News brief

Trending topics

A retailer on top of business leadership? Inditex C.E.O.’s Pablo Isla, working since 2005 with Amancio Ortega, (founder of the Spanish fashion group) was named Harvard Business...

12 December 2018

A new face for Victoria’s Secret

Victoria’s Secret has boosted demand for sexy but affordable women’s lingerie. Created in 1977 by Roy Raymond for men to buy lingerie for their partners, the brand is now an icon of...

12 December 2018

New drivers for the most expensive high streets: technology, food and … less retail

Causeway Bay replaced Fifth Avenue in New York in the top 10 most expensive retail streets in the world, according to the Cushman & Wakefield 2018 report. In the future, retail will likely...

12 December 2018

U.A.E.: Call for Amazon and Souq.com boycott on social media

Angry at the Washington Post’s coverage of the Saudi Kingdom following Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, Saudis are calling for a boycott of Amazon.com because of shared ownership with U.S.A...

12 December 2018

Mr. Bricolage first store in Ivory Coast

In October the D.I.Y. French group opened a first store in Abidjan (Ivory Coast). Covering 5,600 sq. m. with 1,800 sq. m. parking, it offers 16,000 ‘skus’ provided by 84 firms from...

12 December 2018

Rwanda welcomes Alibaba

The Chinese group Alibaba launched ‘eWTP Africa’, the regional version of its global e-commerce platform in Kigali, capital of Rwanda. Jack Ma confirmed that the choice of this part of...

12 December 2018

The Dubai Mall celebrates a 10th birthday

Emaar Malls’ flagship, The Dubai Mall has host a month-long extravaganza of events in November to celebrate a 10th birthday. The Dubai Mall welcomed more than 80 million annual visitors for...

12 December 2018

MENA: Brick-and-mortar retailers invest in ecommerce

In 2017, e-commerce in the Middle East and North Africa (M.E.N.A.) reached US$8.3 billion, with an annual growth rate of 25%. It is forecast to hit US$28.5bn by 2022. 80% of products available...

12 December 2018

Weylandts new store setting standards in Africa for future developments

African furniture and homeware chain Weylandts opened a first store in Port Elizabeth in the South African province Eastern Cape. Over 1,300 sq. m., the store is designed to showcase the...

12 December 2018

Korea: 7-Eleven tests lockers in 100 stores next year

South Korea’s 7-Eleven is offering unmanned locker space services at 2 stores in Seoul. The convenience store plans 10 new locker services by the end of 2018, wishing to judge customer...

12 December 2018

Japanese retailer Uniqlo in Thailand

The Japanese retailer has announced that it will open its first store in Vietnam towards the end of 2019. Uniqlo’s arrival is set to intensify the competition between foreign brands like...

12 December 2018

Expansion of the luggage specialist, The Tumi-brands

Samsonite International global sales for the third quarter rose by 5.2% to US$945.2 million. Sales in Asia rose by 7.2% to US$324.2 million. The company reports that Asian sales growth was...

12 December 2018

Ikea wants to reduce India’s pollution by turning waste into products

The Swedish home furnishing giant Ikea wants to turn straw, which India’s farmers normally burn, into products. Some of the pollution over India’s big cities appears from the burning...

12 December 2018

New dynamic for foreign retailers in India

The Swedish giant Ikea is not the only retailer to recently launch in India. American Bath & Body Works, Disney Store, American Eagle outfitters, Italian Berlutti, Koeran Kioda, Chinese...

12 December 2018

Wal-Mart reorganises Flipkart

In May 2018 Wal-Mart bought Flipkart, a business which supplied up to 70% of online fashion sales in India. At the same time the American giant took over two extra operations as part of Flipkart...

12 December 2018

Japan : Rakuten in partnership with Seiyu

Japanese online retail company Rakuten is partnering with Wal-Mart-owned supermarket Seiyu to launch an online grocery service. 20,000 products will be available on the site. “We can tap...

12 December 2018

1…96 979899 100…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

Romain Mombert, Eurazeo: “Tomorrow, retailers and brands will no longer acquire customers, but AI agents”

In a proliferation of AI start-ups, how can investors distinguish those that bring true innovation and in which they should invest? For what valuation metrics? In retail and payment, what types of...

19 March 2026

Already in POC, Klarna launches long-term credit in Germany, the UK and France

Swedish fintech Klarna is expanding long-term financing in Germany and the UK, with an imminent launch, followed by France, where POCs are already underway with major e-retailers. The BNPL...

18 March 2026

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

Most viewed articles of the month on mind Retail

What readers clicked on the most last month.

In the category

What readers clicked on the most last month.

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

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

BNPL: Between healthcare and retail, Scalapay accelerates a P.O.S. offensive with two major signings

Building on a strong foothold in fashion, Scalapay is strengthening in-store penetration targeting players in the healthcare sector. According to our information, the Italian BNPL unicorn has...

25 February 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

Profound raises US$96 million in Series C funding, becoming a first GEO unicorn

Founded in 2024 in New York by James Cadwallader, GEO startup Profound raised US$96 million on February 24, 2026, in a Series C round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, including Sequoia Capital...

25 February 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