Start-up under the microscope French start-up Gaudier pivots toward in-store customer data Originally focused on producing sampling machines and sensors for the beauty sector, start-up Gaudier, incubated at LVMH’s innovation lab, is now making a strategic shift toward in-store customer data collection through IoT. Aiming to compete with RetailNext, Footfallcam and Kepler, it has just signed a deal with L’Oréal in Mexico to equip 1,000 stores, mind Retail learned. C.E.O. and co-Founder Arthur Hagiage shares the roadmap of a start-up already working with Coty, Dior Parfums, Sephora, Burberry, Cartier, Yves Saint Laurent and Tiffany and Co.
[2025 Fashion Barometer] Inditex, Fast Retailing, Shein, Nike… Who is really winning the battle for profits? Which omnichannel fashion retailers boosted online sales during the last financial year? How has their store network evolved? What is the impact on profitability? In the 3rd edition of our barometer, which compares the performance of the world's Top 13 retailers, mind Retail reveals the e-commerce plateau that most retailers have reached. While Shein and Zalando have gained market share and posted a 2.5% net margin, it is still traditional retailers who dictate the rules of profitability and capitalisation.
[Puma sale] In an anxious market, how much room for price manoeuvre do Nike, Adidas and JD Sports have? As Kering's holding company sells Puma, mind Retail analysed the latest financial results of the footwear retailers and their commercial and pricing strategies. Here are the key figures to understand the trajectory and room for manoeuvre of Nike, JD Sports, Footlocker and Adidas.
data [Food Retail Barometer 2024] The financial health of the world’s 10 largest food retailers in 7 charts Now in a fourth edition, our annual barometer presents the financial performance of the world's 10 largest food retailers from 2017 to 2024: Walmart, Costco, Kroger, Seven & I, Target, Ahold-Delhaize, Carrefour, Albertsons, Tesco and Aeon. With the exception of 3 players, most retailers failed to save their margins last year. In terms of e-commerce, all retailers made progress, with some even breaking through the 18% sales share glass ceiling.
Interview Through the VC lens Guillaume Echaudemaison: “Seventure is investing in a retail tech company that personalises customer relations on a large scale” Europe Interviews Guillaume Echaudemaison is a Senior Investment Manager in the Digital team at venture capital firm Seventure Partners. Focusing on Series A funding, Seventure has notably supported SumUp and Talentsoft, and is rapidly expanding in the retail sector. Another investment in retail tech will soon be announced, the partner revealed to mind Retail.
[Amazon results] Amazon maintained growth and doubled margin in 2024 Driven by e-commerce, the marketplace, the cloud and advertising - four entities that have each generated more than US$10 billion in incremental revenue - Amazon ended 2024 with solid fundamentals and a doubled margin. However, investors remain concerned about Donald Trump's policy on Chinese imports, which could weaken the business.
Lectra aims to reduce waste in the fashion industry with Valia Europe As pressure mounts on fashion retailers to combine profitability with CSR regulations, Lectra is launching Valia, a cloud-based software package that optimises textile cutting and reduces waste.
Omnichannel, video, photo: online and in-store, customer reviews are re-inventing themselves As e-commerce returns to growth, online retailers need to optimise customer reviews to stay ahead of the game. We look at the strategies of Amazon, Shein, Temu, Fnac Darty, Decathlon, Picard, Damart, Leroy Merlin and Carrefour.
Despite stable inflation, European retail has not recovered in the 1st half of the year According to Eurostat, inflation in Europe and the U.S.A. levelled out at around 2% year-on-year at the end of June. However, food inflation remains at 26% and 19% respectively, over a rolling 3-year period. Whilst not affecting the U.S.A., price rises are having a major impact on retailers in Germany, and to a lesser extent in France.
Start-up under the microscope 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 fashion), won the Startup Award at Tech for Retail and is now accelerated at EuraTechnologies. Having just added a new client from the 2nd hand luxury goods sector, CEO Alexandre Fristot presented his AI and Gen-AI-based technological soluction to mind Retail.
