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Global retail tech investment rose by 7.4% in 2025
In 2025, venture capital continued to flow into commerce technologies. With 27.5 billion dollars invested in retail tech, the average deal size increased while the number of transactions declined.
Cyberattack: Coupang targeted by investor lawsuit in the U.S.
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With Grand Frais, Apollo makes a first move into European grocery retail
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19 December 2025
Pierre Brousseau (FDJ United Ventures): “For 2026, we are positioning ourselves in a more rational and offensive again VC market”
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12 December 2025
Carmila join forces with Unlimitail and JCDecaux to equip 252 malls
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Italian Golden Goose set for Chinese ownership
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9 December 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...
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20 November 2025
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...
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SMCP returns to growth, ending legal battle
On August 11, 2025, SMCP (including Sandro and Maje) announced the end of a legal battle from 2021. Following a ruling by the High Court of Singapore, the 15.5% stake that had been wrongfully...
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20 August 2025
Malls : Simon Property accelerates data monetisation with Humana, URW continues arbitrage
As more Americans visited shopping centres in H1 2025, the sector’s leader Simon Property Group is expanding both data and community engagement with a new partnership with Humana. This gives a new...
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20 August 2025
With the acquisition of Ceconomy, China’s JD.com enters the European e-commerce market
On July 30, China’s leading e-commerce company JD.com announced the acquisition of German electronics specialist Ceconomy (1,030 MediaMarkt and Saturn stores, 50,000 employees). The...
1 August 2025
Retail tech: major trends for 2026
In 2026, retail can no longer afford to promise. It must deliver. Retail tech has entered the execution stage. The race for showcase innovation is over, giving way to clear priorities: operational efficiency, sustainable business models, and infrastructures capable of supporting scale-up...
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(Trends, 6/6) After an exceptional 2024 driven by the Olympic Games, retail media entered a phase of maturity and slowing business last year. It nonetheless remains extremely dynamic, fuelled by...
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28 January 2026
2026 Trends – Unified commerce: when stock and product flow management is boosted by AI
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2026 Trends – Retail organises itself in the face of the Trump trade war
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2026 Trends – BNPL, mobile checkout, wallets: new challenges for payments
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Central Retail invests US$1.4 billion in omnichannel strategy in Thailand and Vietnam
On June 24, the subsidiary of Thai conglomerate Central Group, Central Retail Corporation (revenue for the year ended March 2025: US$7.3 billion, up 5.7% year-on-year) unveiled a major US$1.4...
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DHL to invest €500 million in the Gulf by 2030
On June 11, Germany’s DHL (2024 revenue €84.19 billion, up by 3% year-on-year) announced a €500 million investment by 2030 in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia to...
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Divestitures, restructuring: BHV and El Corte Inglés seek a second wind
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Blackstone acquires Kolkata’s South City Mall for US$377 million
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Financière Agache, a Bernard Arnault’s holding company, exits Lagardère’s capital
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In China, real estate developer Dalian Wanda Group (513 Wanda Plaza malls covering 70.9 million sq.m) is selling 48 shopping centres in a US$6.94 billion deal. The buyer is a joint venture led by...
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Global retail tech investment rose by 7.4% in 2025
In 2025, venture capital continued to flow into commerce technologies. With 27.5 billion dollars invested in retail tech, the average deal size increased while the number of transactions declined.
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23 January 2026
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Retail tech: major trends for 2026
In 2026, retail can no longer afford to promise. It must deliver. Retail tech has entered the execution stage. The race for showcase innovation is over, giving way to clear priorities: operational...
30 January 2026
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Facing pressure from China’s JD.com, Kretinsky launches a takeover bid on Fnac-Darty
On January 26, Fnac Darty (unaudited 2025 revenue: €10.3 billion, up by 0.7% on a like-for-like basis) announced the launch of a public takeover bid by Daniel Kretinsky. The Czech billionaire...
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28 January 2026
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Cyberattack: Coupang targeted by investor lawsuit in the U.S.
Under investigation following a cyberattack that exposed data for 33.7 million customers and resignation of C.E.O. Park Dae-Jun on December 10 2025, South Korean e-commerce retailer Coupang (2024...
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6 January 2026
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After acquiring Salomon, Anta sets sights on Puma
On January 27, Anta Sports Products (H1 2025 revenue: RMB 38.5 billion, up by 14.3%) reported plans to acquire Puma from Artemis, the investment holding company of the Pinault family, which also...
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