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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...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
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'...
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- Retailer and e-commerce
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...
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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...
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- Analysis
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.
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- Retailer and e-commerce
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...
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- Retailer and e-commerce
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...
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- Retailer and e-commerce
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...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- Analysis
21 September 2022
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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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29 October 2026
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
Most viewed articles of the month on mind Retail
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Eric Meulien, Al Futtaim: “The next step in our roadmap is to replace the in-store POS system”
Operating in 18 countries and managing brands such as Ikea, Zara and Marks & Spencer, Emirati group Al-Futtaim (2025 revenue: US$9.7 billion, up by 6%) has a unique vantage point from which to...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- Analysis
12 October 2026
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Marketplaces: How Orange and Virgin Australia reinvent their value creation models
Looking to turn their audience into a commercial platform without having to carry the risk of holding stock, new verticals are entering the marketplace space, with new models designed to enhance...
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- Retailer and e-commerce
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8 October 2026
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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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Cashback: Younited secures an exclusive contract with Bouygues Telecom
Following Orange and the launch of a marketplace, Bouygues Telecom is strengthening a customer loyalty strategy by focusing on purchasing power with a new cashback offer. For French fintech...
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- Retailer and e-commerce
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16 October 2026