Retailer and e-commerce
[Case study] With Hanshow, Leroy Merlin cuts picking time by 17% for 2-hour pick-up
On February 28, at EuroCIS, Leroy Merlin and Hanshow received the Reta Awards 2024 for best in-store retail solution and best supplier respectively. mind Retail reports on the deployment of...
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2 May 2024
[mind Retail Exclusive] With its app, Mondial Relay enhances locker capacity
To optimize maximum capacity of lockers, Mondial Relay (a subsidiary of Polish Group Inpost) relies on the app, launched in Poland and also in France in October 2022. “Downloading our app...
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25 April 2024
[mind Retail Exclusive] Cora signs with Delipop to pool e-commerce flows
Mind Retail learned that, after signing up Carrefour, Intermarché and Monoprix, Delipop has just gained up two more clients in the food retail sector.
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23 April 2024
L’Occitane, Sephora, Ulta Beauty make major moves in a slowing market
As the beauty market slows down, particularly in China, cosmetics retailers are making major moves. L'Occitane is delisting from the Hong Kong stock exchange, Sephora is changing governance in...
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17 April 2024
Jean-Louis Borde, Gemo: “We are going to launch a rental service for our baby range”
Fashion retailer Gemo, part of the Eram group, adapted logistic tools to embrace a circularity journey for rental services. Jean-Louis Borde, Supply-Chain Director, explained adoption of the new...
Fashion: U.S.A. second-hand clothing is struggling to make profits
In the U.S.A., second-hand marketplaces are not making profits. Clothing resale platform ThredUp (sales of US$322 million in 2023, up 12%) continues to post substantial losses (US$71.2 million in...
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2 April 2024
Hampered by geopolitical tensions, Majid Al Futtaim ends 2023 almost at a standstill
Affected by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the devaluation of the Egyptian currency, Majid Al Futtaim unveiled mixed financial results for 2023.
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28 March 2024
French government is expected to confirm laws for “fast fashion” and eco-score
In France, following adoption of a fast fashion law by the Parliament in mid-March, the government is under pressure to deliver. Definitions are needed for company thresholds alongside terms and...
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26 March 2024
Philippe Muhr, Intersport: “GenAI at the start of the chatbot funnel, helps us better assess consumer’s needs and boosts conversion”
At the 1-to-1 show in Monaco, Philippe Muhr, E-Commerce Director at Intersport, spoke exclusively to mind Retail about his transformation roadmap, and the results of the integration of GenAI into...
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14 March 2024
Troubled Maisons du Monde relies on Google’s AI to keep e-commerce afloat
Maisons du Monde is unveiling a recovery plan, that focused on a new franchising model. Meanwhile, it is taking stock of how to use AI to improve performance, including digital acquisition...
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13 March 2024
EU: sustainability due diligence directive blocked by France, Germany and Italy
The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive has failed to win support from the qualified majority of member states needed to reach the final vote in the European Parliament. The...
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1 March 2024
Temu wants to open a digital marketplace to American sellers
The e-commerce platform Temu (a subsidiary of PDD Holdings, Pinduoduo’s parent company), known for low-value products, is expanding considerably. By October 2023, Temu was selling into 47...
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27 February 2024
Carrefour ends 2023 on a high note and aims to lease-operate 30% of hypermarkets
Carrefour has published a positive balance sheet for 2023, boosted by external growth in Brazil and in Europe. In France, the strategy of switching to franchising and leasing contracts has...
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27 February 2024
Nike cuts 2% of workforce to reduce costs
At Nike, the layoff of 1,600 staff, announced on February 15, 2024, is part of a US$2 billion cost-cutting plan over the next 3 years. In December, the company revised annual revenue forecasts...
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20 February 2024
[Amazon results] Strong growth and profitability in 2023, thanks to a rebalanced business model
After a sharp post-Covid-19 slowdown, Amazon is recovering. In 2023, sales rose by 11.8% in one year, representing US$60.8 billion in additional revenue. After reorganising logistics business and...
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19 February 2024
The Digital Service Act extends authority to all marketplaces
From February 17, 2024, the DSA (Digital Service Act) extended authority to all e-commerce sites operating in the European Union, whatever their size. Amongst measures is an obligation to appoint...
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19 February 2024
Our mind news
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...
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19 September 2026
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...
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18 September 2026
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
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
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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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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...
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24 August 2026
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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
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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...
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1 September 2026