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After acquiring the ODV streaming company MX player last June, Amazon (9M 2024 sales: US$450.2 billion, up by 11.2% in a year) took over a second Indian start-up in December. This is Axio, which...

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Which European retail start-up and scale-up raised funds in 2024?

In Western Europe, 73 retail tech start-up and scale-up raised funds in the first 9 months of 2024. Discover them in mind Retail's barometer, with data from our partner INVYO.

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