Fnac Darty launches takeoverbid for Unieuro to create a European leader
Following the approval given by the Italian financial markets authority on August 23, Italian home-electrical retailer Unieuro (2023 sales of €2.63 billion) has until October 25 to accept...
13 September 2024
[mind Retail Exclusive] Darty signs up with Custplace for long-term customer reviews
Three and a half months after launching "long-term reviews" in partnership with Custplace, Fnac Darty is taking stock. The initiative enabled Darty home electrical retailer to collect an average...
12 September 2024
H&M and New Look strengthen their agreements on subcontracting practices
As companies are investing in CSRD, fashion retailers are signing more and more agreements to protect the rights of workers and subcontractors in their manufacturing and transport process.
6 September 2024
Beauty: Nykka relies on express delivery to deliver 50% of orders on D+1
On September 3, according to Office Chai, Indian omnichannel fashion and beauty retailer Nykka (US$770 million turnover in 2023, up 24%, 200 stores in 72 Indian cities) launched a 3-hour delivery...
6 September 2024
Xavier Niel joins the board of directors of ByteDance, parent company of TikTok
TikTok has until the end of January 2025 to meet an ultimatum set by the USA. Meanwhile, Frenchman Xavier Niel joined the Board of Directors of ByteDance, TikTok's parent company.
5 September 2024
In the U.S.A., pure-players account for 37% of back-to-school purchases
In the United States, sales of school supplies are expected to reach US$31.3 billion in 2024 (Deloitte). While Walmart leads the market with a 34% market share in value terms, supermarkets and...
3 September 2024
Ikea and Walmart rely on marketplaces to boost second hand sales
While Walmart is introducing new categories of second-hand products to its marketplace, Ikea is testing a version of C2C digital marketplace. While this approach has not been successful for...
30 August 2024
In one year, 50% of UK TikTok users have bought on TikTok Shop
In both the UK and the USA, TikTok Shop is gaining market share in the fashion and beauty categories. In the first half of 2024, the TikTok e-commerce service became the 10th-largest e-tailer in...
29 August 2024
[mind Retail Exclusive] Blissim transfers thousands of customer reviews to the Sephora website
Since June 1, 2024, subscription beauty box specialist Blissim (1.2 million customers in France, 2023 turnover of around €50 million) has been capitalising on customer reviews. Previously...
28 August 2024
The Olympics boosted sales of Decathlon, Nike and supermarkets
Buoyed by licensed products, the enthusiasm for sport and the influx of foreign visitors to Paris, the French retail sector enjoyed a boom during the two weeks of competition. Here is a detailed...
28 August 2024
How Enhancy, with a model of automation and AI, wants to industrialise the second-hand sector
Optical Character Recognition, automated photo retouching and pricing... Enhancy, a SaaS company specialising in optimising the online resale of 2nd hand products (household appliances and...
27 August 2024
Despite better Q2 results than Alibaba, Temu reviews strategy
The quarterly results to the end of June for Alibaba (sales up 4%, including down by 1% for retail) and Temu (sales up 86%) worried financial markets. Rising competition from TikTok and other...
27 August 2024
China: After an upbeat Q2, Walmart sells JD.com
On August 21, Walmart confirmed the sale of their stake in JD.com (2023 sales:US$153 billion, up 3.7% in a year). In China, faced with competitors Pinduoduo, Xiaohongshu and Alibaba, the...
23 August 2024
Social commerce: why Amazon needs TikTok’s audience
At a time when growth is slowing, Amazon (2023 sales: US$574.8 billion, up 12%) signed an agreement on August, 8 with Tik Tok (1.58 billion users in April) to enable highly engaged American users...
21 August 2024
Macy’s develops post-purchase retail media with Rokt AI
After a test phase last autumn, Macy’s Media Network, the Macy’s advertising network created in 2020, signed a partnership with New York-based retail tech Rokt on August 8, 2024. This...
21 August 2024
Apple compelled to open up iPhone contactless payment to competitors
On July 11, Apple (quarterly sales at the end of July: US$85.5 billion, up 4.9% year-on-year) made a commitment to the European Commission to open up iPhone contactless payment to competing...
20 August 2024
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Faced with debt and declining sales, Fossil files for bankruptcy
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29 October 2025
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AI search engines: how advertising is entering the conversation
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[mind Exclusive] After signing Fusalp and Ysé, Webyn relies on Gemini to boost the performance of e-commerce A/B testing
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