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The I.P.O. of Sweden’s Klarna is taking shape. On November 12, the Swedish BNPL company announced that it had “confidentially” filed a first version of a registration document...

14 November 2024

Alibaba strengthens payment security for third-party merchants to accelerate B2B growth

A year after acquiring Visable, a B2B e-commerce platform publisher, Alibaba (2023 sales US$130.4 billion, up by 8%) launched Trade Assurance on October, 28. On Alibaba.com B2B platform (the...

31 October 2024

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

Payment: Klarna arrives on Adyen’s EFTPOS terminals

Swedish deferred payment specialist Klarna is planning to expand a presence in the physical retail sector using Adyen terminals. Announced on September 26, fractional payment products (BNPL) will...

27 September 2024

Pierre Chassigneux, b.connect: ‘Around 20% of e-commerce baskets are abandoned due to authentication issues’

Recruiting major e-retailers in France, defining the right business model, opening up to other banking partners... The b.connect authentication solution, supported by 5 French banks, is due to be...

18 September 2024

Ikea and Walmart rely on marketplaces to boost second hand sales

While Walmart is introducing new categories of second-hand products to its marketplace, Ikea is testing a version of C2C digital marketplace. While this approach has not been successful for...

30 August 2024

Apple compelled to open up iPhone contactless payment to competitors

On July 11, Apple (quarterly sales at the end of July: US$85.5 billion, up 4.9% year-on-year) made a commitment to the European Commission to open up iPhone contactless payment to competing...

20 August 2024

Casino subsidiary suspends stablecoin issuance

“As part of the entry into force of the European MiCA regulation (June 30, editor note) and in accordance with its compliance commitment, Lugh, issuer of the stablecoin euro, announces the...

7 June 2024

[mind Retail Exclusive] 3 years after its first financing round, Sensei prepares a Series A

Autonomous store technology specialist Sensei, created in the wake of Amazon Go, is about to announce a Series A funding round (a round involving an investment fund, Editor’s note) mind...

16 May 2024

Facing theft issues, Target, Walmart and Dollar General reduce access to self-checkout

In the U.S.A., retailers are reviewing their self-checkout practices. Here's a look at the measures recently introduced by Target, Walmart, Dollar General and Five Below to counter the problem of...

15 May 2024

Rent Now Pay Later: In Dubai, Keyper wants no more bank cheques

On March 13, 2024, Keyper, an Emirati start-up specialising in fractional payments for shopping centre tenants, joined forces with Direct Debit System. This partnership with a direct debit...

27 March 2024

BNPL: Crédit Agricole Consumer Finance acquires Pledg

On February 15, Crédit Agricole Consumer Finance (owner of Sofinco) announced plans to acquire BNPL specialist Pledg. This 100% takeover (without financial details) should enable the...

19 February 2024

Computer vision: Walmart adopts new technology to reduce “scan & go” fraud

In the U.S.A., Walmart's wholesale subsidiary Sam's Club is about to deploy a technology combining AI and computer vision in all stores. The aim is to streamline a self-check-out experience and...

25 January 2024

Tap To Pay: Apple shakes up the offline POS market

Following Google for Android, Apple's Tap to Pay functionality (already live in the U.S.A., Australia, the U.K. and the Netherlands) is now coming to France. By transforming salespeople's iPhones...

16 November 2023

B2B : Amazon launches a BNPL offer for professional customers with Affirm

Amazon is about to offer a fractional payment option on Amazon Business, the e-commerce platform for professional clients, CNBC revealed. The U.S. retail giant, which has just published good Q3...

7 November 2023

Klarna claims 100 million European customers

Amid a backdrop of tighter regulation for BNPL with a revision of the European Credit Directive, online payment and BNPL solution provider Klarna reported a 14% increase in business volume in...

13 October 2023

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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

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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