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For MacArthurGlen, Via Outlets and also Advantail, commercial recovery has been clear since reopening on May 19.

9 July 2021

Douglas and Fnac Darty also launch retail media platforms

The trend started in the grocery sectors, for players like Walmart, Tesco, Rewe or Carrefour. However, this is rare for specialty retailers, with the exception of the beauty giant Douglas and Fnac...

6 July 2021

“Brands pay a monthly membership fee to appear on the Showfields platform”

Mind Retail spoke with Tal Zvi Nathanael, C.E.O. and founder of the innovative Showfields retailer. He invented a data-centric business model, which lowers entry barriers to entry for brands. He...

2 July 2021

Time has come for “ultra fast” fashion retailers

The pandemic made BlushMark and Shein’s sales take off and gave an appetite to develop pop-up stores. Mind Retail details their strategy.

25 June 2021

D.I.Y. “Second hand makes it easier for customers to go upmarket”

Emmanuel Bernard is a Mission Executive at SAMSE group, a French D.I.Y. retailer which controls an e-commerce website plus 37 D.I.Y. stores (Entrepôt du Bricolage banner), among others. He...

25 June 2021

L’Occitane and The Body Shops makes bulk sales familiar

Bulk, recycling, eco-refills. At L'Occitane and The Body Shop, multiple initiatives are reducing packaging weight.

19 June 2021

Blocked at home, Chinese are boosting local retail sales

In China, the commercial property sector is showing positive signs as transactions pick up again.

17 June 2021

Concept of the Month. Patagonia Provisions

One year after a launch, the food marketplace created by Patagonia is gaining ground. What are the ambitions?

16 June 2021

Sustainable Retail. From vision to action

According to BCG, 30% of our wardrobes could be filled by second-hand clothes by 2026. And the second-hand market is expected to grow by 20% over the next five years. At a time when the priority...

16 June 2021

“The CSR change is easier to make when you have good margins”

Nathalie Baudoin has been Marketing Director Europe at Patagonia for 12 years. She discusses the sustainable milestones set by the retailer, well before competitors

15 June 2021

Kingfisher. With 21% of e-commerce, what role for physical stores?

As e-commerce keeps gaining ground, Kingfisher's D.I.Y. stores have been seeing new functions and new jobs, which change daily organization. Romain Roulleau, Chief Digital Officer, summarized this...

4 June 2021

KKR to take a stake in Cegid

In five years, Cegid's valuation has seen more than a nine-fold increase. This is highlighted by KKR’s entry into the capital of the management software publisher.

4 June 2021

Rewe and Sonae offering stores with no cashier queue

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

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