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With sales of €113 million in 2023, i.e., 74% of parent company Wagram Food Service revenue, French coffee shop retailer Colombus&Co is continuing a shift into supermarkets...

5 July 2024

[mind Retail Day] How AI has become a performance lever for physical stores

How can omnichannel retailers make the most of AI technologies, whether generative or not? What results can they expect? The mind Retail Day, held in Paris on June 19, offered an opportunity to...

27 June 2024

[Cannes Lions] Retail media: professional measurement is a key to scale-up

While the retail media sector is maturing, the question of scaling up was a common theme at Cannes Lions. On the one hand, the multiplication of retail media networks and the growth of the...

27 June 2024

[mind Retail Day] Six fashion, home and B2B retailers facing circularities’ challenges

At the mind Retail Day on June 19, Béatrice Brandt (Le Jacquard Français), Loic Gauchet (5ASEC Business), Anne-Laure Grand (Decathlon Pro), Marie Kennel (Christofle), Damien Pellé (SMCP) and Julia...

27 June 2024

[mind Retail Day] Leveraging retail media on marketplaces: all the takeaways

Retail media, which is almost mature in grocery and to a lesser extent at electronics retailers, is now taking off in non-food marketplaces. How do they scale up? What KPIs and margin levels can...

26 June 2024

Julie Hamadouche Bottino, Ba&sh: “On each garment, a label details the CO2 generated, energy consumed and freshwater pollution”

Supported by Fairly Made in terms of traceability and involved in a relocation program, Ba&sh has been publishing a voluntary CSR report for 3 years and has just been certified B-Corp. Since...

25 June 2024

2 months after launch, La Maison Convertible’s chatbot converts 15% of users

At the mind Retail Day conference, La Maison Convertible presented an initial assessment of a new AI-based chatbot launched in April 2024. The furniture retailer has succeeded in boosting the...

21 June 2024

[mind Retail Exclusive] Decathlon launches rental for business customers

Against the backdrop of a slowdown in the core B2C business, particularly in the digital space, Decathlon detailed a shift towards professional customers at mind Retail Day. Over the next 2 years...

21 June 2024

Amanda Medina, Etam: “We now have real expertise on Instagram”

With nearly 1.3 million followers on Instagram, Etam stands out for a social media strategy that's close to its audience, focused on collaborations and interaction. Amanda Medina, Head of Social...

12 June 2024

Adeo measures omnichannel performance of e-retail media campaigns

Omnichannel performance measurement, in-store advertising activation... After launching its Web advertising activity a year ago, Adeo DIY retailer is moving towards an omnichannel model. At the...

7 June 2024

Dealt raises €6 million in Series A to foster services and circularity

Formerly Mon super Voisin, Dealt, a specialist in white-label services for retailers, has announced a €6 million round of funding to accelerate expansion in France and Europe. C.E.O. Mickael...

6 June 2024

Faced with a 183% turnover, Chipotle pays off its employees’ loans

Distribution of free shares, financing of student loans, assistance with pension payments... In a sector where turnover exceeds 75% in the U.S.A., fast-food retailer Chipotle is redoubling efforts...

31 May 2024

E-commerce: Central Food Retail deploys hubs in 600 convenience stores

As in Europe, omnichannel retailing is a guarantee of profitability in Thailand. This is shown at Central Food Retail (700 stores, sales of US$ 1.4 billion in 2023), where 70% of Web orders are...

28 May 2024

Ghislain Boyer, KPMG: “With CSRD, ESG will eventually hit retailers very hard”

Global retailers are particularly affected by the imminent arrival of Europe’s CSRD (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive), according to Stephanie Grandjean Mateos and Ghislain Boyer...

24 May 2024

[mind Retail Exclusive] Lacoste signs with StrutFit to reduce online returns

On May 23, at Viva Technology in Paris, mind Retail learned of Lacoste‘s signing with New Zealand’s StrutFit in March 2024. StrutFit‘s tech solution, based on computer vision and...

24 May 2024

Google, Meta: How Leroy Merlin boosts digital acquisition in South Africa

For the past 18 months, Leroy Merlin South Africa has been working with Impulse Analytics, a consultancy specialising in digital acquisition, to boost online presence and online sales. Vincent...

23 May 2024

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