘beta test’. This is a generative AI feature on a mobile application...

31 March 2025

Advertising tracking: Apple ordered to pay €150 million fine for anti-competitive behaviour

On March 31, the French Competition Authority fined Apple (annual turnover: US$391 billion in the financial year ending September 2024, up 2% after a fall of 2.8% in 2023) €150 million for...

31 March 2025

Instacart adopts technology to combat out-of-stock in the U.S.

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...

28 March 2025

TikTok Shop arrives in France, Germany and Italy

TikTok announced the launch of TikTok Shop in France, Germany and Italy on March 31. The service is now available in 15 countries. The shopping features are directly integrated into the videos in...

28 March 2025

With 20% of e-commerce in 2024, Target wants to increase the marketplace fivefold

In the U.S.A, Target, the most omnichannel grocery retailer is capitalising on the positive benefits of a marketplace launched in 2019. While advertising revenue grew by 24% last year, it wants to...

28 March 2025

With live shopping, Voyages E.Leclerc has attracted 28,420 viewers in two years

E.Leclerc Voyage, the travel agency of the second largest French grocery retailer by market share (2024 turnover: €49.9 billion, excluding fuel, up by 2.6%, after a 10.3%-increase in 2023)...

25 March 2025

India: Amazon and Walmart accused of violating quality control rules

After being caught in September 2024 for failing to comply with competition law, Amazon and Flipkart (a subsidiary of Walmart) are accused of violating quality control rules in India. The Indian...

24 March 2025

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Aroma-Zone and Najar reveal the behind-the-scenes of a strategic partnership

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...

13 March 2026

After-sales service: Prolong aims to become the OS of repair and adds 3 luxury brands

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...

12 March 2026

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...

11 March 2026

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...

27 February 2026

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27 February 2026

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...

5 March 2026

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...

11 March 2026

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...

4 March 2026

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...

16 March 2026

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...

13 March 2026