News brief

From mid-August 2019, the Spanish women’s fashion brand Mango (sales of €2.23 billion in 2018, up by 1.8% according to preliminary results) will be offered on Macy’s website and...

16 July 2019

For the world’s 2nd biggest landlord, flexibility is a priority

Jack Welch, the legendary C.E.O. of General Electrics, sacked the worst-performing 10% of a workforce every year. The retail market is following this policy. At Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW...

16 July 2019

China’s retail sales are no longer due to OUTPACE the U.S. in 2019

According to eMarketer, the trade war between the world’s two biggest retail markets is taking a toll, especially on China. In 2019, Chinese retail sales are expected to grow by only 3.5%...

16 July 2019

Social media. Uniqlo and TikTok team up

The Uniqlo label (owned by Fast Retailing, whose sales reached €16.44 billion in 2018 with an 8% growth objective for 2019) is partnering with TikTok. The mobile video-sharing application...

16 July 2019

Wal-Mart poaches THE Amazon retail leader

What kind of vision can a former Amazon executive develop for Wal-Mart? The race between the two retailers will be fascinating to follow, as the world’s largest retailer has made an amazing...

15 July 2019

THE EXPERT’S EYE – 3 questions to Stéphane Tomczak, CEO of DELIVER

GRN: Your ‘Deliver’ event which focused on e-commerce took place in Lisbon during June. What are the lessons learnt for 2019?Stéphane Tomczak: Improving online customer...

15 July 2019

Online client path. Contentsquare buys its israeli counterpart

Started in 2012 by Jonathan Cherki, Contentsquare is a French data optimisation specialist firm. It provides data analysis services to retailers about how their customers behave. Clients such as...

8 July 2019

Highlights from World Retail Congress 2019

For three whole days in May 2019, we attended the World Retail Congress at the RAI in Amsterdam. Retailers from all the world joined heads, insights and ideas on how to approach and adapt...

20 June 2019

Brian Cornell associates stores and e-commerce

Brian Cornell, C.E.O of Target as the 2nd biggest U.S. retailer after Wal-Mart, was honoured on May 22nd. For his 5 years at the head of the group, this veteran of the industry (he previously...

17 June 2019

A digital leader becomes n°2 of Inditex

Carlos Crespo, aged 48, is a technological profile of very high level. Mr. Pablo Isla appointed him to assist him in the position of M.D of Inditex Group. Crespo has been a pillar within the...

17 June 2019

Intersport et Decathlon redefine their strategies

In China, mergers between retailers and tech players keep mushrooming. The Finnish giant Amer Sports (owner of Salomon, Wilson, Atomic…) is merging with Anta and Tencent. According to our...

17 June 2019

A guided tour of Aldi’s first Chinese store

While many grocery retailers are struggling to find a safe financial balance in China, discounters are about to start their offensive. All these players have chosen Shanghai as a springboard. The...

17 June 2019

Centrepoint expands from India to Saudi Arabia

Centrepoint, textile brand of the Indian giant Landmark, aims to open 18 new stores in the Gulf by June 2020, expanding to a total of 160 units. The multi-brand store concept named Centrepoint...

17 June 2019

Young Saudis favour international retailers

Alkohair Fashion Retail is one of the leading franchise operators in Saudi Arabia. In 2018, they operated 1,750 stores across 13 countries. The firm represents over 75 brands such as Zara...

17 June 2019

GCC. The retail sector will grow by 4% annually

“In Saudi Arabia, the retail sector will rebound,” said Patrick Chalhoub, C.E.O. of the Chalhoub Group, during an interview with Arabian Business. “There is a real change in this...

17 June 2019

Israel. How to outmanoeuvre Amazon

If Amazon has yet to confirm an intention to build a warehouse in Israel serving 9 million customers, the U.S. e-commerce giant is raising concerns amongst local store retailers. Amazon has been...

17 June 2019

1…85 868788 89…156

Our other services

mind Research

Strategic Intelligence: Tailored research and market analysis services to power your insights and back your strategic decisions.

mind Days

Networking & Events: Half-day conferences covering key industry topics and open to the entire ecosystem.

Our mind news

See all

How Upsellr boosts conversion at Les Mousquetaires and targets traditional PIMs

While his start-up shakes up an array of players focused on product data management solutions, Edouard Margain, Co-Founder of Upsellr, shared with us at NRF Europe the results of the data...

19 September 2026

Hanshow makes a breakthrough in the US but stumbles on the economics of smart trolley

While at NRF Europe, Hanshow revealed a major contract with one of the U.S. retail giants to mind Retail, its smart trolley has yet to prove a market match. A hardware-focused strategy that raises...

18 September 2026

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