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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

Gucci and Chanel invest in Middle America

If for years, China was the Eldorado of luxury brands, these are now massively reinvesting in the United States. They are opening stores within medium-sized cities in full development.

28 September 2022

Shopify to let staff decide the breakdown of their remuneration

Canadian e-commerce platform Shopify, which has seen its share price plummet 75% in one year, has decided to adjust its remuneration system. The company’s workforce, which stands at 10,000...

23 September 2022

UK. Supermarkets give staff a helping hand amid rising inflation

Shopping vouchers, free meals and even a second pay rise in the same year – a host of measures have been announced in the UK retail sector to support staff amid rising prices. Such measures also...

23 September 2022

The carbon footprint of stores is twice as large as e-commerce

According to EuroCommerce, 94% of the Dutch, 82% of the Germans and 82% of the French bought online in 2021. The volume of deliveries is exploding, as are the associated CO2 emissions. Should...

21 September 2022

How ManoMano engages trade customers digitally

Faced with the expansion of Screwfix (Kingfisher) in Europe, ManoMano is enhancing its app dedicated to B2B customers with a new loyalty programme. The marketplace, which generates 20% of business...

20 September 2022

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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

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

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

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Italy seizes €27.4 million from CEVA Logistics for fraud and undeclared labour

On March 3, 2026, Italian tax authorities announced the seizure of €27.4 million from two Italian subsidiaries of French supply chain specialist CEVA Logistics, itself a subsidiary of the...

5 March 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

Following a complaint from the FTC, Walmart agrees to pay US$100 million to Spark delivery drivers

On February 26, 2026, Walmart (2025 revenue: US$713.2 billion, up by 5.1% at constant rates) agreed to pay US$100 million in response to allegations of misleading compensation to delivery drivers...

4 March 2026

Social media & age verification: Tech breaks the glass ceiling of precision

As an array of international governments restrict social networks access for teenagers under 15 or 16, new facial recognition technologies from Yoti, Persona and k-ID are making progress in...

13 March 2026

Faced with sluggish demand, The Home Depot and Lowe’s cut 1,400 jobs and reaffirm a B2B focus

In the United States, with the home improvement and D.I.Y. market under pressure, retail leaders are reorganising. Home Depot and Lowe's, respectively No. 1 and No. 2 in the market, announced...

25 February 2026

Search AI : in the retail sector, 25% of AI queries are transactional

For mind Retail, online SEO specialist Ahrefs analysed retail queries on AI search engines. The goal was to measure the proportion of transactional prompts compared to informational ones. The...

2 March 2026