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Despite sustained growth for most grocery retailers in 2025, margins tightened and the hierarchy has reshuffled, favouring the most omnichannel and diversified companies, such as Walmart, Ahold...

16 May 2026

With 83 million users, Yuka establishes itself as a product transparency standard

Yuka has just reached 18 million monthly active users, up by 20% since January, mind Retail has learned. The application is accelerating an adoption in the USA, but also in Europe with an...

7 May 2026

Venture Report CB Insights Q1 2026: the market enters an era of super deals

According to CB Insights, Q1 2026 saw an acceleration of funding in global tech, driven by AI mega rounds. While funding levels reached a 4-year high, capital is concentrating among a shrinking...

7 May 2026

AI in retail: priority shifts on ROI management and FinOps rigour

While the technological barrier has collapsed for many transformation projects in the retail sector due to AI models, mind Retail has investigated FinOps challenges. What are the best practices...

29 April 2026

How Coopérative U strengthened local roots and combined brand content, research and video with 366

Advised by Heroiks media agency Heroiks, French grocery retailer Coopérative U chose 366 to produce a bespoke study and media plan to communicate a cooperative status as part of a brand...

27 April 2026

Najar SaaS Trend Report : What are the 10 AI solutions most adopted by retailers in 2026?

According to Najar's Retail SaaS Trend Report 2026 study, to which mind Retail had access, 65% of retailers use at least 5 AI tools (OpenAI, Mistral, Claude...) simultaneously. While ChatGPT...

27 April 2026

Email tracking pixels: French personal data authority Cnil toughens the rules

In France, Cnil unveiled on April 14, 2026, a recommendation on email tracking pixels, a key e-commerce question. It now imposes the collection of consent in several use cases, notably linked to...

17 April 2026

DAM & AI : Decathlon enters a second stage of a content factory with video and visual similarity

During the AWS Summit in Paris, Decathlon explained how it transformed a DAM (Digital Asset Management) into a genuine content factory boosted by AI. With 19 million multimedia assets and a...

14 April 2026

A Google traffic up by 12% : how Sézane industrialised a SEO and Search strategy via a content factory

With 10 million monthly users and a range based on frequently renewed items, pure-player Sézane detailed, during the AWS Summit in Paris, how it exceeded the limits of a brand SEO and improved the...

9 April 2026

Cookies: French data protection agency Cnil serves formal notice to Carrefour, Back Market and EDF

Cornered by a series of formal notices from Cnil, online retailers are hitting a major obstacle : how to technically manage a consent withdrawal ? While the French PURR association has been...

7 April 2026

Shein : 35% of the European population were active users in 2025, but the tide is turning

According to the DSA transparency report, consulted by mind Retail, Shein continues a cheeky trajectory. On December 31, 2025, the ultra-fast-fashion giant claims 155.7 million monthly active...

2 April 2026

Jeremy Dallois, Reachfive: “We are going to launch at Auchan and Kiabi a cross-retailer system that federates a shopper’s identity and retrieves a payment method”

Persistent online sessions, OTP, passkeys… Two years after a merger within Upstream, ReachFive (authentication) and Purse (payment orchestration) are accelerating. Their goal is to improve online...

26 March 2026

How Kiabi, Rouge Gorge and La Grande Récré leverage social login to enhance online conversion

Still absent from an array of e-commerce sites, social logins such as “Sign in with Google” are becoming established levers to optimise authentication. What is their impact on abandoned baskets...

25 March 2026

Romain Mombert, Eurazeo: “Tomorrow, retailers and brands will no longer acquire customers, but AI agents”

In a proliferation of AI start-ups, how can investors distinguish those that bring true innovation and in which they should invest? For what valuation metrics? In retail and payment, what types of...

19 March 2026

E-commerce: what major regulatory changes to expect this year in Europe?

Mandatory accounts for e-shoppers, withdrawal buttons, email tracking pixels, European customs reform and Digital Fairness Act… At 1-to-1 Monaco, Marc Lolivier, General Delegate of Fevad, and...

17 March 2026

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

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Hugues Chanoine (Hygie31 Digital): “The next step is to eliminate filters to move to 100% conversational search”

The Hygie31 retail group, known for the Lafayette Pharmacies, is continuing to transform its websites, driven by Cocooncenter. Thanks to an AI strategy and a fully redesigned IT architecture, it...

10 September 2026

ChatGPT: Bureau Vallée’s recipe to capture back-to-school spending

By launching a conversational chatbot with Algolia and a new module converting school lists into e-commerce carts this summer, Bureau Vallée aims to ease the chore of back-to-school supply list...

10 September 2026

Fnac Darty to launch Wero on its e-commerce sites

According to our information, Fnac Darty is about to deploy European payment solution Wero, based on account-to-account instant transfers, on its e-commerce sites. Already active in Germany at...

4 September 2026

Why Shein emits twice as much CO2 as Inditex for equivalent revenue

On the occasion of an IPO, Shein revealed a carbon footprint of 25.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2025, up by 20% compared to a reference year. For an equivalent sales level, the fast...

3 September 2026

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Electronic shelf labels: why the US regulator threatens rollout

In the USA, the Federal Trade Commission has just required full transparency on the use of pricing algorithms based on personal data, under threat of penalties. In this regulatory framework...

21 August 2026

From ChatGPT Ads to Amazon Alexa for Shopping: advertising in LLMs scales up in Europe

This summer, OpenAI successively rolled out its ChatGPT Ads platform in the UK and in 30 European countries. From formats used, CPM levels notably for FMCG products and the new role of GEO...

27 August 2026

With Claudeforce, Salesforce opens data to Anthropic and shifts into the conversational AI era

With the announcement of deep integration of the Claude LLM within the Salesforce ecosystem via MCP servers, SaaS software interfaces are fading in favour of AI agents. According to...

9 September 2026

Retail media & LLMs: navigating intent-driven and custom experiences

From store aisles to ChatGPT Ads placements, retail media is shifting away from traditional slots, formats and keywords toward intent-based targeting. Driven by lower access costs to LLMs, full...

31 August 2026

Facing SharkNinja’s hegemony, Carrefour and Darty gain ground on TikTok Shop

While Sephora follows in Ulta's footsteps on TikTok Shop in the US, mind Retail analyzed sellers performance in Q2 2026. Based on exclusive data from Lengow and Kalodata, this European market...

7 September 2026

Fnac Darty to launch Wero on its e-commerce sites

According to our information, Fnac Darty is about to deploy European payment solution Wero, based on account-to-account instant transfers, on its e-commerce sites. Already active in Germany at...

4 September 2026