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JD.com offers EU remedies in $2.5B Ceconomy bid

Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com has offered remedies to the European Union in an effort to resolve regulatory concerns over its $2.5 billion bid for German electronics retailer Ceconomy, according to an EU regulatory filing disclosed on Thursday.

EU formally warns JD.com over $2.5B Ceconomy bid

Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com received formal notice of European Union regulatory concerns over its $2.5 billion bid for German electronics retailer Ceconomy on Wednesday, raising the prospect that the company may need to offer substantial concessions to save the deal.

JD.com boss warns robots will replace 700,000 couriers

Liu Qiangdong, the founder of JD.com, has warned that robots will replace the company's 700,000 delivery workers "sooner or later," according to the Financial Times, as China's largest retailer accelerates its push into autonomous logistics and embodied intelligence.