A U.S. court just threw out the 10% global tariff order — and before the ink was dry, GameStop made a $56 billion unsolicited bid for eBay.

It was that kind of week.

Bindu and Hans sweep across global retail, India, tech, funding, and appointments from Edition #51 of the Retail Detail newsletter — global retail headlines, India retail stories, tech funding and other retail news worth knowing.

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Additional Reading:

• Gap co-founder Doris Fisher dies aged 94 | BBC
• GameStop targets eBay with unsolicited $56bn acquisition offer | Al Jazeera
• Bets surge against Nike, heaping pressure on CEO Hill | Reuters
• Estée Lauder Companies to reduce department store footprint | Glossy
• Harvey Nichols opens a wellness floor | WWD
• McDonald's is supersizing its China business | CNBC
• New York's Magnolia Bakery opens first Delhi outlet | India Retailing
• NPCI mandates new MCC for UPI Gift Cards | Entrackr
• Pine Labs' strategic acquisition of Shopflo | Republic World
• Emami to acquire majority stake in IncNut | Economic Times
• Brands step up anti-counterfeit drive | Economic Times
• Grocery delivery startup Apna Mart culls 10% of staff | Economic Times
• Meta asks California judge to throw out social media addiction verdict | Reuters
• Anthropic signs computing deal with SpaceX | Bloomberg