Business

Portugal's Competition Authority has cleared Darty, which operates the Fnac brand, to acquire eleven Staples stores in cities including Lisbon, Cascais and Santarém, ruling competition would not be significantly harmed. Fnac already runs 53 mainland stores, and Staples Portugal booked €76 million in

vendinGO, a vending company from the Bairrada, has bought a paper-cup factory (Madil) and a coffee roaster (Caffier) for about €1.8 million, aiming to control its supply chain 'from the coffee to the cup' and lift turnover to €15 million by year-end while adding 20 qualified jobs.

National vehicle production fell about 1% to roughly 176,000 units in the first half — the weakest H1 since 2022 — after Autoeuropa's June output dropped around 25%. The Palmela plant is halting lines for a €300 million retooling for electric vehicles; nearly all output is exported.