Price-fixing agreement: €157 million fine for Gucci, Chloé and Loewe Europe The European Commission has dealt a major blow to the luxury sector by fining Gucci, Chloé and Loewe for price-fixing practices that continued until 2023. The penalty, amounting to 120 million euros, is particularly steep for Gucci (Kering), whose sales fell by 23% in 2024.
Anti-deforestation law: the Commission about to backpedal once again on the Green Deal Europe Adopted with ambition in 2023, the anti-deforestation law was intended to mark a turning point for European manufacturers and retailers using soy, cocoa, coffee or leather. Two years later, Brussels is backpedalling: the traceability platform is not ready and the Commission acknowledges the need to simplify a doctrine deemed unenforceable in its current form.
Fast fashion: Italy plans to tax Shein, Temu and AliExpress through extended producer responsibility Europe According to a Reuters report published on October 15, Italy is considering imposing additional taxes on Asian fast fashion platforms.…
Agentic Commerce: when ChatGPT disintermediates retail Americas Europe Already launched at Etsy, BigBasket and soon Walmart and Glossier, AI agents allow purchasing a product or service directly within artificial intelligence engines, without leaving the conversation. A strategy explored in France by Carrefour and Groupama, mind Retail learned. Analysis of a shift that raises questions about the role of e-commerce sites, control of transactional data and future dependence on AI platforms.
Live shopping: Asos moves closer to social commerce to compete with TikTok Shop Europe After a successful test in August, the British pure player Asos (2024 turnover: 3.7 billion dollars,…
Serge Papin, former C.E.O. of Cooperative U, appointed Minister Delegate for Trade and SMEs Europe On October 12, during the presentation of Sébastien Lecornu’s new government, Serge Papin was appointed Minister Delegate for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises. He succeeds Véronique Louwagie (LR party),…
The French OECD contact point urges Shein to comply with international human rights standards Europe As Shein faces controversy over recent partnerships with Pimkie and BHV (SGM), the French National Contact Point (NCP) of the OECD published on September 29 ten recommendations urging the fast-fashion platform to review its model and apply a duty of vigilance.
[mind Info] Thanks to a conversational chatbot, La Grande Récré triples e-commerce conversion rates Europe While AI conversational chatbots have become widespread in e-commerce, La Grande Récré shared with mind Retail the results of the tool launched in summer 2025 with iAdvize: number of queries, average basket size and conversion rate. Here are the figures.
ChatGPT reaches a milestone: 10% of conversations are about shopping, clicks surge Europe As the use of OpenAI’s search engine becomes part of daily life for more than 40% of Internet users according to Yext, U.S. research firm Sensor Tower has analysed prompts related to shopping. At the end of June 2025, 10% of requests were already commerce-related, a share that is due to rise with Black Friday and the holiday season.
How Ikea France optimises store management control with AI Europe In a context of declining sales for Ikea France, down by 3.6% in 2024, Christophe Cadic, Digital Director, presented the Good Practices Assistant during the Hubforum. Dedicated to Management Controllers, this intelligent agent accelerates store performance analysis and identifies cost centers and opportunities for optimisation.
