Interview Through the VC lens Guillaume Echaudemaison: “Seventure is investing in a retail tech company that personalises customer relations on a large scale” Europe Interviews Guillaume Echaudemaison is a Senior Investment Manager in the Digital team at venture capital firm Seventure Partners. Focusing on Series A funding, Seventure has notably supported SumUp and Talentsoft, and is rapidly expanding in the retail sector. Another investment in retail tech will soon be announced, the partner revealed to mind Retail.
Interview Reglementary Gero Furchheim, Ecommerce Europe: “The challenges posed by marketplaces, often based in Asia, are the current priority” With the General Product Safety Regulation coming into force on 13 December 2024, but with no enforcement guidelines having been published since, mind Retail spoke with Gero Furchheim, the new President of Ecommerce Europe. In an exclusive interview, he details his stance on product safety issues, customs duties, the stakeholders involved, and the technological and investment implications.
Interview Patricia Grundmann, Obi Group: “Our future adserver will be able to handle a lot of API calls and operate DOOH in-store” Patricia Grundmann, VP Media & Retail Media at German D.I.Y. retailer Obi Group Holding, told mind Retail all about her plans for the transformation of the company in 2025. This includes a launch of retail media in a 3rd European country, roll-out of video formats, extension of DOOH inventory within in-store aisles and selection of a new adserver replacing PromoteIQ.
Interview Didier Veloso, GS1: “At Decathlon and L’Oréal, the usages’ growth of QR code scanning is very encouraging” Interviews As traditional barcode is reaching its limits, QR codes are proliferating on home-electrical, fashion and food products. Didier Veloso, Executive President of GS1 France, and Diana de Bernardy, Sustainability and Circularity Manager, talked to mind Retail about the next steps for the Digital Product Passport and the GS1 augmented QR code.
data Interview Cécile Margnac, Snowflake: “Data clean room can add great value to retail promotional efficiency” Interviews Marketing campaigns, retail media, assortment, promotions... While Snowflake has managed to shake up offerings of traditional CDP suppliers such as Oracle or Teradata, Cécile Margnac, Senior Sales Engineer Manager Retail, FMCG and Luxury goods, analyses the potential of data clean rooms for retail and e-commerce.
Interview Free Anne-Laure Gayet (Jerome Gayet Foundation): “Few retailers have really made getting people back to work a CSR priority” Interviews The Jérôme Gayet Foundation is unusual in that it is made up of volunteer mentors, mainly from the retail, e-commerce and tech sectors. It will be celebrating a fifth anniversary in 2025. As new projects come on stream, the foundation is preparing to launch a new type of support for start-up entrepreneurs.
Interview Peter Pernot-Day, Shein: “With our production model, we have an unsold rate of 10%” Interviews The Singaporean ultra-fast fashion retailer, which is due to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, is estimated as the world’s third largest fashion retailer. While Shein is accused of forced labour and regularly pinpointed for a poor ecological impact, Peter Pernot Day, Head of Global Strategy and Corporate Affairs for Shein Group, outlines the pure player’s business model in an interview with mind Retail.
Interview Free Cathy Collart Geiger, C.E.O. of Picard Interviews Exclusive interview with Cathy Collart Geiger, Picard's C.E.O. as a guest at the last FrenchFounders meeting in Paris, of which mind Retail is a partner. She explains her ambitions for the group's growth.
