inflation

Trending topics

In France, BNPL use declines in 2024

According to a 4th edition of the Floa – Kantar barometer measuring changes in payment practices in Europe (4,916 respondents), 66% of French people used a payment by instalments solution in...

4 April 2025

Tesco grants pay rises above UK’s inflation

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%, a rise above inflation (3% in January)...

21 March 2025

In a week, Klarna signs with Walmart and files IPO application at NYSE

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. By December, the Swedish BNPL solution will be...

21 March 2025

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...

20 March 2025

U.S. shoppers, nervous about Trump’s policies, are cutting back on non-essential purchases

On March 17, 2025, the Department of Commerce published the retail sales figures for the U.S.A. In February, these increased moderately by 0.2% in a month, below the forecast of a rise of 0.6%...

19 March 2025

[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...

4 February 2025

Mercadona increases the pay of all staff by 8.5%

From 2025, to increase the purchasing power of staff, Spanish largest grocery retailer Mercadona (turnover 2023: €35.53 billion, up 15% in a year via 1,681 stores) is increasing salaries of...

16 January 2025

At Marks & Spencer, self-checkout is taking root next to fitting rooms

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

Norauto teams up with Klaro to boost staff purchasing power

Since June 2024, Norauto's HR department has been offering all 7,000 French staff use of Klaro, a start-up simplifying access to welfare benefits and local assistance. Staff using the app are now...

11 October 2024

Despite stable inflation, European retail has not recovered in the 1st half of the year

In the Eurozone, the HICP (Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices) rose by 2.5% in June 2024 (annual change), a level that has been broadly stable since January. In the food sector in particular...

3 September 2024

Inflation, retail sales, unemployment: 7 charts to understand the health of retail in Europe and the U.S.A. in H1 2024

mind Retail presents a review of macro-economic indicators for the 1st half of 2024. At the end of June 2024, what was the level of inflation in Europe, the U.S.A. and China? How is it impacting...

27 July 2024

Walmart invests massively in private label offering

After announcing the closure of the health center business, Walmart is investing in a major overhaul of private labels. It aims to enhance loyalty of high-income households, in order to compensate...

7 May 2024

[Inflation barometer] Eurozone: FMCG prices rose in 2023 and remain 2 times higher than in the USA

The year 2023 was a brutal one for the retail sector, with consumers having no choice but to consume differently. In the USA, and even more so in Europe, inflation remained high, prompting...

30 April 2024

Walmart slashes subscription fees to win the loyalty of low-income households

Wheras Intermarché offers a “small budget advantage” based on French family income, Walmart in the U.S.A. wants to win loyalty from households in receipt of SNAP and SSI (food...

9 August 2023

British online shoppers reduced their average shopping basket by 14% in 6 months

In the U.K., rising prices are reducing consumer purchasing power. According to Foxinteligence, the average number of items per e-commerce basket fell from 3.1 a year ago to 2.8 in June...

17 July 2023

After the soaring import bill, shortages persist in Tunisia

For almost a year now, Tunisia has been experiencing a series of shortages of essential foodstuffs such as sugar, semolina, flour and rice. The Tunisian government is facing an economic crisis...

4 July 2023

Our other services

Research

Conducting customized studies: benchmarks, overviews, personalized newsletters, white label content.

Training courses

Our training courses & masterclasses: short formats for management, executive coaching, and skills development for junior profiles.

Events

Our networking activities: half-day conferences dedicated to industry issues and open to the entire ecosystem.

Our mind news

See all

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

Already in POC, Dialog’s conversational agent shows up in the search bar

Buoyed by a €3.8 million seed round closed in mid‑November 2025, French start‑up Dialog, specialised in AI‑based conversational e‑commerce, is accelerating. Initially placed on product pages, this...

4 December 2025

E‑commerce: How Hive customises free‑delivery thresholds using customer data

With 500 e‑merchant clients, including Embryolisse, Hindbag, Airup, Hygée or Jacks Beauty Line, German logistics provider Hive is capitalising on data to raise e‑commerce conversion via a finely...

2 December 2025

Retail media: Marionnaud bets on print with Figaro to boost drive-to-store

According to our sources, Marionnaud’s beauty retailer will expand an advertising unit into 3 new countries in 2026 and is launching another retail media lever in the French key market. The goal...

26 November 2025

Most viewed articles of the month on mind Retail

What readers clicked on the most last month.

In the category

What readers clicked on the most last month.

Carrefour: with 4% of the shares Rodolphe Saadé strengthens governance after the Diniz exit

A page is turning at Carrefour. On November 12, 2025 the Brazilian Diniz family (a shareholder since 2014 through its holding Peninsula) sold the 8% stake. At the same time Rodolphe...

13 November 2025

Carmila accelerates asset sales in Spain and exceeds 2025 targets

On November 17, 2025, the retail property company created by Carrefour, Carmila, announced the sale of 4 non-strategic assets in Spain for €37.3 million, including taxes. These medium-sized...

20 November 2025