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Through an agreement to acquire 70% of the operator of Grand Frais, the US investment fund Apollo aims to double stores and evolve a model that has so far been entirely focused on physical retail...

19 December 2025

Colruyt and Carrefour rebalance European assets

On June 17, the Les Mousquetaires Group (2024 sales: €42.5 billion, up 6.4%) announced exclusive negotiations to acquire 81 Colruyt stores, 44 petrol stations, and 1,300 French staff. The...

19 June 2025

Italy’s Conad to invest €258 million in store network

On June 9, the Italian group Conad (2024 revenue of €21.1 billion, up 4.5% year-on-year after a rise of 8.1% in 2023) announced an investment of €258 million by 2027 in a network of...

17 June 2025

Delivery platforms: Doordash acquires Deliveroo for US$3.3 billion

On May 6, US company DoorDash acquired a British rival for US$3.29 billion. As part of Doordash’s international expansion strategy (2024 revenue of US$10.7 billion, up by 24%, net margin...

6 May 2025

Grocery retail consolidation : Salling acquires Rimi Baltic for €1.3 billion

On May 5, Danish retailer Salling (2024 turnover: €9.7 billion, up by 2.7% year-on-year, net margin ratio at 2.4% of sales) received shareholders’ approval to acquire the Baltic...

6 May 2025

[Food Retail Barometer 2024] The financial health of the world’s 10 largest food retailers in 7 charts

Now in a fourth edition, our annual barometer presents the financial performance of the world's 10 largest food retailers from 2017 to 2024: Walmart, Costco, Kroger, Seven & I, Target...

17 April 2025

Asda and Currys invest in protection against theft and assault in the U.K.

In the U.K., thefts jumped by 25%, and assaults on staff by 50% in 2024. With the associated loss estimated at €4.8 billion per year for the sector, retailers are investing in more security. We...

2 April 2025

[mind Retail Exclusive] Exotec speeds up in supermarkets at Colruyt and E.Leclerc

In Belgium, the warehouse automation specialist Exotec signed an agreement with Colruyt grocery retailer (turnover of €5.4 billion in the 6 months to the end of September 2024 down by 0.5%...

7 March 2025

Driven by record I.P.O., Lulu Retail ends 2024 up 5%

On February 10, the food retailer Lulu Retail posted a turnover of US$7.62 billion in the fiscal year to late December 2024. Sales grew by 4.7% at constant rates and 2.3% like-for-like. The...

13 February 2025

Auchan Russia is counting on sanctions being lifted to continue trading

Auchan Retail (2023 sales €32.26 billion, down 2% in a year, via 2,354 stores in 12 countries) has ended discussions with Gazprombank concerning the sale of 232 Russian stores, according to...

30 January 2025

Ahold Delhaize consolidates, with two acquisitions in Belgium and Romania

In Europe, Ahold Delhaize is starting 2025 with a phase of consolidation. In Belgium and Romania, the business is to add 2,000 stores through acquisitions of Delfood and Profi.

17 January 2025

Asda obtains a US$196-million loan to postpone debt maturities

Following a US$4 billion refinancing in May 2024, the UK’s third-largest grocery retailer Asda (2023 sales of US$ 27.2 billion+ 7,1 % in a year) obtained a US$196 million loan on December 4...

11 December 2024

Seven & i drops the curtain in Israel

After only 18 months of selling in Israel, the world’s 4th largest food retailer by sales, Seven & i Holdings (sales 2023: US$127 billion, down by 2.9%) confirmed closure on November 12...

14 November 2024

Auchan Retail to sell Russian stores to Gazprombank

Auchan Retail is in the process of withdrawing from Russia, with the sale of all 232 stores, according to La Lettre. While the company announced that it will remain in Ukraine, it is considering...

30 October 2024

Lulu Group set to raise over US$1.5 billion via I.P.O.

Announced 2 years ago, Emirati retailer Lulu Group (2023 sales of US$8 billion via 260 supermarkets and 24 malls) is set to go public at the beginning of November 2024. This involves a dual I.P.O...

26 September 2024

10 years after leaving India, Carrefour returns via a franchising agreement

While Carrefour is gradually withdrawing from Africa, the group (2023 sales of €92 billion, up 10.4% on a like-for-like basis via 14,000 stores in 40 countries) announced on September 9 a...

11 September 2024

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Marketplaces: Stockly enters Switzerland with MediaMarkt, Decathlon, Galaxus and Manor

After a loss-making but high-growth year in 2025, the stock-pooling start-up for marketplaces signed agreements with 4 Swiss players, mind Retail learned. By taking on one of Europe’s most...

30 January 2026

Save launches an e-commerce site to support a shift towards sales

Having just reached break-even, the French subsidiary of refurbished specialist Save intends to go beyond an historical model of repair to develop sales of accessories and refurbished products...

23 January 2026

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

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11 January 2026

Global retail tech investment rose by 7.4% in 2025

In 2025, venture capital continued to flow into commerce technologies. With 27.5 billion dollars invested in retail tech, the average deal size increased while the number of transactions declined.

23 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 – Retail media, between omnichannel reach, creativity and measurement

(Trends, 6/6) After an exceptional 2024 driven by the Olympic Games, retail media entered a phase of maturity and slowing business last year. It nonetheless remains extremely dynamic, fuelled by...

28 January 2026

2026 Trends – 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

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