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Carrefour evaluates a grocery subscription program that includes Netflix
The food retailer wants to expand offerings to build customer loyalty, while the video-on-demand platform is looking for new ways to win customers.
- Retail
- News
19 January 2024
Supply chain: Blue Yonder launches generative AI functionality
As generative AI use cases have been mushrooming in the retail sector, US supply-chain management software publisher Blue Yonder (formerly JDA, with customers including Asda, Walmart and PVH)...
- Retail
- News brief
9 January 2024
In South Korea, Chanel condemned again for excessive data collection
On November 23,2023, Chanel (2022 sales up by 17% at €16 billion, with 50% coming from Asia-Pacific) was fined US$2,761 by the South Korean data protection watchdog called PIPC (Personal...
- Retail
- News brief
5 December 2023
Cdiscount: +30% conversion thanks to GPT-4
Since July 2023, Cdiscount (80 million products) has been exploring the industrial use of generative AI, particularly for product categorisation. “When a seller creates a product sheet, we...
2 October 2023
Children’s data: TikTok fined US$ 367 million in Ireland
While the European DSA is forcing the platform to be more transparent and protect privacy, the Irish regulator has just punished TikTok for misuse of children's data.
- Retail
- Economy and regulators
- News
26 September 2023
[Amazon results] Operating margin doubled, driven by e-commerce and the marketplace in Q2 2023
On August 3, 2023, Amazon published results for Q2, showing a return to growth in the e-commerce business. Sales totaled US$134.4 billion vs $121.2 billion a year earlier. This is a 11% growth at...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- Data
9 August 2023
Lidl launches a retail media business in Germany
On 18 July 2023, the German Schwarz Group (owner of Lidl and Kaufland) announced the immediate launch of an online retail media offering, in partnership with online advertising technology company...
- Retail
- News brief
2 August 2023
Sandrine Préfaut, Locala: “A quarter of retailers have begun to ‘discountise’ their offer”
In an exclusive interview with mind Retail, Locala, a specialist in multi-local solutions ranging from "drive to store" to visibility issues, presents the three key findings of an annual survey of...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- News
28 June 2023
GDPR : Meta fined €1.2 billion
The Irish Data Protection Agency (DPC) announced on May 22nd a record fine of €1.2 billion against the Meta company for transferring European users’ data to servers in the United...
- Retail
- News brief
26 May 2023
[Amazon results] Online sales down and US$3bn losses in 2022… How does Amazon stay afloat?
As predicted by the 18,000 layoffs announced last month, Amazon's growth slowed in 2022. While turnover grew by 13% year-on-year, online sales continued to decline and the group's operating profit...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- Data
7 February 2023
China. Retail market at a standstill and GDP at lowest level since 1976
Last year, retail sales fell in China in parallel with a sharp slowdown in G.D.P. This is reflected in the Q4 results of H&M, LVMH and Estée Lauder, despite the lifting of Covid-19...
- Retail
- News
3 February 2023
USA – Europe: Macroeconomic indicators for December 2022
Evolution of retail sales, inflation rate and unemployment. mind Retail compiled the latest macro-economic figures for the U.S.A and the Eurozone, published in mid-January. According to Eurostat...
- Retail
- News
1 February 2023
In 2022, quick-commerce represented 2.3% of sales for French convenient stores
According to IRI data supplied to mind Retail, the French quick commerce market has more than doubled in 2022. Here is our exclusive report on the annual study.
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
[Amazon Results] At nearly US$10 billion, advertising outpaces subscriptions for US giant
For the first time, Amazon's advertising revenue exceeded subscriptions revenue in Q3 2022. The services to third-party merchants, the second largest business unit, and AWS remained very dynamic...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- News
4 November 2022
Ads.txt: which advertising providers do retailers work with?
In our study of 100 e-commerce sites worldwide, mind Retail analysed the relationships between retailers' websites and marketplaces alongside service providers responsible for selling their...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- Analysis
28 October 2022
Our mind news
According to our information, Fnac Darty is about to deploy European payment solution Wero, based on account-to-account instant transfers, on its e-commerce sites. Already active in Germany at...
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4 September 2026
On the occasion of an IPO, Shein revealed a carbon footprint of 25.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2025, up by 20% compared to a reference year. For an equivalent sales level, the fast...
3 September 2026
mind Retail has gained access to exclusive Ahrefs figures on the impact of Google "AI Overviews" responses for the e-commerce sector. Launched on July 22, 2026, in France as part of AI Mode, these...
20 August 2026
In the wake of a large fundraising, Skello develops a portfolio of key accounts by winning over a big name in retail. Backed by an ARR of €50 million and profitability reached in 2025, the...
7 July 2026
Most viewed articles of the month on mind Retail
What readers clicked on the most last month.
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Electronic shelf labels: why the US regulator threatens rollout
In the USA, the Federal Trade Commission has just required full transparency on the use of pricing algorithms based on personal data, under threat of penalties. In this regulatory framework...
- Retail
- Economy and regulators
- Analysis
21 August 2026
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E-commerce: click-through rate down by 5.4% since Google AIO launch in France
mind Retail has gained access to exclusive Ahrefs figures on the impact of Google "AI Overviews" responses for the e-commerce sector. Launched on July 22, 2026, in France as part of AI Mode, these...
20 August 2026