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March 5, 2025

Retail chains are becoming less dominant in their expansion, with pullback and consolidation turning into the new norm. /// credit: RegioData Research

RegioData: Expansion Of Retail Locations In 2025 Shows Consolidation With Occasional Highlights

Regio Data’s annual retail chain expansion analysis brings Austria as an example, revealing that store networks are hardly growing any more, with retreat and consolidation dominating instead. Of the 732 retail chains from 24 sectors analyzed, many are putting on the brakes, and this trend is largely prevalent across the whole of Europe. However, there are also companies that are keen to expand. Online retailers and non-food discounters are squeezing out specialized retailers – with noticeable consequences for the retail landscape.

Credit: Messe Düsseldorf / C. Tillmann

Review of EuroCIS 2025: the most exciting innovations

This year’s EuroCIS focused on artificial intelligence, seamless check-out, and smart technologies. The presented solutions impressively showed how the retail industry will be positioned in the future. Generative AI enables more efficient processes, while automated checkout systems and digital shopping carts transform the shopping experience. Here, we present the most exciting approaches.

Prada at Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II arcade. /// credit: Prada Group

Prada Group Reports 17% Net Revenue Growth In 2024

The Prada Group reports another year of remarkable results and solid progress, as high brand desirability and disciplined execution drove a positive trajectory on both revenue and margins. The Group’s net revenues grew by 17% to 5.4 billion euros at constant exchange rates compared to 2023, a well above-market performance marking four consecutive years of double-digit, like-for-like growth.

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