Retailer and e-commerce

Despite sustained growth for most grocery retailers in 2025, margins tightened and the hierarchy has reshuffled, favouring the most omnichannel and diversified companies, such as Walmart, Ahold...

16 May 2026

The Home Depot bets on Reddit and Pinterest to enrich a retail media offering

As consumers currently use large AI models for product discovery and recommendations - and not to buy - the media network of The Home Depot signed 2 unprecedented agreements with Reddit and...

13 May 2026

With 83 million users, Yuka establishes itself as a product transparency standard

Yuka has just reached 18 million monthly active users, up by 20% since January, mind Retail has learned. The application is accelerating an adoption in the USA, but also in Europe with an...

7 May 2026

Gamestop bids US$56 billion to acquire eBay

The video game retailer Gamestop has submitted a takeover bid for eBay. Led by C.E.O. Ryan Cohen, this acquisition aims to reach a critical size against Amazon by focusing on key categories and...

7 May 2026

Oh My Cream launches photo diagnosis and AI agent to enhance a shopper experience

As Oh My cream has launched the Dialog AI agent in 2 countries, the beauty retailer wants to break traditional e-commerce patterns, still structured in categories, filters and product pages...

5 May 2026

Mastering the cost of AI

With AI models, the technological barrier has collapsed for many transformation projects. After a phase of industrialising content generation projects, the priority is now ROI, alongside the...

5 May 2026

Luxury and marketplaces: Lacoste relies on Mirakl Connect to break a technical ceiling

In the wake of Rabanne, Lacoste is structuring a marketplace push. While retailers active on at least 2 marketplaces record a GMV 17.5 times higher than single-channel players, Lacoste is relying...

30 April 2026

AI in retail: priority shifts on ROI management and FinOps rigour

While the technological barrier has collapsed for many transformation projects in the retail sector due to AI models, mind Retail has investigated FinOps challenges. What are the best practices...

29 April 2026

Retail media and digital advertising: Meta to outpace Google by 2026

The world’s advertising duopoly is about to experience a historic shift. According to Emarketer forecasts, Meta should snatch Google, the advertising leader in net revenue by the end of 2026...

27 April 2026

How Coopérative U strengthened local roots and combined brand content, research and video with 366

Advised by Heroiks media agency Heroiks, French grocery retailer Coopérative U chose 366 to produce a bespoke study and media plan to communicate a cooperative status as part of a brand...

27 April 2026

OMS : Fnac-Darty chooses Fluent Commerce

Already active in the USA but also in Europe with clients such as JD Sports, L’Oréal and LVMH, the Australian editor of Order Management Systems Fluent Commerce said on April 21...

27 April 2026

Email tracking pixels: French personal data authority Cnil toughens the rules

In France, Cnil unveiled on April 14, 2026, a recommendation on email tracking pixels, a key e-commerce question. It now imposes the collection of consent in several use cases, notably linked to...

17 April 2026

Small parcels : Highly contested by shoppers and retailers, tax exemption is extended until 2029 in the U.K.

Ahead of the Retail Technology Show 2026, a study revealed that 54% of British consumers want a reform of the customs exemption on small e-commerce parcels. A strong signal, while this scheme...

16 April 2026

With 80% of sales of floor installation digitalised, Saint Maclou starts a major tech overhaul

Between an overhaul of the offer, CRM and ERP migrations and full digitalisation of in-store installation services, the floor specialised retailer is accelerating a technological transformation...

15 April 2026

DAM & AI : Decathlon enters a second stage of a content factory with video and visual similarity

During the AWS Summit in Paris, Decathlon explained how it transformed a DAM (Digital Asset Management) into a genuine content factory boosted by AI. With 19 million multimedia assets and a...

14 April 2026

In 2025, Vinted’s sales accelerated to €1.1 billion at the cost of a compressed margin

Having passed a sales threshold of €1 billion in 2025, Vinted continues to diversify. Between a massive push of Vinted Go lockers, category expansion and the launch of a wallet, the second-hand...

9 April 2026

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How Upsellr boosts conversion at Les Mousquetaires and targets traditional PIMs

While his start-up shakes up an array of players focused on product data management solutions, Edouard Margain, Co-Founder of Upsellr, shared with us at NRF Europe the results of the data...

19 September 2026

Hanshow makes a breakthrough in the US but stumbles on the economics of smart trolley

While at NRF Europe, Hanshow revealed a major contract with one of the U.S. retail giants to mind Retail, its smart trolley has yet to prove a market match. A hardware-focused strategy that raises...

18 September 2026

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

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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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

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

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...

24 August 2026

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

Lidl’s owner continues cloud services offensive

With €2.2 billion in cloud revenue and growth 3 times faster than the rest of the business, Schwarz Group continues a technological shift. Between investments in its own data centres, buyouts in...

1 September 2026