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Peter Pernot-Day, Shein: “With our production model, we have an unsold rate of 10%”
The Singaporean ultra-fast fashion retailer, which is due to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, is estimated as the world’s third largest fashion retailer. While Shein is accused of forced...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- News
16 May 2023
Sephora partners with Pact Collective to collect more empty packaging
In the U.S.A. and Canada, Sephora (LVMH, 17% organic growth in Q1 2023, as in 2022) signed a partnership with Pact Collective. This project, called Beauty (Re)Purposed, aims at collecting empty...
27 April 2023
Guillaume Darrousez, CEO Petit Bateau: After 6 months, a second-hand spending customer starts buying our new products”
Guillaume Darrousez, C.E.O. of the Petit Bateau children's wear brand, was a guest of the latest FrenchFounders meeting in Paris, attended by mind Retail. He shared future plans to combine carbon...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- Analysis
14 April 2023
Sandro : Second-hand, a profitable business from the first year
After 12 months of operations, Sandro shared with mind Retail the results of their second-hand business, which launched 100% online. For the fashion brand, this service is now at a "roll-out...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- Analysis
13 April 2023
Fashion: which second-hand models are the most profitable for retailers?
Since 2021, second-hand offers have been multiplying among fashion retailers. In an analysis carried out by mind Retail among some 30 retailers, we see that the models and their associated...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- Analysis
30 March 2023
Decarbonisation, gaming, communities: the new levers of Chinese e-commerce in 2023
Last year, e-commerce played a crucial role in China, driven by Covid-19 zero policies, but the shopping experience has also been transformed. Mind Retail helps to identify the main innovations in...
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- Retailer and e-commerce
- News
29 March 2023
CSR. Ikea adopts bio-based glue to reduce its carbon footprint
Ikea's new CSR commitment? A corn-based glue. While the group has been using a fossil-based glue responsible for 5% of its overall carbon footprint for 60 years, it has announced that it will...
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- Retailer and e-commerce
- News
15 March 2023
AGEC law : behind the valorization of unsold garments, the challenge of forecasts
Since 1 January 2022, Article 35 of the French AGEC law has obliged producers, importers and distributors to reuse, re-use or recycle unsold non-food products. They can no longer destroy them...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- News
14 March 2023
Stephan Veyret (Decathlon Singapore): “We are moving from retail to an ecosystem of services around sport”
As the hub of the South East Asia region, Singapore is a market where Decathlon is testing many innovations, including cashless, Scan & Go, automated in-store picking that prepares 600 orders...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- News
24 February 2023
Flying Tiger aims to halve dependence on plastic at similar prices
The low-cost decoration and gadget chain Flying Tiger Copenhagen (858 stores worldwide, 2021 turnover of €510 million up by 8.5%) decided to halve dependence on virgin plastic by 2025 (versus...
21 February 2023
Inclusion: Disabled people denounce the “self check-out
While in France, the "self check-out" system is denounced because it does not always allow people to pay in cash, in the USA, its inaccessibility for people with disabilities is criticised by...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- News
1 December 2022
Pre-orders, on-demand manufacturing, planning are all innovations in a supply chain
Eco-responsibility, control of unsold goods and cautious investment are all part of a supply chain as the linchpin of retail. However, as the core of issues includes rising costs, geopolitical...
9 November 2022
Japan. Shein opens its first permanent store to boost omnichannel
Chinese fast fashion giant Shein (valued at €91 billion in April 2022) will open a first permanent store in Tokyo on 13 November.
3 November 2022
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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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- mind Exclusive
- Retail tech
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
After launching the first pilots of its conversational AI “super app” in stores, Cegid is rolling out new omnichannel modules, including an in-store data acquisition module, conversational AI for...
- Retail
- mind Exclusive
- Retail tech
1 October 2026
While Mediaperformances, historically focused on FMCG retailers, targets both international expansion and new verticals, CEO Claire Koralewski shared with mind Retail, during NRF Europe, a...
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- mind Exclusive
- Retail tech
22 September 2026
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Retail is going conversational
Conversational interfaces for Longchamp sales assistants powered by Cegid Retail One, fully conversational search at Cocooncenter.com, use of simple prompts to orchestrate product data and content...
2 October 2026
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Amazon tightens its grip on e-commerce as it takes on Meta, despite legal setback with Perplexity
By blocking Meta’s Muse agent and taking Perplexity to court, Amazon is seeking to retain control over its customer relationships, data and advertising revenue. However, in the USA, the legal...
- Retail
- Economy and regulators
- Analysis
29 September 2026