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Retail Tech: Leap Raises $50M, Anta Deploys Robotics, Brookfield Puts Klarna in 150 Malls, Hatco Taps Infor
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Retail Tech: Klarna Acquires Hero, Brookfield Adopts AR, Westfield Taps Afterpay
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Hammerson Exits UK Retail Parks
The REIT has signed a contract to sell its remaining seven UK retail parks to Brookfield for $456.8 million.
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