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Social Commerce. YouTube launches live shopping in South Korea
After TikTok (1.09 billion users in April 2023) with TikTokShop, it’s now YouTube‘s turn (2.53 billion) to launch a live shopping channel. The video platform owned by Alphabet...
26 June 2023
Retail media: Kingfisher, Rakuten, Galeries Lafayette and 10 other retailers join the Carrefour-Publicis joint venture
On 15 June, Alexandre Bompard and Arthur Sadoun, C.E.O.s of Carrefour and Publicis respectively, presented the first stage of their partnership in online retail media at Vivatech. Announced in...
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19 June 2023
USA. Victoria’s Secret goes digital with Amazon
While Victoria’s Secret already offers beauty products on Amazon, on June 6, 2023, the company announced that it would also be adding 4,000 new fashion items to the platform, including...
9 June 2023
[Case study] Merchandising : How Etam went from 15 to 4 days for new collections set up
With 1,300 points of sale, which account for most of turnover, the Etam Group (Etam, Undiz, Maison 123, Ysé and Livy) adopted the Yoobic application to ensure compliance with in-store...
Non-food: Lidl expands an online non-food business
Following the Belgian online store launch by Action last week with 150 products (already selling in Netherlands since 2021), Lidl has just launched an e-commerce website in France dedicated to...
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23 May 2023
[Amazon results] Focus on A.I. to revive AWS, a declining source of profitability in Q1
Whilst Amazon's e-commerce business is losing momentum (down by 0.1% year-on-year), the AWS cloud service is recording the slowest growth since 2015. To improve profitability, the tech giant is...
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4 May 2023
How Etam wants to generate additional revenue from in-store returns
The underwear retailer Etam (804 stores in 45 countries in late 2022, including 593 fully-owned), whose 90% of sales are generated by stores and 10% online, added a “return management”...
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28 April 2023
[Confidential] In 2022, King Jouet recorded only €150,000 in retail media revenue
Having initiating retail media in 2020 with Criteo, King Jouet (330 stores in France, Switzerland and Benelux, steady turnover of €412 million in 2022) the firm shared results...
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21 April 2023
Why South Korea has become a springboard for LVMH and Gucci
With luxury purchases of US$325 per capita in 2022, South Koreans are the now the world's largest customers for high-end goods. Whilst luxury sales could fall in the U.S.A. in 2023 due to tensions...
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24 March 2023
Fabien Versavau, Rakuten: “With Carrefour, the synergies in terms of retail media are obvious”
Following the announcement of the imminent opening of a Carrefour digital shop on the Rakuten marketplace, Mind Retail met Fabien Versavau, MD of Rakuten France and Executive Officer Rakuten...
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22 March 2023
The American version of Pinduoduo is the most downloaded app in the U.S.
Launched on September 1, 2022, Temu (owned by PDD Holdings, the parent company of Pinduoduo) was the most downloaded app in the USA in November, December and January. Up to the beginning of...
2 February 2023
Cegid wants to enhance sellers’ experience
Task management planning for vendors, integration within the Cegid Retail ERP software by June 2023 and a possible acquisition of clienteling software. With the Cegid Retail Store Excellence...
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20 January 2023
Primark : expansion with smaller formats
If store traffic and sales remain below 2019 levels, the discreet fashion retailer is relaunching a sustained expansion while rationalized square metres. It also confirms no home delivery.
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7 December 2022
In China, Pinduoduo overtakes Alibaba
The Nasdaq-listed online platform Pinduoduo (Tencent) is growing a competitive audience in China’s e-commerce market. The company reported 788.4 million annual active users in 2020, ahead of...
15 April 2021
[confidential] Alibaba tests Hema Fresh, a Chinese version of Amazon Go
Mind retail has learned that China's e-commerce giant Alibaba is quietly rolling out "Hema Fresh" supermarket labs. Fully digitalized and serving as e-commerce hubs, they are part of our selection...
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13 June 2017
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While the leader in electronic labels, Vusion exceeded €1.47 billion in revenue in 2025, rival Hanshow is stepping up a global offensive, winning a strategic account in the U.K. and a new POC for...
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27 February 2026
Building on a strong foothold in fashion, Scalapay is strengthening in-store penetration targeting players in the healthcare sector. According to our information, the Italian BNPL unicorn has...
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25 February 2026
A year after WhatsApp, Google is testing the RCS button in My Business listings for several markets, according to our information. The goal is to offer brands a new marketing lever that can be...
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20 February 2026
According to our information, the succession at the head of NRF Europe and SIEC is now finalized. An executive from a major international event company took up her position at Comexposium in...
19 February 2026
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Italy seizes €27.4 million from CEVA Logistics for fraud and undeclared labour
On March 3, 2026, Italian tax authorities announced the seizure of €27.4 million from two Italian subsidiaries of French supply chain specialist CEVA Logistics, itself a subsidiary of the...
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5 March 2026
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AI, advertising, subscriptions, marketplace: how Walmart made e-commerce profitable in 2025
Walmart confirms a strategic shift, with 713 billion dollars in revenue in 2025 and a valuation up 600 billion dollars in 2 years. The group has maintained growth and is accelerating high-margin...
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20 February 2026
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Conflicts in the Middle East: what impact on the supply chain and European retail?
With US and Israeli strikes on Iran triggering a major crisis on February 28, 2026, retailers already have to face the closure of strategic trade routes, rising freight costs and import...
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5 March 2026
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Following a complaint from the FTC, Walmart agrees to pay US$100 million to Spark delivery drivers
On February 26, 2026, Walmart (2025 revenue: US$713.2 billion, up by 5.1% at constant rates) agreed to pay US$100 million in response to allegations of misleading compensation to delivery drivers...
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4 March 2026
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Faced with sluggish demand, The Home Depot and Lowe’s cut 1,400 jobs and reaffirm a B2B focus
In the United States, with the home improvement and D.I.Y. market under pressure, retail leaders are reorganising. Home Depot and Lowe's, respectively No. 1 and No. 2 in the market, announced...
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25 February 2026
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In 2025, French e-commerce confirmed resilience and reached 25% of non-food retail
Against a backdrop of sluggish consumption, e-commerce remained the main driver of French retail widening the gap with physical stores. According to Marc Lolivier, Fevad's General Delegate, online...
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18 February 2026