Financing and expansion

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...

17 March 2023

USA: Meta stops live shopping initiatives

In mid-February 2023, Meta (turnover of US$117 billion in 2022 down by 1%) indicated the end of the possibility to tag products (and thus make them “shoppable”) in live...

9 March 2023

DIY : The Home Depot saves margin in 2022, despite a weak housing market in the US

On February 21, The Home Depot released annual results. Despite the weak property market in the USA, the company managed to retain margin. However, the current fiscal year looks risky and the...

7 March 2023

In 2022, Lego’s net profit margin ratio exceeded that of LVMH

In 2022, Lego‘s turnover slowed down. From 27% growth a year ago, it grew by 17% in 2022 to €8.7 billion (constant rates) via 904 stores. Western Europe and America were particularly...

7 March 2023

Zalando’s sales growth stopped in 2022, with operating margin divided by three

Following a meteoric growth in 2021 (turnover of €10.35 billion up by 29.7%), Zalando‘s sales reached €10.34 billion in 2022, slightly down by -0.1%. While the number of...

7 March 2023

Walmart returns to strong growth in 2022, at the expense of margin

With a low price positioning, Walmart has managed to accelerate growth in 2022. This policy has nevertheless cost profitability. Note: the group has generated US$2.7 billion in advertising...

24 February 2023

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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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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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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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