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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...
- Retail
- News brief
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...
- Retail
- News brief
4 July 2023
Sandrine Préfaut, Locala: “A quarter of retailers have begun to ‘discountise’ their offer”
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...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- News
28 June 2023
European sales of FMCG products in sharp drop since January
According to Circana/IRI data supplied to mind Retail, unit sales of FMCG products accelerated a fall in January and February 2023, after a black year in Western...
- Retail
- News brief
15 May 2023
Inflation : The C.E.O. of Système U points to the behavior of national brands
On 30th March, in an interview with BFMTV, Dominique Schelcher, C.E.O. of the French grocery retailer Système U, criticised the role of major brands in consumer price inflation: “A...
- Retail
- News brief
4 April 2023
A year of crisis: Retailers’ initiatives to cope with the purchasing power drop
A year after war in Ukraine, grocery retailers are facing a generalised range of cost inflation for energy and also products. What strategies must be adopted to face this unprecedented crisis of...
- Retail
- Essentials
9 March 2023
Walmart returns to strong growth in 2022, at the expense of margin
With a low price positioning, Walmart has managed to accelerate growth in 2022. This policy has nevertheless cost profitability. Note: the group has generated US$2.7 billion in advertising...
- Retail
- Retailer and e-commerce
- News
24 February 2023
U.K. Currys credit popularity rises in times of inflation
While the U.K. inflation rate remained high at 10.7% in November 2022 (down by 0.4% compared to October), the household goods retailer Currys (2021 turnover of US$12.2 billion, up by 2%...
- Retail
- News brief
16 December 2022
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The Hygie31 retail group, known for the Lafayette Pharmacies, is continuing to transform its websites, driven by Cocooncenter. Thanks to an AI strategy and a fully redesigned IT architecture, it...
10 September 2026
By launching a conversational chatbot with Algolia and a new module converting school lists into e-commerce carts this summer, Bureau Vallée aims to ease the chore of back-to-school supply list...
10 September 2026
According to our information, Fnac Darty is about to deploy European payment solution Wero, based on account-to-account instant transfers, on its e-commerce sites. Already active in Germany at...
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- mind Exclusive
- Retail tech
4 September 2026
On the occasion of an IPO, Shein revealed a carbon footprint of 25.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2025, up by 20% compared to a reference year. For an equivalent sales level, the fast...
3 September 2026
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Electronic shelf labels: why the US regulator threatens rollout
In the USA, the Federal Trade Commission has just required full transparency on the use of pricing algorithms based on personal data, under threat of penalties. In this regulatory framework...
- Retail
- Economy and regulators
- Analysis
21 August 2026
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E-commerce: click-through rate down by 5.4% since Google AIO launch in France
mind Retail has gained access to exclusive Ahrefs figures on the impact of Google "AI Overviews" responses for the e-commerce sector. Launched on July 22, 2026, in France as part of AI Mode, these...
20 August 2026