Jean-Yves Gras, Colissimo: “By October 2025, we will offer photos of packages in mailboxes or at home upon delivery” Europe Guillaume Darrousez, C.E.O. of the Petit Bateau children's wear brand, was a guest of the latest FrenchFounders meeting in Paris, attended by mind Retail. He shared future plans to combine carbon impact reduction with profitability.
Thibault Tabard, Ingka: ‘With 2 to 3 openings per year, we are aiming for 20 design studios by 2030’ As Ikea expands urban stores dedicated to project design, mind Retail wanted to understand the results. How many appointments were made last year ? What is the uplift in consumer spending ? We have an exclusive analysis from Thibault Tabard, Director of Expansion for France at Ingka, the group's first franchisee.
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.
Entretien Cédric Rossi, Bryan Garnier & Co: “We should not expect a massive wave of relocation due to U.S. tariffs” Americas Interviews Faced with the threat of tariffs of 25% levied by Donald Trump and 200% on wines and champagne, will European retailers reassess their relocation? Interview with Cédric Rossi, Retail and Luxury Consultant at Bryan Garnier & Co.
Interview Patricia Grundmann, Obi Group: “Our future adserver will be able to handle a lot of API calls and operate DOOH in-store” Patricia Grundmann, VP Media & Retail Media at German D.I.Y. retailer Obi Group Holding, told mind Retail all about her plans for the transformation of the company in 2025. This includes a launch of retail media in a 3rd European country, roll-out of video formats, extension of DOOH inventory within in-store aisles and selection of a new adserver replacing PromoteIQ.
Patrick Bousquet-Chavanne, Abu Dhabi RDP: ‘The big risk is the postponement of key investments due to a lack of political visibility’ Impact of customs tariffs, continued cooling demand for luxury goods, wait-and-see attitude in terms of investments. At the NRF, Patrick Bousquet-Chavanne, former C.E.O. of Emaar Malls and Executive CMO of Marks & Spencer, and currently Advisor to the Abu Dhabi Retail Development Program, shared with mind Retail his vision for retail in 2025.
Interview Didier Veloso, GS1: “At Decathlon and L’Oréal, the usages’ growth of QR code scanning is very encouraging” Interviews As traditional barcode is reaching its limits, QR codes are proliferating on home-electrical, fashion and food products. Didier Veloso, Executive President of GS1 France, and Diana de Bernardy, Sustainability and Circularity Manager, talked to mind Retail about the next steps for the Digital Product Passport and the GS1 augmented QR code.
data Interview Cécile Margnac, Snowflake: “Data clean room can add great value to retail promotional efficiency” Interviews Marketing campaigns, retail media, assortment, promotions... While Snowflake has managed to shake up offerings of traditional CDP suppliers such as Oracle or Teradata, Cécile Margnac, Senior Sales Engineer Manager Retail, FMCG and Luxury goods, analyses the potential of data clean rooms for retail and e-commerce.
Interview Free Anne-Laure Gayet (Jerome Gayet Foundation): “Few retailers have really made getting people back to work a CSR priority” Interviews The Jérôme Gayet Foundation is unusual in that it is made up of volunteer mentors, mainly from the retail, e-commerce and tech sectors. It will be celebrating a fifth anniversary in 2025. As new projects come on stream, the foundation is preparing to launch a new type of support for start-up entrepreneurs.
Margot Pouliquen, Nature & Découvertes: “In 6 months, the marketplace has grown from 36% to 42% of our digital turnover” Interviews A subsidiary of the Darty group since 2019, Nature & Découvertes explained to mind Retail the three scale up projects for a marketplace operated by Mirakl. These are omnicanality between 3P and stores, he launch of an experiential offering and finally the launch of retail media from 2024. Margot Pouliquen, the company's Marketplace Manager, and Joseph Ascione, Mirakl's Director of Customer Success, present the strategic priorities and key figures for this business, which is celebrating a 10th anniversary this year.
