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Rewe, Sonae, Tesco and Metro AG are investigating a potential future for retail payment. Such solutions combine reduced human interaction with removal of delays for queuing and payment.

4 June 2021

“Maybe that e-commerce will grow to 25% of the U.S. grocery market in the long term”

Owned by the Korean giant Emart, Good Food Holdings is a premium grocer, whose main rivals are Wholefoods (Amazon) and Trader Joe’s (Walmart). Neil Stern, CEO since September 2020, explains his...

28 May 2021

Tell me who your customers are, I’ll tell you who you are

Eager to deploy Artificial Intelligence and boost physical retail, Navori Labs, the specialist in digital signage solutions, launched Aquaji software. This innovative smart data solution measures...

28 May 2021

U.K. Boohoo aligns executive bonuses to CSR targets

Having been rocked by the scandal surrounding poor practices at its suppliers last year, UK online fashion retailer Boohoo is looking to restore its image. It has decided for the first time, under...

28 May 2021

Who are the new pure-players in grocery e-commerce?

Their names are Gopuff, Gorillas, Dija or Cajoo... As fundraisings are on the rise across Europe and in the U.S. with valuations in billion of Dollars, Mind Retail compared the business models of...

21 May 2021

Mango Upside Down Teen Pop Up, The Concept of the Month

Will the TikTok podium become a must in retail merchandising? This is the vision of the Spanish retailer Mango in a new pop-up store for teenagers based in Barcelona. Magda Espuga, CEO of the...

20 May 2021

3 omnichannel best practices

Orchestra, Jules and Speedway launched valuable processes to optimise rotation of merchandises, conversion rate via a tracking of cancelled online baskets and make "ship from store" services more...

20 May 2021

Omnichannel. What role for stores in 2021?

How can retailers enhance stores’ operational efficiency, as e-commerce is gaining ground? How should they remodel their functions and organisation, within retail operations that are fully...

20 May 2021

At Pepe Jeans, stores are an integral part of e-commerce services

Mind Retail met Marcella Wartenbergh, C.E.O. of AWWG (formerly Pepe Jeans Group) in a video interview. After a difficult year during which the Web accounted for 21% of the activity, she shares her...

4 May 2021

The US economy grew by 6.4% in Q1

After a G.D.P. decline of -3.3% during 2020, the U.S.A. economy grew by 6.4% in the first quarter of 2021, announced the Commerce Department.

4 May 2021

“Miniso relies on Big Data to create in-store traffic”

The Miniso Chinese retailer (4,500 stores, €10 billion turnover in 2020) built a data-driven model for range management. Mind Retail discussed with Jonathan Siboni, Co-Founder of Miniso in France...

4 May 2021

E-commerce. Affirm and Returnly invent a new customer service territory

In the U.S.A, the Affirm company which specialises in Buy Now Pay Later (B.N.P.L.) is extending their services with the purchase of Returnly. The specialist in deferred payments combines instant...

4 May 2021

Franprix. Which profitability for e-commerce?

Faced with the onslaught of on-demand delivery startups, Franprix (872 stores at the end of December 2020, including 479 franchises) wants to emphasis their e-commerce offensive. A discussion with...

27 April 2021

Online marketplaces now subject to V.A.T.

Initially scheduled for January 1st, 2021, the implementation of the European directive from 2017, related to V.A.T. on e-commerce transactions, will be effective on July 1st. Marketplaces...

27 April 2021

Beauty. Yves Rocher pushes digital boundaries

From partnerships with marketplaces, focus on e-commerce growth, acceleration in social selling to considerations for physical stores, Yves Rocher is reviewing fundamentals. Mind Retail shares the...

16 April 2021

Retailers and tenants clash over the very notion of turnover

In the United States and in Europe, variable rents are dividing retailers and landlords. It is increasingly difficult to distinguish between online and in-store sales. This involves solving a...

16 April 2021

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