E-commerce and marketplaces
[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...
- Retail
- Economy and regulators
- News brief
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...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- News
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...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- News
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...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- News
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...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- News
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
Inditex ends 2024 with strong growth and 26% of online sales
On March 10, the global fashion giant Inditex (owner of Zara, Pull&Bear, Bershka, Massimo Dutti, etc.) revealed a annual turnover of €38.6 billion, 26.4% of which was online, for the...
21 March 2025
b.connect authentification service will be launched with a six-month delay
In France, the b.connect authentication service, an offshoot of the banking card group (Groupement des Cartes Bancaires), will finally be launched in September 2025, 6 months later than planned...
21 March 2025
U.S.A.: Forever 21 files for bankruptcy, with debts of US$1.58 billion
On March 17, 2025, Forever 21 (2021 turnover US$2 billion, last available financial data) filed for bankruptcy in a Delaware court. This includes 354 stores in the USA, the brand licence and U.S...
18 March 2025
In 2024, E.Leclerc and Lidl were the 2 biggest French advertisers
On March 6, 2025, Kantar Media presented the Top 100 Advertisers 2024, revealing that they now account for 46% of investments in the multi-media advertising market (press, radio, TV, OOH, cinema...
13 March 2025
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Against a backdrop of growing pressure on household budgets, the European CCD2 Directive coming into force and a new legal framework for assisted purchasing journeys, Oney is stepping up an...
- Retail
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- Retail tech
29 October 2026
Amid an ownership shake-up following its acquisition by Evoriel, shopping centre operator Advantail has signed with Formality to digitise the management of commercial leases and contracts across...
23 October 2026
With an average basket of €3,500 and a payment journey that includes a financial deposit at the time of ordering, Mobilier de France shares with mind Retail its assessment of the rollout of...
- Retail
- mind Exclusive
- Retail tech
15 October 2026
Eager to bring together customer data and improve data accuracy, jewellery and watch retailer Maison A.Constant built its own Single Customer Repository (SCR) using n8n, an orchestration platform...
7 October 2026
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Eric Meulien, Al Futtaim: “The next step in our roadmap is to replace the in-store POS system”
Operating in 18 countries and managing brands such as Ikea, Zara and Marks & Spencer, Emirati group Al-Futtaim (2025 revenue: US$9.7 billion, up by 6%) has a unique vantage point from which to...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- Analysis
12 October 2026
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Marketplaces: How Orange and Virgin Australia reinvent their value creation models
Looking to turn their audience into a commercial platform without having to carry the risk of holding stock, new verticals are entering the marketplace space, with new models designed to enhance...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- News
8 October 2026
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How Maison A.Constant built a unified customer database with n8n
Eager to bring together customer data and improve data accuracy, jewellery and watch retailer Maison A.Constant built its own Single Customer Repository (SCR) using n8n, an orchestration platform...
7 October 2026
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Cashback: Younited secures an exclusive contract with Bouygues Telecom
Following Orange and the launch of a marketplace, Bouygues Telecom is strengthening a customer loyalty strategy by focusing on purchasing power with a new cashback offer. For French fintech...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- News
16 October 2026