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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

Faced with trade tensions, Shein and Asics are ramping up Indian production

In India, Shein and Asics are increasing production capacity to respond to trade tensions and secure supply chains. Shein (2024 revenue: US$38 billion, up 19%), which returned to India in February...

18 June 2025

Customs duties: Shein and Temu raise prices

In the United States, in response to Donald Trump’s decision to raise customs duties to 145% on Chinese imports and end the de minimis rule from May 2, Asian e-commerce giants Shein and Temu...

18 April 2025

SaaS Lumi AI raises US$3.7 million in seed funding to simplify access to ERP data

Based in the U.A.E., the start-up Lumi AI raised US$3.7 million in seed funding on March, 25, in a round led by AgFunder, Forum Ventures, Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund ADQ and the...

9 April 2025

[mind Retail Exclusive] In 4 years, Cdiscount generated €10 million in GMV with Stockly

Having just raised €26 million in Series B funding from Eurazeo and Daphni, the start-up which specialises in stock pooling between e-retailers confirms a rising status in the market. We review a...

7 April 2025

Thai subcontractors claim U$1 million from Otto Group

While in Germany, the application of CSDDD has been eased, Otto online retailer is the subject of a complaint related to Thai textile workers. After filing for bankruptcy, a former textile...

7 March 2025

Marketplaces: Brussels wants to limit entry of non-compliant products

On February 5, the European Commission presented a set of measures to limit entry into the EU of e-commerce parcels deemed not to comply with local standards. These are mostly sold by Asian...

13 February 2025

Mexico increases customs fees for Temu, Shein, AliExpress and others

As Donald Trump threatens to impose 25% customs duties on imports from Canada and Mexico, the Central America country is stepping up a fight against Chinese imports. On January 1, 2025, new...

9 January 2025

Fast Retailing torn on the Chinese issue of Xinjiang

After a record year in a fiscal year to the end of August 2024 (turnover of US$20.7 billion up by 12.2%, net margin at 12% of sales), the C.E.O. of Fast Retailing, Tadashi Yanai, explained on the...

12 December 2024

[mind Retail Exclusive] Kiabi deploys CrushOn Connect second-hand solution in 70 stores

When availability of second-hand products is a growing challenge for retailers, Kiabi signed up with technology publisher CrushOn, mind Retail has learned. The aim is to streamline the sourcing of...

30 October 2024

Faced with Shein’s growth, the U.S. and the E.U. attack exemptions from customs duties

As the Biden administration has been threatening TikTok in America, the ultra-fast fashion giant Shein (GMV of US$45 billion in 2023, net margin of US$2 billion) could be subject to additional...

26 September 2024

Aldar Properties and Mubadala create a US$2.45 billion joint venture

On September 18, the Prince and Chairman of the Executive Council of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed, announced a partnership between Aldar Properties and Mubadala in Abu Dhabi. By the end of...

20 September 2024

The Emirates abolish customs duties on Australian imports

On September 17, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Australia signed a trade agreement aimed at boosting investment and bilateral trade between the countries. The agreement, the date of which was...

20 September 2024

Havas Commerce: 28% of retailers want to increase investment in AI

According to Havas Commerce, while only 46% of retailers are using artificial intelligence, 28% plan to make this an investment priority by 2025. After starting with uses in marketing like...

18 September 2024

H&M and New Look strengthen their agreements on subcontracting practices

As companies are investing in CSRD, fashion retailers are signing more and more agreements to protect the rights of workers and subcontractors in their manufacturing and transport process.

6 September 2024

Beauty: Nykka relies on express delivery to deliver 50% of orders on D+1

On September 3, according to Office Chai, Indian omnichannel fashion and beauty retailer Nykka (US$770 million turnover in 2023, up 24%, 200 stores in 72 Indian cities) launched a 3-hour delivery...

6 September 2024

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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