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In Belgium, Carrefour is preparing to launch a Reeborn app, dedicated to second-hand goods, in early November. Arnaud Lesne, Director of Innovation and Partnerships, talks to mind Retail about...

19 October 2023

Furniture and bulky goods: new initiatives for re-use

While second-hand digital platforms made their mark in the fashion sector (Vinted accounted for 12.6% of the volume of clothing purchased in France in H1 2023), furniture retailers, with their...

5 October 2023

Tony Sciarrotta, Reverse Logistics Association : “Recycling is always the worst option in terms of value creation”

At a time when the NRF has just acquired the Reverse Logistics Association (RLA), Mind Retail interviewed the Executive Director, Tony Sciarrotta. Between Artificial Intelligence, auctions...

29 September 2023

David Eichholtzer, Wam Agency: “With Google’s new SGE, the visibility game is getting tougher”

David Eichholtzer, Founder of Wam Agency, has been testing the Search Generative Experience (SGE), available in the U.S.A. via Google Labs. We asked him about the Gen Z's expectations in terms of...

14 September 2023

EPR in the building sector: retailers struggle to set up collection points

In France, since May 1, the trade and DIY sectors have been paying an eco-contribution for the recycling of end-of-life products as part of the EPR program for the building industry. By December...

5 July 2023

[confidential] Interflora is about to launch an unlimited delivery subscription service in Italy

Having made subscription a lever for repeat sales and customers loyalty in France, the flower delivery platform is unveiling priorities for Europe. Marta Lucas, Group Head of Relationship...

20 June 2023

[confidential] Vinted Go has processed 100,000 orders in six months

One year after a launch, Vinted shared the figures for Vinted Go with mind Retail at the Deliver conference in Amsterdam. The Vinted Go system, which was designed to re-insource logistics and...

14 June 2023

Reusable dishes: French anti-waste law constraining fast-food chains

On 31st May 2023, France's fast-food retailers had to present action plans to the government for adopting reusable tableware for on-the-spot consumption. While the legislation is not yet binding...

2 June 2023

‘Yes Ad’ zones: in-store traffic takes a hit in Q1 2023

Given exclusive access to the Adot study, mind Retail revealed that in France, only 13% of households in ‘Yes Ad’ zones affixed an “opt-in” sticker to letterboxes at the end of March 2023. As a...

25 May 2023

[Analysis] Private labels: What are the best practices of European retailers in 2023?

Although European countries have historically been among the largest private label markets in the world, 2022 and Q1 2023 have seen a major shift towards private labels in most markets. Private...

16 May 2023

How e-retail media technology companies are positioning themselves

Criteo, Publicis with Citrus Ad, Mirakl Ads, Microsoft with PromoteIQ, Casino with RelevanC and Tryger are the main players offering technologies dedicated to retail media in France. When did they...

11 May 2023

[Amazon results] Focus on A.I. to revive AWS, a declining source of profitability in Q1

Whilst Amazon's e-commerce business is losing momentum (down by 0.1% year-on-year), the AWS cloud service is recording the slowest growth since 2015. To improve profitability, the tech giant is...

4 May 2023

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

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Aroma-Zone and Najar reveal the behind-the-scenes of a strategic partnership

As the adoption of AI results in increasing cost volatility for companies, mind Retail spoke in Monaco with Christelle Glaszer, Manager of Indirect Purchases at Aroma-Zone natural beauty retailer...

13 March 2026

After-sales service: Prolong aims to become the OS of repair and adds 3 luxury brands

Signing of three high-end clients, launch of a maintenance passport, imminent Seed funding round and cloud migration project in China… At a 1-to-1 conference in Monaco, the Founder of Prolong...

12 March 2026

Regulatory: With 200,000 Digital Product Passports issued, Darty scales up

While the European Commission is set to vote on delegated acts to specify requirements for home appliances, Darty is accelerating a Digital Product Passport (DPP) push by integrating new products...

11 March 2026

Electronic labels: Hanshow accelerates breakthrough and signs with a leading British retailer

While the leader in electronic labels, Vusion exceeded €1.47 billion in revenue in 2025, rival Hanshow is stepping up a global offensive, winning a strategic account in the U.K. and a new POC for...

27 February 2026

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Klépierre, URW, Carmila: in 2025, retail media and services accounted for nearly 10% of net rental income

Published on February 12 and 19, annual financial results of the three major European property companies show that Klépierre, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, and Carmila are no longer singing from the...

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