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Converteo, whose almost 50% of revenue comes from the retail, beauty and luxury sectors, supports retailers in collecting, modelling, measuring and activating data. Jérémie Levy, Managing...

4 March 2024

EU: sustainability due diligence directive blocked by France, Germany and Italy

The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive has failed to win support from the qualified majority of member states needed to reach the final vote in the European Parliament. The...

1 March 2024

Carrefour ends 2023 on a high note and aims to lease-operate 30% of hypermarkets

Carrefour has published a positive balance sheet for 2023, boosted by external growth in Brazil and in Europe. In France, the strategy of switching to franchising and leasing contracts has...

27 February 2024

Driven by core business and advertising, Walmart concludes 2023 with strong figures

Like Amazon, Walmart improved margins in 2023, thanks to a healthy core business, steady growth in e-commerce and leverage from advertising revenue. This strategy enabled the company to announce...

22 February 2024

[Amazon results] Strong growth and profitability in 2023, thanks to a rebalanced business model

After a sharp post-Covid-19 slowdown, Amazon is recovering. In 2023, sales rose by 11.8% in one year, representing US$60.8 billion in additional revenue. After reorganising logistics business and...

19 February 2024

[Online data] Second-hand goods reaches unprecedented levels in fashion and electronics

According to data from both Fox Intelligence and Fevad, the two most buoyant categories online, in 2023, are where second-hand does not exist. In fashion, second-hand accounted for more than 40%...

9 February 2024

TikTok: 120 mins per day in France, 127 minutes for the U.K.

According to Qustodio, TikTok is the first social network in the world, in terms of time of use by customers under 18 years old. Building on a growing audience, TikTok has just announced an...

8 February 2024

Wayfair lays off 1,650 staff. Maisons du Monde’s sales down 13.8% over two years

In both the U.S.A. and Europe, a number of furniture and decoration companies ended 2023 in dire straits. They are facing a drop in demand, in a context of inflationary shocks, supply-chain...

1 February 2024

Shein’s Wall Street I.P.O. delayed amid diplomatic tensions

Although Shein has increased the lobbying budget over the past 18 months, a future I.P.O. in Wall Street has been delayed. On both sides of the Pacific, the group is the subject of compliance...

30 January 2024

Kristen d’Arcy, True Religion: “After Instagram Shopping, the next step is to launch e-commerce on TikTok”

Kristen D'Arcy, Chief Marketing Officer of the True Religion brand since July 2023, is boosting Instagram and TikTok to win support from younger consumers. In an interview with mind Retail, she...

29 January 2024

Employee surveillance: Amazon France fined €32 million

The CNIL has fined Amazon France Logistique for excessive staff surveillance. At the heart of the case is data gleaned warehouse scanning tools, used for surveillance and staff sanctions.

25 January 2024

[mind Retail Exclusive] Christofle prepares to launch a second-hand offer in the U.S.A.

After launching an omnichannel platform in October 2023 to repurchase more second-hand products from French customers, the tableware brand is stepping up the pace in the US market.

25 January 2024

Computer vision: Walmart adopts new technology to reduce “scan & go” fraud

In the U.S.A., Walmart's wholesale subsidiary Sam's Club is about to deploy a technology combining AI and computer vision in all stores. The aim is to streamline a self-check-out experience and...

25 January 2024

[mind Retail Exclusive] Kiabi to launch retail media business

Mind Retail learned that, building on the success of a digital marketplace, fashion retailer Kiabi is to launch a retail media business. This is a first for a private-label fashion retailer.

24 January 2024

Discount giant Lidl wants to become a cloud provider

Following in the footsteps of Walmart, Amazon, Target, Ikea and Aldi, which are looking to secure and even make their IT infrastructure more profitable, Lidl's parent company is continuing a foray...

23 January 2024

Carrefour evaluates a grocery subscription program that includes Netflix

The food retailer wants to expand offerings to build customer loyalty, while the video-on-demand platform is looking for new ways to win customers.

19 January 2024

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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...

29 October 2026

Advantail signs with Formality to streamline commercial lease management

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

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...

15 October 2026

How Maison A.Constant built a unified customer database with n8n

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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US retailers divided over the rise of autonomous shopping agents

In the US, Gap, Walmart, Best Buy, Amazon and eBay are taking very different approaches to agentic commerce. While TV shopping giants QVC and HSN see these new intermediaries as an opportunity to...

21 October 2026