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While in Germany, the application of CSDDD has been eased, Otto online retailer is the subject of a complaint related to Thai textile workers. After filing for bankruptcy, a former textile...

7 March 2025

Ebay improves search engine with AI to filter fast deliveries

After reporting revenue of US$10.28 billion in 2024, up 2% at constant rate, and a net margin ratio of 19.2% of sales (a fall of 8.2 points), Ebay updated a search engine on February 26 to help...

6 March 2025

In France, Alibaba gained twice as many visitors as Amazon in Q4

Confirming the traction of low-price marketplaces, 3.14 million new French internet users used AliExpress in Q4 2024. This is the biggest gain in the Fevad and Médiamétrie panel. In the food...

5 March 2025

[mind Retail Exclusive] With Aive, Tefal boosts Instagram campaigns with AI

According to our sources, the Seb group selected the start-up Aive, specialised in the automation of content for social networks, for a first campaign on Instagram and Facebook during the holiday...

5 March 2025

With Faume, Soeur launches into second-hand goods via an omnichannel approach

On February 26, 2025, the French fashion brand Soeur (turnover of €65 million in 2024, up by 30% in a year via 54 points of sale in Europe) rolled out a second-hand platform “Sœur...

3 March 2025

TikTok Shop arrives in Western Europe, with a potential market of €3.3 billion

After the launch of TikTok Shop in Mexico, the platform is launching this feature in France, Germany, Italy and Spain, four countries with a combined total of 85 million users in 2024. Since...

26 February 2025

Driven by new profit streams in 2024, Walmart puts the spotlight on e-commerce

Walmart maintained growth while generating higher profits from the core business. With online sales accounting for 18% of total revenue -a level equivalent to Target - e-commerce triggered...

25 February 2025

Alibaba opens a first furniture showroom in Hong Kong

On February 22, 2025, Taobao (Alibaba Group) teamed up with Chinese home furnishings platform Papabo to open a first physical furniture store. Named PapaHome and located within the Tsim Sha Tsui...

21 February 2025

Gero Furchheim, Ecommerce Europe: “The challenges posed by marketplaces, often based in Asia, are the current priority”

With the General Product Safety Regulation coming into force on 13 December 2024, but with no enforcement guidelines having been published since, mind Retail spoke with Gero Furchheim, the new...

14 February 2025

Marketplaces: Brussels wants to limit entry of non-compliant products

On February 5, the European Commission presented a set of measures to limit entry into the EU of e-commerce parcels deemed not to comply with local standards. These are mostly sold by Asian...

13 February 2025

How ManoMano capitalises on AI to earn sales conversion points

From search results to the catalogue, product recommendations, logistics and advertising, AI infuses all ManoMano teams. Armelle Patault, VP Data of the DIY marketplace, shared results.

13 February 2025

[Amazon results] Amazon maintained growth and doubled margin in 2024

Driven by e-commerce, the marketplace, the cloud and advertising - four entities that have each generated more than US$10 billion in incremental revenue - Amazon ended 2024 with solid fundamentals...

11 February 2025

Shein returns to India with Reliance Retail

Blocked since 2020 in India, Shein is back to compete with Myntra (Flipkart) and Zudio (Tata). The group signed a licensing agreement with Reliance Retail Ventures (RRVL), a subsidiary of the...

11 February 2025

Patricia Grundmann, Obi Group: “Our future adserver will be able to handle a lot of API calls and operate DOOH in-store”

Patricia Grundmann, VP Media & Retail Media at German D.I.Y. retailer Obi Group Holding, told mind Retail all about her plans for the transformation of the company in 2025. This includes a...

6 February 2025

India: retailers will soon be able to use Aadhaar biometric authentication

India is easing access to the Aadhaar biometric authentication system (via fingerprint or iris) created by Infosys co-Founder Nandan Nilekani. At the beginning of 2024, this system was being used...

4 February 2025

[mind Retail Exclusive] Lucky Cart signs with Carrefour Spain

French start-up Lucky Cart, which is well established in the French supermarket sector (including Intermarché, E.Leclerc and Carrefour), is to make a debut at Carrefour Spain, mind Retail...

24 January 2025

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Electronic labels: Hanshow accelerates breakthrough and signs with a leading British retailer

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...

27 February 2026

BNPL: Between healthcare and retail, Scalapay accelerates a P.O.S. offensive with two major signings

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...

25 February 2026

Google is testing the RCS button in Google My Business alongside the WhatsApp button

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...

20 February 2026

Find out who is replacing Arnaud Gallet as Head of NRF Europe

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...

5 March 2026

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...

20 February 2026

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...

5 March 2026

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...

4 March 2026

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...

25 February 2026

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...

18 February 2026