[Luxury Barometer] Global Top 5 in 2024: a delicate balance As Richemont and Chanel publish 2024 accounts (May 2025), mind Retail analyses the health of the world's top five luxury brands—LVMH, Chanel, Hermès, Kering, and Richemont—using 5 indicators. While the global market is experiencing a second year of decline, Hermès and Richemont are standing out with gains in market capitalisation, sales growth and, for the former, a record margin of 30.3%. Conversely, LVMH, Chanel and Kering are seeing sales and market capitalisation melt away.
In 2024, which retailers have the best scores on the professional equality index? In 2024, 1,812 online and omnichannel retailers with more than 50 staff reported their score on the professional gender equality index to the French Ministry of Labour. mind Retail analysed the scores of companies in 8 retail sectors for the financial year ending in December 2024.
Words from retail leaders: how to prioritise the use of AI in project mode During the 1-to-1 conference in Monaco, mind Retail asked 5 analysts, retail and e-commerce executives to share their roadmap in terms of using AI in project mode in the coming months. They also shared the management issues associated with these projects within their teams. Here is our summary.
Which European retail start-up and scale-up raised funds in 2024? In Western Europe, 73 retail tech start-up and scale-up raised funds in the first 9 months of 2024. Discover them in mind Retail's barometer, with data from our partner INVYO.
The major retail and e-commerce trends of 2025 In a context of sluggish consumption, budgetary and geopolitical uncertainties (U.S.A., Middle East, Ukraine), concentration and financing tensions, retailers are prioritising efficient and hyper-agile schemes. Mind Retail summarised the 6 themes that will structure 2025
