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Before an IPO, Shein forced to reveal margin erosion in 2025 and impact of US tariff shock
Made public ahead of a Hong Kong listing planned for September, Shein’s financial documents, seen by mind Retail, confirm the shift experienced by the fast-fashion retailer. Despite a 8% sales...
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21 August 2026
In 2025, Vinted’s sales accelerated to €1.1 billion at the cost of a compressed margin
Having passed a sales threshold of €1 billion in 2025, Vinted continues to diversify. Between a massive push of Vinted Go lockers, category expansion and the launch of a wallet, the second-hand...
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9 April 2026
A Google traffic up by 12% : how Sézane industrialised a SEO and Search strategy via a content factory
With 10 million monthly users and a range based on frequently renewed items, pure-player Sézane detailed, during the AWS Summit in Paris, how it exceeded the limits of a brand SEO and improved the...
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9 April 2026
Bonus textile repair: a virtuous scheme held back by a shortage of skills
Two years after a launch in the fashion sector, the French repair "bonus" is struggling to scale up. The main reason is a limited pool of repairers constrained by poor recruitment. We share an...
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29 January 2026
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...
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5 August 2025
[mind Retail Exclusive] After the restaurant industry, Passcloud expands an e-marketing wallet with Etam, Viveh and Ni Cosmetic
Passcloud, a French-American start-up specialising in digital wallet marketing, is diversifying towards fashion and beauty retailers, affiliate marketing agencies and travel retail. Co-Founder and...
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4 July 2025
Menswear brand Snitch raises US$40 million to expand in Asia and the Middle East
In India, men’s label Snitch (2024 sales: US$29.4 million, up 128% in a year, net margin ratio of 1.8% via 60 stores) raised US$40 million in Series B funding on May 27 (investors: 360 ONE...
5 June 2025
EU adopts environmental labelling for B2B, France pushes for a consumer-facing version
While Brussels has just approved the methodological framework for eco-score in the fashion industry, France is taking the lead with a more ambitious version directly aimed at consumers. Already in...
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23 May 2025
Primark to enter Kuwait and the U.A.E. with Alshaya
After announcing, in March, a new Indian operation via a franchise partnership with Reliance Brands, British retailer Primark (2024 turnover of US$11.93 billion in the fiscal year to September...
12 May 2025
In a booming second-hand market, 2nd Street continues Asian expansion
Japanese second-hand specialist 2nd Street continues to expand, opening a first store in Singapore at the end of April in the 313@Somerset centre (26,800 sq.m of net leasable area). The 575 sq.m...
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9 April 2025
U.S.A.: Forever 21 files for bankruptcy, with debts of US$1.58 billion
On March 17, 2025, Forever 21 (2021 turnover US$2 billion, last available financial data) filed for bankruptcy in a Delaware court. This includes 354 stores in the USA, the brand licence and U.S...
18 March 2025
In Germany, C&A closes the only European manufacturing site
The Dutch fashion brand C&A (13,000 stores in 17 countries) closed the 4,200 sq.m production plant in Mönchengladbach, Germany at the end of February 2025. Opened in 2021 for producing...
4 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
USA: Quiksilver, Roxy and Volcom operator shuts down 122 Stores
On February 7, Liberated Brands (2022 revenue : US$422 million, up by 21%, with no new figures since) began closing 122 stores across the U.S.A. following a bankruptcy filing on February, 2. The...
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17 February 2025
H&M saved margin in 2024 but remains in decline in America and Asia
On January 30, the Swedish company H&M reported sales of US$22.32 billion in 2024 (fiscal year to the end of November 2024), down 0.7%. After a rise of 5.6% in 2023 and 12.4% in 2022, this is...
13 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
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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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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...
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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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22 September 2026