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Unspun, the American brand of "zero waste" jeans based on a silhouette scanning technology and a 3D weaving technique, opens its first physical store in Asia.

25 November 2022

Kiabi to open soon 70 corners in Auchan hypermarkets

Kiabi unveiled their strategic roadmap for 2023. This includes expanding products for children and babies, launching the new marketplace in Spain and Italy and massively rolling out “corners” at...

21 November 2022

Confidential. Carrefour hypermarket offer soon available on Uber Eats

After having successfully regained market share and customers for physical stores, Carrefour is investing with Uber Eats to rebuild e-commerce.

17 November 2022

[Amazon Results] At nearly US$10 billion, advertising outpaces subscriptions for US giant

For the first time, Amazon's advertising revenue exceeded subscriptions revenue in Q3 2022. The services to third-party merchants, the second largest business unit, and AWS remained very dynamic...

4 November 2022

Banyan wants to bridge the first-party data gap between retailers and fintechs

The American company Banyan is developing a platform that enables retailers to feed their purchase data to financial players, in order to enrich services and applications through dedicated...

4 November 2022

Simon Property partners with Alibaba to accelerate live shopping

To strengthen business with Chinese consumers, the U.S. mall owner Simon Property unveiled a groundbreaking partnership with Alibaba, via "live shopping" sessions. The launch is scheduled for...

3 November 2022

Cathy Collart Geiger, C.E.O. of Picard

Exclusive interview with Cathy Collart Geiger, Picard's C.E.O. as a guest at the last FrenchFounders meeting in Paris, of which mind Retail is a partner. She explains her ambitions for the group's...

24 October 2022

Kroger-Albertsons: US$24.6 billion merger to create a customer data giant

In the U.S.A., the food retailer Kroger announced the purchase of competitor Albertsons on 14th October 2022. While this deal looks defensive in the short term, it is also offensive in the long...

24 October 2022

Maisons du Monde invents a new sales app to boost omnichannel sales

Exclusively for mind Retail, the home equipment chain Maisons du Monde presents a new sales app, to be launched in January 2023. From payment with Paypal in store to redefinition of a clients'...

20 October 2022

“Many CEOs don’t dare to say it, but the priorities are cash and initiatives to preserve the margin”

Inflation in Europe and the U.S.A. is holding back non-essential household purchases, energy prices are soaring, and costs are rising for retailers. Clément Genelot, retail analyst, and Cédric...

17 October 2022

Makro Belgium to be sold by the slice, a symbol of the end of the big supermarkets

The 17 Belgian stores of Metro and Makro are for sale. Whilst takeover candidates are emerging for the D.I.Y. and wholesale food sectors, the fashion side of Makro is more difficult.

14 October 2022

U.S.A. Retailers face urgent of liquidating stocks

Within an inflationary context, the easing of the supply-chain limits and the relaxing of Covid-19 restrictions, consumer demand and priorities changed without much notice. This means retailers...

13 October 2022

Reconciling e-commerce and stores: what are the best practices of phygital?

In terms of omnichannel and phygital retail, winners are rare. How do you bring a Web offer into the physical store? What can DNVB and ONVB teach traditional retailers? Is omnichannel a way to...

7 October 2022

Inflation : Specialized retail “shunned” by U.S. and European consumers

Unemployment rate, inflation, housing sales... In the U.S.A., retail sales remain steady, unlike in the Eurozone. While food retail has been in the red since January 2022, non-food retail has also...

5 October 2022

Metaverse. An overview of retailers’ initiatives

How are the main retailers approaching the metaverse market? What are the strategies adopted by luxury, fashion and grocery brands? mind Retail interpreted activities of 23 major retailers and...

30 September 2022

Rami Baitiéh, Executive Director of Carrefour France

An exclusive interview with Rami Baitiéh, Executive Director of Carrefour France, who was the guest at the last FrenchFounders meeting in Paris on the theme of CSR.

30 September 2022

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