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JD.com wins German competition approval to buy Ceconomy

( September 18, 2025, 09:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Chinese online retail and e-commerce logistics company JD.com has won clearance from Germany’s Bundeskartellamt to acquire Ceconomy, the operator of MediaMarkt and Saturn consumer electronics stores, the authority said on Thursday. The watchdog found that JD.com has only a marginal presence in Germany and that the deal involves insignificant overlaps. It said that any potential security issues under foreign-trade law are subject to review by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.Statement follows. ...

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