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In the U.K., Marks & Spencer (2023 sales: €15.3 billion, up 9.4% in a year) is installing automatic checkouts, next to the fitting rooms. 28 stores are already equipped, including the...

29 October 2024

Lectra aims to reduce waste in the fashion industry with Valia

As pressure mounts on fashion retailers to combine profitability with CSR regulations, Lectra is launching Valia, a cloud-based software package that optimises textile cutting and reduces waste.

14 October 2024

Fashion: second-hand players call for an end to resale taxation

In both the U.S.A. and Europe, federations and players in the circular fashion sector are campaigning for an end to double taxation, especially tax applied to resale margins, which applies to...

8 October 2024

Faced with Shein’s growth, the U.S. and the E.U. attack exemptions from customs duties

As the Biden administration has been threatening TikTok in America, the ultra-fast fashion giant Shein (GMV of US$45 billion in 2023, net margin of US$2 billion) could be subject to additional...

26 September 2024

TJX invests US$360 million in the Dubai-based Brands For Less

While Primark announced a strategic partnership with Alshaya Group to enter the Gulf, the American TJX Co. is also going on the offensive. The world’s largest fashion retailer by sales...

24 September 2024

[mind Retail Exclusive] Veesual signs up Lululemon and Adore Me

According to our information, start-up Veesual added Lululemon and Adore Me to its portfolio. These companies will be testing the AI-powered virtual fitting solution.

19 September 2024

Luxury goods: in the 1st half, LVMH cannot escape market slowdown

On July 23, LVMH (2023 sales: €86.15 billion, up 9%, after a 23% increase in 2022) published results for the first half to the end of June. Sales, down 1% at constant exchange rates to...

25 July 2024

Naf Naf taken over by Turkey’s Migiboy for €1.5 million

On June 18, the Parisian Commercial Court of Bobigny granted Naf Naf (2022 sales of €141 million, debts of €40 million in 2023) to Migiboy Tekstil (2023 sales of €55.9 million down...

27 June 2024

[mind Retail Day] Six fashion, home and B2B retailers facing circularities’ challenges

At the mind Retail Day on June 19, Béatrice Brandt (Le Jacquard Français), Loic Gauchet (5ASEC Business), Anne-Laure Grand (Decathlon Pro), Marie Kennel (Christofle), Damien Pellé (SMCP) and Julia...

27 June 2024

Luxury brand Polène makes inroads in South Korea with a flagship

Founded in 2016, French luxury leather goods brand Polène (5 stores, with 3 in Paris, 1 in Tokyo and 1 in New York) is continuing to expand. On June 15, 2024, the retailer opened a flagship...

26 June 2024

Chalhoub launches 2-hour delivery in Riyadh with Level Shoes

In June 2024, a year after launching a two-hour home delivery service in Dubai, Chalhoub’s Level Shoes (selling 250 shoe brands and two flagships in Dubai Mall and Riyadh Park Mall) decided...

25 June 2024

Yoox-Net-A-Porter bids farewell to China under pressure from competitors

On June 14, Switzerland’s Richemont (2023 sales of €20.62 billion, up by 3.3%), owner of Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, etc., announced the closure of the Yoox Net A Porter (YNAP)...

20 June 2024

Fast fashion giant Shein tries circularity

Following a launch in the U.S.A. in 2022, the second-hand clothing resale platform Shein Exchange, was launched in France on June 3. Available from the mobile app, it offers only clothing...

11 June 2024

Benetton Co-Founder to step down as Chairman amid allegations of fraud

On May 25, in Italy, Luciano Benetton, Co-Founder of the eponymous Italian fashion retailer (sales of €1.09 billion in 2023 up by 8.5%, after a 19%-uplift in 2022), announced his intention to...

6 June 2024

E-commerce: LVMH and Alibaba combine cloud and AI technologies

On May 22, at Viva Technology, in Paris, LVMH and Alibaba announced a five-year technology partnership to optimise customer experiences and logistics (inventory management, distribution) of the...

24 May 2024

[mind Retail Exclusive] Lacoste signs with StrutFit to reduce online returns

On May 23, at Viva Technology in Paris, mind Retail learned of Lacoste‘s signing with New Zealand’s StrutFit in March 2024. StrutFit‘s tech solution, based on computer vision and...

24 May 2024

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Shoptimus AI scales up in grocery smart shopping lists and prepares for a new funding round

After securing a strategic partnership with Spanish grocer Bon Preu, retail tech firm Shoptimus AI—first spotted by Carrefour—is accelerating a rollout. By leveraging AI agents to automate grocery...

11 January 2026

Agentic AI: Hymalaia attracts retailers and announces imminent fundraising

According to our sources, the young start-up Hymalaia is continuing development in retail with 4 new retailers currently in POC and an imminent fundraising. We examine the details.

16 December 2025

Refurbished smartphones: why Largo relies on Speeral automation

The start-up founded by the duo behind Teester and Skeepers is accelerating automation of second-hand product flows. The strategy is to use AI to direct products to high-traffic marketplaces such...

9 December 2025

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

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11 January 2026

Agentic commerce: AI agents enhancing a shopping experience

This month, our analysis focuses on how innovation is reshaping a retail customer experience: delivery promises integrated from the earliest stages of an e-commerce journey, adding items to a...

2 January 2026

With Walmart, Ulta Beauty, Zalando and Carrefour, Google launches an agentic commerce protocol

Following the launch of payments in Copilot, Google is preparing to join OpenAI and Microsoft, but with a more integrated version focused on its own payment method, Google Pay. These moves...

13 January 2026

2026 Trends – How far should retailers open the door to AI Search engines ?

(Trends 1/6) With data visibility, recommendations, transactions on ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity, LLMs are establishing themselves as new entry points for e-commerce. As search, comparison and...

8 January 2026

Publicis Commerce barometer : retail media takes root in brand-retailer relations

According to Publicis Commerce e-retail media barometer of 2025, from a sample of approximately 200 marketing, commerce and e-commerce French decision-makers and published on January 7, 2026...

12 January 2026

Trends 2026 – Chatbots, WhatsApp, social networks: don’t miss out on conversation

(Trends 2/6) After a cautious observation phase by retailers and some high-profile hallucination issues, 2025 was a turning point operationally for chatbots and conversational tools. Positioned...

13 January 2026