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Is this really the light at the end of a tunnel for Marks & Spencer, which has been losing confidence in the stock market for more than 10 years? On 25th May 2022, at the next A.G.M., Marks...

25 March 2022

Click & collect and franchising: Getir’s roadmap

The Turkish quick commerce company Getir (which operates 1,000 dark stores in 9 countries by the end of February 2022) has rolled out a click & collect service at 15 British units.

25 March 2022

British retailers call for tax rebalancing

In the UK, 35% to 40% of non-food purchases are now made online. During a preliminary consultation on the Treasury’s initiative published at the end of February 2022, UK’s major...

21 March 2022

France revises index calculation for retail leases

On March 15th, 2022, France rules changed to include calculation of the Commercial Rent Index (Indice des Loyers Commerciaux or ILC), which is the basis of a retail leases valuation. This was just...

18 March 2022

Pinterest launches integrated payment solution inside the app

On March 10th, 2022, Pinterest (US$2.58 billion in revenue in 2021, up 52% with 400 million monthly active users including 19 million in France) launched “Pinterest Checkout”, a...

18 March 2022

BNPL: in the UK, 8% use it for essential purchases

In the U.K., according to an independent debt advice organisation called ‘Citizens Advice’, one in 12 people who used a BNPL service in the last 6 months, actually payed for...

18 March 2022

Adyen closes 2021 with a record Ebitda of €630 million

Written by Caroline Soutarson, published on February 10, 2022 by mind Fintech.With net revenues exceeding €1 billion (up by 46% vs. 2020), Adyen reports record Ebitda of €630 million. In...

18 March 2022

Massmart. The Walmart subsidiary reports a loss of US$97.4 million in 2021

On 7th March, South Africa’s Massmart (408 stores on the continent) reported that annual losses increased by 65%.

8 March 2022

Lego: China accounted for 57% of expansion in 2021

With 95 Chinese stores opened in 2021 (out of a total of 165 openings), China accounted for 57% of Lego‘s expansion programme last year.

8 March 2022

Advantail: traffic up 5.9% in 2021

In France, the brand village operator Advantail (7 outlets) saw business pick up last year when turnover rose by 9.4% compared to 2020. Traffic increased by 5.9%.

8 March 2022

Edward Decker takes over the reins of The Home Depot

Edward Ted Decker (aged 58) has been running The Home Depot since 1st March 2022. 22 years within the home improvement company (turnover of US$151.2 billion in 2021, up 14.4% compared to 2020)...

8 March 2022

Supply. Shipping company profits soar in 2021

According to Bloomberg, shipping company profits increased by 900% in 2021 to US$150 billion. This sharp rise, which is expected to continue into 2022, is having a significant impact on transport...

8 March 2022

Mall of the Month: Ikea opens its first urban centre in London

As the disenchantment with the car continues in a city, Ingka Centres opened a first ever urban shopping centre in Europe on 24th February 2022, under the Livat banner. Covering 27,133 sqm...

7 March 2022

Master Franchise. Belgian Mestdagh joins Intermarché

After deciding to end a franchise agreement with Carrefour at the end of December, the Mestdagh family announced on 1st March 2022 that it will join the Les Mousquetaires group.

7 March 2022

Macy’s relies on RFID to fight organised theft

Retailers in the US are experiencing an increase in organised theft. According to the Coalition of Law Enforcement and Retail, this accounts for US$45 billion of annual losses by 2021, up from...

7 March 2022

After Amsterdam, Rotterdam freezes new dark stores

Urban dark stores are flourishing in Europe. But the public authorities are more than mixed: in Paris, for example, the town hall has requested the closure of 45 dark stores opened...

3 March 2022

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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...

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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