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Against a backdrop of sluggish consumption, e-commerce remained the main driver of French retail widening the gap with physical stores. According to Marc Lolivier, Fevad's General Delegate, online...

18 February 2026

European retail: distress levels not seen since the 2009 financial crisis

According to the Weil European Distress Index published on June 26, 2025, the retail sector is now the most distressed in Europe. With a distress index of 8.7% in May 2025, European retail...

30 June 2025

Footwear: 80% of Asian sourcing weakened by the effects of climate change

With the Digital Product Passport set to impose greater transparency and traceability on textile production chains from 2027, Scott Kelly, an Economist at Risilience, warned on June 23, 2025, of...

27 June 2025

U.S. GDP fell and commercial vacancy rose in Q1

While the impact of tariffs began to affect the US economy in Q1, with GDP falling by 0.3%, retail space occupancy rates did not improve.

12 May 2025

With active support from Beijing, Chinese retail is beginning a fragile recovery

Boosted by government intervention, retail sales ended up 4.6% in the first quarter ended March 2025 in China (year-on-year). Last year, they ended at 3.2% at the end of December 2024. According...

6 May 2025

In a booming second-hand market, 2nd Street continues Asian expansion

Japanese second-hand specialist 2nd Street continues to expand, opening a first store in Singapore at the end of April in the 313@Somerset centre (26,800 sq.m of net leasable area). The 575 sq.m...

9 April 2025

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

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

China: Cosmetics, luxury goods and fashion collapsed in 2024

In China, total retail sales slowed in 2024. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, they increased by 3.8% in value last year (excluding automobiles), after a rise of 7.3% in 2023. The...

13 February 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

Circana : grocery retailers posted a 3rd year of falling volumes in France

Despite the inflation slowdown, French consumers did not move upmarket in 2024, according to the annual report from Circana institute, which was formed by the merger of IRI and NPD. Over a...

31 January 2025

Faced with the downturn in Asia, Kering’s sales fell by 12% and LVMH by 2%

For LVMH and Kering, the world's n°1 and n°3 luxury retailers, Asia, which had long been a growth driver, has weighed down annual results in 2024. Meanwhile, the 25% tariffs announced on February...

30 January 2025

Stores closures jumped by 28% in the U.K. in 2024

In 2024, the U.K. reported 13,479 store closures, an increase of 28% in a year, according to the Centre for Retail Research (CRR). These included Boots, Shoe Zone, Homebase and others. While 56%...

7 January 2025

Daniel Ducrocq, NielsenIQ: “In the first half of 2025, our customers will be able to write questions in natural language in Discover”

Volume decline halted in France, continuous trade-offs from shoppers, channel dynamics, share of second-hand in online fashion... As NielsenIQ is about to integrate new AI functionalities and...

19 December 2024

The major retail and e-commerce trends of 2025

In a context of sluggish consumption, budgetary and geopolitical uncertainties (U.S.A., Middle East, Ukraine), concentration and financing tensions, retailers are prioritising efficient and...

19 December 2024

Black Friday : European average online spending up 14% in 2024

In Western Europe, Black Friday 2024 was characterised by an increase in spending and volumes (no inflation effect) and a massive recruitment of new e-shoppers. Although customers' participation...

13 December 2024

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Aroma-Zone and Najar reveal the behind-the-scenes of a strategic partnership

As the adoption of AI results in increasing cost volatility for companies, mind Retail spoke in Monaco with Christelle Glaszer, Manager of Indirect Purchases at Aroma-Zone natural beauty retailer...

13 March 2026

After-sales service: Prolong aims to become the OS of repair and adds 3 luxury brands

Signing of three high-end clients, launch of a maintenance passport, imminent Seed funding round and cloud migration project in China… At a 1-to-1 conference in Monaco, the Founder of Prolong...

12 March 2026

Regulatory: With 200,000 Digital Product Passports issued, Darty scales up

While the European Commission is set to vote on delegated acts to specify requirements for home appliances, Darty is accelerating a Digital Product Passport (DPP) push by integrating new products...

11 March 2026

Electronic labels: Hanshow accelerates breakthrough and signs with a leading British retailer

While the leader in electronic labels, Vusion exceeded €1.47 billion in revenue in 2025, rival Hanshow is stepping up a global offensive, winning a strategic account in the U.K. and a new POC for...

27 February 2026

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Italy seizes €27.4 million from CEVA Logistics for fraud and undeclared labour

On March 3, 2026, Italian tax authorities announced the seizure of €27.4 million from two Italian subsidiaries of French supply chain specialist CEVA Logistics, itself a subsidiary of the...

5 March 2026

Conflicts in the Middle East: what impact on the supply chain and European retail?

With US and Israeli strikes on Iran triggering a major crisis on February 28, 2026, retailers already have to face the closure of strategic trade routes, rising freight costs and import...

5 March 2026

Following a complaint from the FTC, Walmart agrees to pay US$100 million to Spark delivery drivers

On February 26, 2026, Walmart (2025 revenue: US$713.2 billion, up by 5.1% at constant rates) agreed to pay US$100 million in response to allegations of misleading compensation to delivery drivers...

4 March 2026

Social media & age verification: Tech breaks the glass ceiling of precision

As an array of international governments restrict social networks access for teenagers under 15 or 16, new facial recognition technologies from Yoti, Persona and k-ID are making progress in...

13 March 2026

Faced with sluggish demand, The Home Depot and Lowe’s cut 1,400 jobs and reaffirm a B2B focus

In the United States, with the home improvement and D.I.Y. market under pressure, retail leaders are reorganising. Home Depot and Lowe's, respectively No. 1 and No. 2 in the market, announced...

25 February 2026

Search AI : in the retail sector, 25% of AI queries are transactional

For mind Retail, online SEO specialist Ahrefs analysed retail queries on AI search engines. The goal was to measure the proportion of transactional prompts compared to informational ones. The...

2 March 2026