In France, BNPL use declines in 2024 Europe According to a 4th edition of the Floa – Kantar barometer measuring changes in payment practices in Europe (4,916 respondents),…
Tesco grants pay rises above UK’s inflation Europe On March 17, British retailer Tesco signed an agreement with the USDAW union increasing the wages of stores and distribution centre staff by 5.2%,…
In a week, Klarna signs with Walmart and files IPO application at NYSE Americas On March 17, Klarna announced an exclusive partnership with Walmart (2024 turnover: US$681 billion, up by 5.6%) in collaboration with the OnePay app.…
In 2024, which retailers have the best scores on the professional equality index? In 2024, 1,812 online and omnichannel retailers with more than 50 staff reported their score on the professional gender equality index to the French Ministry of Labour. mind Retail analysed the scores of companies in 8 retail sectors for the financial year ending in December 2024.
U.S. shoppers, nervous about Trump’s policies, are cutting back on non-essential purchases Americas On March 17, 2025, the Department of Commerce published the retail sales figures for the U.S.A. In February,…
[Inflation Barometer] Despite inflation stabilising in 2024, European retail is still being penalised by prices that are too high In 2024, inflation reached a moderate level of +2.4% in both the Eurozone and the U.S.A. In the long term, the gap in terms of consumption is real: over 3 years, food inflation reached +25% in Europe compared with +15% in the USA. This price uplift is penalising the retail sector in France and Germany. In the USA, however, the retail sector is in good health.
Mercadona increases the pay of all staff by 8.5% Europe From 2025, to increase the purchasing power of staff, Spanish largest grocery retailer Mercadona (turnover 2023: €35.53 billion,…
At Marks & Spencer, self-checkout is taking root next to fitting rooms Europe In the U.K., Marks & Spencer (2023 sales: €15.3 billion, up 9.4% in a year) is installing automatic checkouts,…
Sandrine Préfaut, Locala: “A quarter of retailers have begun to ‘discountise’ their offer” Interviews In an exclusive interview with mind Retail, Locala, a specialist in multi-local solutions ranging from "drive to store" to visibility issues, presents the three key findings of an annual survey of 3,000 consumers in 5 countries (France, UK, Italy, Netherlands and Belgium). Sandrine Préfaut, Locala's Managing Director for Europe, outlines key trends.
European sales of FMCG products in sharp drop since January Europe According to Circana/IRI data supplied to mind Retail, unit sales of FMCG products accelerated a fall in January and February 2023,…
