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The British retailer Sainsbury opened a 1st Selly Oak store. The new concept raises the level of sophistication for shopping in a supermarket, offering complex and multiple department store...

16 January 2019

Beauty retailer Douglas AG expands market position

As one of Europe’s leading premium beauty retailer, Douglas continues to develop and enhance the well-established brand. The German group (2,400 stores in 21 countries) has changed logo and...

16 January 2019

Clas Ohlson’s cautious strategy of less international and more services

Swedish home improvement chain Clas Ohlson AB (237 stores) is taking a completely different business direction. Following her appointment as C.E.O. in June 2017, previously Ikea’s Head of...

16 January 2019

Amsterdam promotes local retailers.

The city of Amsterdam and property developer Greenhouse launched a new digital platform promoting local Dutch retailers. The platform is “Bij Ons Amsterdam”, translated as “With...

16 January 2019

New service helps independent shops in West London.

The giant London landowner Grosvenor Estates introduced a new retail concierge service as a landlord to help smaller, independent retailers build a high street presence in the West End. With the...

16 January 2019

Danish designer Henrik Vibskov takes on Paris with new Pop up-store.

The Danish fashion designer Henrik Vibskov has opened a first pop-up store in Paris, offering direct sales of designer men’s and women’s collections for the autumn/winter. This is...

16 January 2019

Amazon under fire in Europe.

The e-commerce giant Amazon is the target of an antitrust probe into the terms the company sets for other sellers in Germany. Amazon is both the largest retailer and the biggest platform for...

16 January 2019

Sézane, the French cult-brand expands in U.K.

The French fashion brand Sézane founded by Morgane Sézalory is expanding outside France. Sézalory started her career by selling vintage clothes on eBay before developing her...

16 January 2019

Ikea déploiera au printemps un premier magasin urbain à New-York

The world’s leading furniture company Ikea is heading out into cities to meet customers “wherever they are” and to win future clients, as 70% of the global population will live...

16 January 2019

Italy: Clothing Italian chain OVS in difficulty.

An exceptionally mild autumn in Europe hit low-cost clothing group OVS (turnover of €1.4 billion in 2016), issuing a profit warning on 5th December. With 1,473 stores in 2016, OVS is the...

16 January 2019

Four new formats for Leroy Merlin España.

Leroy Merlin and Akí (both part of French Groupe Adeo) joined forces on 1st January 2019. According to web site “diyinternational.com”, Leroy Merlin will operate under four...

16 January 2019

Germany: First losses for Aldi Nord occurs.

The German discounter has made losses for the first time in its home market, selling via 2,300 stores. Turnover was only up by 1%, well below the planned rate of 4% growth. In 2017, Aldi Nord...

16 January 2019

Poland: Biedronka plans 100 to 150 new stores in the coming years.

Portuguese retail group Jerónimo Martins plans to open up to 150 Biedronka supermarkets each year in Poland. The company operates 2,850 stores under the Biedronka banner in Poland following...

16 January 2019

Gemo begins international expansion with its “family store” concept

Faced with a competitive environment against Primark or Amazon, Gemo is remodelling operations. Founded in 1991 by the family group Biotteau, which also owns Eram, the value brand previously sold...

16 January 2019

IN CHINA, RETAIL businesses face a new law on e-commerce in 2019

China will implement new e-commerce laws with effect from January 1st 2019. Market leaders such as Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent and Xiomi (B.A.T.X.) or the Chinese G.A.F.A. (Google, Apple, Facebook and...

16 January 2019

Retail is « Datail »

Algorithms. Data science. Robotics. Artificial Intelligence (AI) helps retailers to handle a vast amount of challenges, including optimisation of supply-chain management in real time, delivery...

16 January 2019

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According to our sources, the young start-up Hymalaia is continuing development in retail with 4 new retailers currently in POC and an imminent fundraising. We examine the details.

16 December 2025

Refurbished smartphones: why Largo relies on Speeral automation

The start-up founded by the duo behind Teester and Skeepers is accelerating automation of second-hand product flows. The strategy is to use AI to direct products to high-traffic marketplaces such...

9 December 2025

Leroy Merlin and Aroma‑Zone launch in‑store analytics pilots with XXII

French retail tech XXII, which aims to become the Google Analytics and Contentsquare of physical stores, has already signed with 15 retailers and shopping centres, mind Retail learned. A year...

5 December 2025

Already in POC, Dialog’s conversational agent shows up in the search bar

Buoyed by a €3.8 million seed round closed in mid‑November 2025, French start‑up Dialog, specialised in AI‑based conversational e‑commerce, is accelerating. Initially placed on product pages, this...

4 December 2025

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Laurent Hugou (Les Mousquetaires): “With Diebold’s camera system, shrinkage at self-check-out is reduced by a third”

Shift towards an omnichannel payment service provider, roll-out of mobile payment and Diebold’s computer vision solution for self-checkout, impact of one-click payment on online sales, adoption of...

11 December 2025

How Maison 123 generated €420,000 on WhatsApp in 5 months

Riding on a reduction in Meta’s commercial policy, Wax start‑up specialised in WhatsApp engagement, is gaining ground, capitalising on messaging as a customer acquisition and retention channel in...

3 December 2025

Retail media: Marionnaud bets on print with Figaro to boost drive-to-store

According to our sources, Marionnaud’s beauty retailer will expand an advertising unit into 3 new countries in 2026 and is launching another retail media lever in the French key market. The goal...

26 November 2025

Carmila join forces with Unlimitail and JCDecaux to equip 252 malls

On December 9, Carrefour and Carmila signed a partnership with Unlimitail and JCDecaux to create a retail media network combining indoor DOOH and outdoor OOH across their sites in France and...

12 December 2025

Deborah Van Dessel (Lagardère Travel Retail): “We are testing AI tools and prompts for store layout”

Between global governance, local ambassador clubs and deployments at scale, Lagardère Travel Retail identified major operational gains thanks to AI, while other use cases reveal the current limits...

25 November 2025

Facing Temu and Shein’s offensive, Amazon cuts merchant fees

Asian marketplaces Shein, Temu and AliExpress, weakened in the U.S.A., are accelerating in Europe with very low, even zero, initial commissions. Amazon, as the global largest e-commerce player...

9 December 2025