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Joué Club tests CSR schemes, but keeps sights on e-commerce for Christmas
After receiving agreement from French competition authority to take over the La Grande Récré stores, the JouéClub retailer presented a roadmap for the Christmas period on September 11. E-commerce...
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13 September 2024
Truffaut, Boulanger and Cultura victims of a massive cyber attack
Customer data, at the heart of retailing assets, is also of use to cybercriminals. After Zadig & Voltaire and LDLC, Truffaut, Boulanger and Cultura have now fallen victim. Pepe Jeans and...
12 September 2024
Anne-Laure Gayet (Jerome Gayet Foundation): “Few retailers have really made getting people back to work a CSR priority”
The Jérôme Gayet Foundation is unusual in that it is made up of volunteer mentors, mainly from the retail, e-commerce and tech sectors. It will be celebrating a fifth anniversary in 2025. As new...
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- Retailer and e-commerce
11 September 2024
H&M and New Look strengthen their agreements on subcontracting practices
As companies are investing in CSRD, fashion retailers are signing more and more agreements to protect the rights of workers and subcontractors in their manufacturing and transport process.
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- Retailer and e-commerce
6 September 2024
Xavier Niel joins the board of directors of ByteDance, parent company of TikTok
TikTok has until the end of January 2025 to meet an ultimatum set by the USA. Meanwhile, Frenchman Xavier Niel joined the Board of Directors of ByteDance, TikTok's parent company.
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- Retailer and e-commerce
5 September 2024
Ikea and Walmart rely on marketplaces to boost second hand sales
While Walmart is introducing new categories of second-hand products to its marketplace, Ikea is testing a version of C2C digital marketplace. While this approach has not been successful for...
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- Retailer and e-commerce
30 August 2024
The Olympics boosted sales of Decathlon, Nike and supermarkets
Buoyed by licensed products, the enthusiasm for sport and the influx of foreign visitors to Paris, the French retail sector enjoyed a boom during the two weeks of competition. Here is a detailed...
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- Retailer and e-commerce
28 August 2024
Despite better Q2 results than Alibaba, Temu reviews strategy
The quarterly results to the end of June for Alibaba (sales up 4%, including down by 1% for retail) and Temu (sales up 86%) worried financial markets. Rising competition from TikTok and other...
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- Retailer and e-commerce
27 August 2024
Amazon takes a step into luxury with the mega-merger of Saks and Neiman Marcus
Within a U.S. luxury goods market hit by inflation, Saks acquired a major competitor Neiman Marcus for US$2 billion. At a time when department stores are sharpening logistics strategies by...
8 July 2024
In receivership, leaflet specialist Milee will lose over 5,000 jobs
Amid a paper leaflet market that halved in 4 years in France, several companies seem to be on the verge of collapse. As Mediapost ceased distribution, rival Adrexo (Milee) could file for...
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- Retailer and e-commerce
- Analysis
2 July 2024
Old Navy and Rent the Runway adapt collections in response to a rush on anti-diabetic drugs
In the U.S.A., Rent the Runway, Amarra and Old Navy are all seeing an unprecedented shift towards smaller sizes. The cause is often new anti-obesity treatments, popularised on TikTok, which are...
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24 June 2024
By focusing e-commerce in stores, Target reduces inventory by US$2 billion
After experiencing inventory difficulties following the pandemic, Target reviewed its strategy, particularly its e-commerce roadmap. Here is a look at the operating results of the world's 5th...
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- Retailer and e-commerce
20 June 2024
Galeries Lafayette returns to 2019 sales levels
Galeries Lafayette celebrates a 130th anniversary this year. After returning to pre-Covid sales levels, the department store chain is forecasting revenue of €3.85 billion this year. Despite an...
17 June 2024
[mind Retail Exclusive] Asda reduces phantom stock by withdrawing 1.6 million products
According to our information, the British retailer Asda rolled out Retail Insight's latest solution in all its supermarkets. The grocer aims to reduce inventory errors, which are responsible for...
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24 May 2024
Facing theft issues, Target, Walmart and Dollar General reduce access to self-checkout
In the U.S.A., retailers are reviewing their self-checkout practices. Here's a look at the measures recently introduced by Target, Walmart, Dollar General and Five Below to counter the problem of...
15 May 2024
Walmart invests massively in private label offering
After announcing the closure of the health center business, Walmart is investing in a major overhaul of private labels. It aims to enhance loyalty of high-income households, in order to compensate...
7 May 2024
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Against a backdrop of growing pressure on household budgets, the European CCD2 Directive coming into force and a new legal framework for assisted purchasing journeys, Oney is stepping up an...
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Amid an ownership shake-up following its acquisition by Evoriel, shopping centre operator Advantail has signed with Formality to digitise the management of commercial leases and contracts across...
23 October 2026
With an average basket of €3,500 and a payment journey that includes a financial deposit at the time of ordering, Mobilier de France shares with mind Retail its assessment of the rollout of...
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15 October 2026
Eager to bring together customer data and improve data accuracy, jewellery and watch retailer Maison A.Constant built its own Single Customer Repository (SCR) using n8n, an orchestration platform...
7 October 2026
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AI agents: the KPIs that led L’Oréal to scale up across its warehouses
After testing 7 AI agents in its warehouses, L’Oréal is scaling up. Deployed to coordinate picking waves, manage replenishment and handle stocktaking, Manhattan’s agents have helped cut several...
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20 October 2026
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How Mobilier de France reduced the share of cheque payments from 80% to 50%
With an average basket of €3,500 and a payment journey that includes a financial deposit at the time of ordering, Mobilier de France shares with mind Retail its assessment of the rollout of...
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15 October 2026
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Danone turns to AI to personalise marketing campaigns and test advertising in ChatGPT
AI is being rolled out across some marketing activities, while others remain in a testing phase. If campaign automation and personalisation are among the most advanced applications, visibility in...
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16 October 2026
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Julien Cailleau, Oney: “With 3 retailers, we are testing the use of Valiuz data to streamline financing approvals”
Against a backdrop of growing pressure on household budgets, the European CCD2 Directive coming into force and a new legal framework for assisted purchasing journeys, Oney is stepping up an...
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29 October 2026