AGP Executive Report
Last update: 23 minutes agoRetail Restructuring: Spain’s Liwe Española, owner of fashion chain Inside, shut 36 more stores since the start of 2026 and is now in insolvency talks, with €69m in accumulated debt versus about €46.6m in assets. Migration & Work-to-Ownership: In Italy’s south, Albanians are shifting from employee roles to business ownership in Puglia—1,734 Albanian-born people held active company roles by end-2025, up 75% from a decade earlier. EU Trade Links: Albania’s exports are still heavily EU-linked: 68.4% of goods went to the EU in July, with EU countries also supplying nearly half of Albania’s imports. AI Economy Lens: A new global AI infrastructure index argues the real winners are those building an “AI economy,” not just buying compute—China tops the 2026 ranking. Rail Competition: Virgin Trains won UK regulator pre-approval to run up to 20 daily return services to Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam from 2030, challenging Eurostar’s dominance. Sports Business: AS Roma agreed a €25m deal with Porto for 19-year-old Rodrigo Mora, with 50% resale participation and a clause to buy 100% of economic rights.
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