BNPL

Amid a backdrop of tighter regulation for BNPL with a revision of the European Credit Directive, online payment and BNPL solution provider Klarna reported a 14% increase in business volume in...

13 October 2023

Neil Pein, BNP Paribas : “We will launch SoftPOS as a pilot in Q2 2023”

Axepta, which brings together cash solutions for retailers within BNP Paribas, integrated Floa's fractional payment offerings into customer service offerings in 2022. Neil Pein, Head of Payments...

21 April 2023

France, Spain and Portugal: split payment is more popular than deferred payment

According to Floa and Kantar, if payment facilities are growing with a rise of e-commerce, European countries show notable differences. In Germany, the use of deferred payment has tripled in 2022...

14 April 2023

BNPL: Dedicated to high baskets, Younited Pay expands in Spain

Already present in France and Italy, Younited Pay announced on 9 March that it is expanding into Spain. This BNPL solution for retailers only offers financing from 10 times, for baskets ranging...

17 March 2023

Maisons du Monde: partnering with Alma, the use of credit tripled in 12 months

Six months after launching payment in four installments without charge on its website and in store with Alma, Maisons du Monde presented its results at the end of December 2022 at the 1-to-1...

16 March 2023

Ingenico partners with Splitit to offer BNPL in-store

Eager to offer customers more flexible payment options, Ingenico signed an agreement with Splitit, the white label platform specialized in fractional payment, on 1 February, 2023. This partnership...

6 February 2023

Alibaba wants to boost its growth in Europe thanks to BNPL

Like Shein with Klarna, AliExpress (the drop-shipping business of the Alibaba group) announced on 16 January the introduction of BNPL for European customers. This service, called “Pay After...

2 February 2023

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Leroy Merlin and Aroma‑Zone launch in‑store analytics pilots with XXII

French retail tech XXII, which aims to become the Google Analytics and Contentsquare of physical stores, has already signed with 15 retailers and shopping centres, mind Retail learned. A year...

5 December 2025

Already in POC, Dialog’s conversational agent shows up in the search bar

Buoyed by a €3.8 million seed round closed in mid‑November 2025, French start‑up Dialog, specialised in AI‑based conversational e‑commerce, is accelerating. Initially placed on product pages, this...

4 December 2025

E‑commerce: How Hive customises free‑delivery thresholds using customer data

With 500 e‑merchant clients, including Embryolisse, Hindbag, Airup, Hygée or Jacks Beauty Line, German logistics provider Hive is capitalising on data to raise e‑commerce conversion via a finely...

2 December 2025

Retail media: Marionnaud bets on print with Figaro to boost drive-to-store

According to our sources, Marionnaud’s beauty retailer will expand an advertising unit into 3 new countries in 2026 and is launching another retail media lever in the French key market. The goal...

26 November 2025

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Payments: Wallets accelerate in a fragmented market

As retailers seek to streamline shopping journeys, payment fluidity is becoming a key conversion driver. Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, PayPal: wallets enable retailers to reduce delays and...

18 November 2025

Ikea compresses margin in 2025 to stay accessible despite falling revenue

In a context of rising tariffs and lower in-store traffic gains, Ikea closed the financial year with another decline in sales. While volumes increased and e-commerce reached 28% of activity, the...

17 November 2025

Online Advertising: Leroy Merlin and Auchan at the heart of a political controversy

Since November 17, Leroy Merlin has faced controversy after a report from Sleeping Giants, an activist group against online hate speech. The organisation alerted the Adeo group retailer (GMV 2024...

21 November 2025

How RougeGorge brings weather data into CRM strategy

After 4 years of collaboration on personalised emails the lingerie retailer RougeGorge is accelerating with retail tech partner Reelevant, which is expanding within AFM thanks to recent contracts...

10 November 2025

Carrefour: with 4% of the shares Rodolphe Saadé strengthens governance after the Diniz exit

A page is turning at Carrefour. On November 12, 2025 the Brazilian Diniz family (a shareholder since 2014 through its holding Peninsula) sold the 8% stake. At the same time Rodolphe...

13 November 2025

At Roissy 80% of checked Shein items found non-compliant

Following inspections at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport on Friday November 6, 2025 on 200,000 Shein parcels “8 out of 10 items have proved non-compliant so far”, the French Ministry...

10 November 2025