Analysis

Food retail: 6 charts to understand the financial health of the world’s Top 10 in 2022
Rising costs, inflation, purchasing power. After 2 years of crazy growth boosted by Covid-19, 2022 was a good one in terms of sales, but not profitability. For the 2023 edition of this exclusive...
20 April 2023
Fashion: which second-hand models are the most profitable for retailers?
Since 2021, second-hand offers have been multiplying among fashion retailers. In an analysis carried out by mind Retail among some 30 retailers, we see that the models and their associated...
30 March 2023
[Confidential] GPT Chat: Yext is working on two features based on the generative A.I. model
The U.S. company is one of the first to reveal integration of GPT 3, the GPT Chat language model, into its natural language chatbot. According to our information, another project is to have a...
15 February 2023
Charging for returns: pure players follow the lead of omnichannel retailers
Since spring 2022, H&M and Zara adopted a policy of charging for returns on online purchases, thus setting standards for standardisation of e-commerce market. Some pure-players are following...
26 January 2023
[Confidential] In France, Picnic’s will end 2022 at around €28 million in sales
Increase in frequency, conquest of Berlin and of the Paris region in Q1 2023, selective automation of fulfillment centres… While funding is tightening for quick-commerce companies, Picnic is...
6 January 2023
Confidential. Citrus Ad to open an office in Dubai
Advertising technology company Citrus Ad (owned by Publicis Group since 2021) is building a team in the United Arab Emirates. According to Alban Villani, C.E.O. EMEA, “We are in the process...
6 December 2022
Ads.txt: which advertising providers do retailers work with?
In our study of 100 e-commerce sites worldwide, mind Retail analysed the relationships between retailers' websites and marketplaces alongside service providers responsible for selling their...
28 October 2022
George Yates, Back Market : “In 16 markets, our main challenge is to ensure that supply keeps pace with demand”
Only six months after previous fundraising, the second-hand marketplace Back Market (specialising in electrical products), raised €450 million and reached a valuation of €5.1 billion. George...
31 January 2022
Faysal AlMalki, Al Malki Group : “Since covid, customers who come into the stores are customers who buy”
Created in 1952, the Franco-Saudi family group Al Malki represents more than 50 luxury brands (Estée Lauder, Lancôme, Chopard, Boucheron, Cartier…) in the Gulf. Faysal AlMalki, C.O.O. of the...
15 June 2020
Vincent Rey, Madura : “Our next showroom will have a zero inventory policy”
A discussion with Vincent Rey, C.E.O. of Madura’s home decoration retailer.
20 March 2018
[confidential] Alibaba tests Hema Fresh, a Chinese version of Amazon Go
Mind retail has learned that China's e-commerce giant Alibaba is quietly rolling out "Hema Fresh" supermarket labs. Fully digitalized and serving as e-commerce hubs, they are part of our selection...
13 June 2017
Luke Lim, AS Louken, Singapore: “Alibaba is likely to keep investing in brick & mortar retailers”
Three questions to Luke Lim, C.E.O. of AS Louken consulting firm based in Singapore.
12 January 2017
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Shoprite adopts Yoobic solution for 3,600 stores and 160,000 employees
As announced in April in mind Retail, the African grocery retailer Shoprite has confirmed the rollout of the Yoobic application to optimise staff task management and anomaly detection in stores...
29 October 2025
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[mind Exclusive] After signing Fusalp and Ysé, Webyn relies on Gemini to boost the performance of e-commerce A/B testing
Awarded on October 13, 2025, in the category of the Customer Relationship Awards, the start-up specialising in e-commerce A/B testing continues to grow. For mind Retail, C.E.O. and Co-Founder...
23 October 2025
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Cyberattack: Muji, Loft and Sogo & Seibu e-commerce sites down in Japan
Since October 19, Japanese logistics company Askul (2024 revenue: 3.3 billion dollars, up by 2% year-on-year) has been the victim of a cyberattack, preventing it from managing e-commerce orders...
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TikTok Shop and Temu strengthen logistics networks by signing with Royal Mail and La Poste
To accelerate European markets, TikTok Shop and Temu signed agreements with the leading postal operators in France and the United Kingdom. Here is a look at these strategic partnerships.
20 October 2025
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Scope 3 carbon footprint: How Auchan is moving toward eco-selection of suppliers
Auchan Retail is taking another step forward in the decarbonisation of Scope 3 emissions. Since August, the retailer has begun including smaller suppliers in the measurement of CO2 emissions...
13 October 2025
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Cosmetics: How start-up Aiso multiplied by 5 the visibility of U.S. brand Particle on ChatGPT
Since March 2025, Israeli start-up Aiso has been working with the U.S. online brand Particle, a specialist in men’s cosmetics, to strengthen visibility on ChatGPT. In 6 months, impressions have...
13 October 2025