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At the inauguration of a first Ikea store in Paris within its own shopping centre, C.E.O. Jesper Brodin confirmed his retail and CSR priorities for 2025. With more than 10,000 appointments per...

16 September 2024

[mind Retail Exclusive] Darty signs up with Custplace for long-term customer reviews

Three and a half months after launching "long-term reviews" in partnership with Custplace, Fnac Darty is taking stock. The initiative enabled Darty home electrical retailer to collect an average...

12 September 2024

Despite stable inflation, European retail has not recovered in the 1st half of the year

In the Eurozone, the HICP (Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices) rose by 2.5% in June 2024 (annual change), a level that has been broadly stable since January. In the food sector in particular...

3 September 2024

In one year, 50% of UK TikTok users have bought on TikTok Shop

In both the UK and the USA, TikTok Shop is gaining market share in the fashion and beauty categories. In the first half of 2024, the TikTok e-commerce service became the 10th-largest e-tailer in...

29 August 2024

[mind Retail Exclusive] Blissim transfers thousands of customer reviews to the Sephora website

Since June 1, 2024, subscription beauty box specialist Blissim (1.2 million customers in France, 2023 turnover of around €50 million) has been capitalising on customer reviews. Previously...

28 August 2024

How Enhancy, with a model of automation and AI, wants to industrialise the second-hand sector

Optical Character Recognition, automated photo retouching and pricing... Enhancy, a SaaS company specialising in optimising the online resale of 2nd hand products (household appliances and...

27 August 2024

[Amazon Results] Despite solid profitability in Q2, Amazon’s higher investments and U.S.A. pre-election worries unsettle financial markets

Despite fierce competition from Temu and Shein, Amazon reported a solid margin in Q2, driven by the acceleration of AWS and the digital marketplace. Whereas staff lay-off plans have been put on...

2 August 2024

Inflation, retail sales, unemployment: 7 charts to understand the health of retail in Europe and the U.S.A. in H1 2024

mind Retail presents a review of macro-economic indicators for the 1st half of 2024. At the end of June 2024, what was the level of inflation in Europe, the U.S.A. and China? How is it impacting...

27 July 2024

[mind Retail Exclusive] E.Leclerc invests about €200,000 in a first automated pick-up point

We announced it in December 2023. It is now a reality. On 8 July 2024, E.Leclerc (23.5% market share in 2023 and 24.3% at the end of June 2024) inaugurated its first automated pedestrian...

19 July 2024

Margot Pouliquen, Nature & Découvertes: “In 6 months, the marketplace has grown from 36% to 42% of our digital turnover”

A subsidiary of the Darty group since 2019, Nature & Découvertes explained to mind Retail the three scale up projects for a marketplace operated by Mirakl. These are omnicanality between 3P...

18 July 2024

JouéClub bets on the 2024 Olympics to boost growth

In the toy sector, even though the 4th quarter accounts for more than 50% of sales, the Olympic Games are a highlight of 2024. JouéClub spokesman Franck Mathais reviews this pivotal moment.

12 July 2024

[mind Retail Exclusive] Columbus to launch a supermarket offer in Canada in Costco and Metro

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

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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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27 February 2026

Conflicts in the Middle East: what impact on the supply chain and European retail?

With US and Israeli strikes on Iran triggering a major crisis on February 28, 2026, retailers already have to face the closure of strategic trade routes, rising freight costs and import...

5 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

Following a complaint from the FTC, Walmart agrees to pay US$100 million to Spark delivery drivers

On February 26, 2026, Walmart (2025 revenue: US$713.2 billion, up by 5.1% at constant rates) agreed to pay US$100 million in response to allegations of misleading compensation to delivery drivers...

4 March 2026

Agentic commerce : After Stripe, Mirakl partners with JPMorgan Payments

On March 10, 2026, Mirakl and JPMorgan Payments (JPMP) unveiled a partnership to deploy agentic commerce by combining the Mirakl Nexus agentic orchestration platform with the U.S. bank’s...

16 March 2026

Online authentification : Prelude expands a “message free” solution globally

A competitor to Twilio, Vonage and Plivo, the French startup Prelude, which has 75 retail clients, is actively deploying Prelude Zero, an authentication method that requires no message delivery...

13 March 2026