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Since October 19, Japanese logistics company Askul (2024 revenue: 3.3 billion dollars, up by 2% year-on-year) has been the victim of a cyberattack, preventing it from managing e-commerce orders...

27 October 2025

Cosmetics: How start-up Aiso multiplied by 5 the visibility of U.S. brand Particle on ChatGPT

Since March 2025, Israeli start-up Aiso has been working with the U.S. online brand Particle, a specialist in men’s cosmetics, to strengthen visibility on ChatGPT. In 6 months, impressions have...

13 October 2025

Jott, 1083, Cyrillus, Sessun, Petit Bateau and Soeur publish their environmental scores with Clear Fashion

Since October 1, French fashion retailers have been able, on a voluntary basis, to disclose the environmental cost of their clothing through the French Environmental Label (or AEF). To do so, they...

7 October 2025

[Mind Retail info] Ouidrop rolls out drive-through robotics at E.Leclerc and prepares for Series A

Mind Retail learned the French start-up, which specialises in robotics technology for grocery drive-throughs, has signed new deals with E.Leclerc supermarkets. The rapidly growing start-up, whose...

26 August 2025

After Ebay, Klarna is collaborating with the resale platform Poshmark

Faced with the rise of circular fashion in the USA, where the second-hand market is worth US$51.9 billion, and the Swedish fintech company's ambitions to offer services beyond payment methods...

5 August 2025

[Amazon results] Between accelerated growth and massive investment in Q2, Amazon seeks balance

On July 31, Amazon published quarterly results in line with Wall Street expectations, with revenue up 13.3% and net profitability up 35%. Looking for early signs of a return on spending, and...

5 August 2025

[E-commerce Barometer 2025] France, United Kingdom, Germany… traditional markets return to 2021 peak

In 2024, online product sales doubled (up by 5.4%) in the 6 main Western European markets of the U.K., Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, driven by lower inflation and...

4 August 2025

Delipop bankruptcy: a warning for urban logistics start-ups?

Dissolved on July 30 by the Paris Commercial Court, the start-up Delipop, which pooled pedestrian drive-through pickups for several food retailers such as Carrefour and Intermarché via automated...

1 August 2025

[mind Retail Exclusive] After a quiet fundraising round, Newtone connects generative AI to Shopify, Salsify, and Inriver

Since launch in March 2024, Newtone has been aiming to industrialise content production for the e-commerce sector with generative AI LLM. According to our information, the retail tech company...

24 June 2025

TikTok Shop launches in Japan and secures a future in Indonesia

Bytedance is preparing to launch TikTok Shop in Japan. This is expected from a change in the app’s privacy policy in Japan, which now refers to “shopping features,” according to...

19 June 2025

Faced with trade tensions, Shein and Asics are ramping up Indian production

In India, Shein and Asics are increasing production capacity to respond to trade tensions and secure supply chains. Shein (2024 revenue: US$38 billion, up 19%), which returned to India in February...

18 June 2025

After supermarkets and fashion, Dior and Cartier are now the target of cyber attacks

As cyber attacks have been mushrooming in Europe's fashion and food sectors, luxury goods are not being spared. Recently, customer data from Dior (LVMH) and Cartier (Richemont) was raided.

6 June 2025

Portugal: a Glovo delivery rider recognised as an employee by the Supreme Court

In a ruling on May 28, the Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal reclassified the relationship between an independent food delivery rider and the Glovo platform as an employment relationship. The...

6 June 2025

[Shoptalk] At Tesco, the ship-from-store model is reaching limits at 30% of online sales per store

On June 2, 2025, at the Shoptalk conference in Barcelona, which mind Retail attended, Oliver Vogt (Tesco) reviewed the implementation of logistics hubs dedicated to e-commerce fulfillment in...

5 June 2025

Shein audience: a deceptive stability in a two-speed Europe

According to the latest audience report, Shein has managed to stabilise the active user base in Europe over the last 6 months. Driven by the marketplace, 4 countries account for 65% of monthly...

22 May 2025

[mind Retail Day] La Redoute announces the opening of a marketplace in Belgium in 2026

At mind Retail Day’s event, Edouard Roussel, Director of Partnerships for La Redoute, announced the launch of a Belgian marketplace. He also detailed the French marketplace's growth levers. We...

22 May 2025

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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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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

Carmila accelerates asset sales in Spain and exceeds 2025 targets

On November 17, 2025, the retail property company created by Carrefour, Carmila, announced the sale of 4 non-strategic assets in Spain for €37.3 million, including taxes. These medium-sized...

20 November 2025