China has celebrated a kickboxing tournament between humanoid robots, and is as real as disturbing

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What is just over a decade was only science fiction today has become a real show. In 2011, the movie ‘Real Steel‘I imagined a future in which boxing fighting were starring machines. Fourteen years later, that image has ceased to belong to the cinema: China has just celebrated a Kickboxing competition starring humanoid robots. The event took place in Hangzhou and is part of the CMG World Robot Contest Series, an initiative organized by China Media Group, the largest state audiovisual conglomerate in the country. The competition was broadcast live through CCTV and other official platforms. Currently, a video summary of the tournament It is available on the Central Television website of China. As the aforementioned medium collectsIn the quadrilateral there were four G1 robots manufactured by the Asian company Unitree Robotics. They faced one against one in duels, demonstrating not only gross force, but also agility, coordination and, above all, balance. Of fist tests. Before the official fighting, each robot had its time to heat. The G1 showed their repertoire: lateral displacements, direct blows and reaction to the thrust. During the fighting, they were even able to execute a Kip-Upan acrobatic maneuver to get up from the ground without using your hands, after being demolished. The rules were clear. Three two -minute assaults. Valid blow score to the trunk or head, both with hands and feet. Penalizations if a robot could not get up in eight seconds after a fall. In case of draw, he decided the technical score. In the final, the robot controlled by an influencer called Lu Xin took the title. The competition comes a few weeks after another event that also captured worldwide attention: A Half Marathon held in Beijing where several humanoid robots ran alongside thousands of human participants. So are the G1. According to the manufacturerEach Unitree G1 measures 130 cm, weighs 35 kg and has an external cable design. It is articulated with up to 23 degrees of freedom, which are extended up to 43 in its educational version, and has advanced sensors for vision, movement and environment control. These are some of its key characteristics: Intel Realsense depth chamber D435i and 3D Lidar sensor Four microphones with noise cancellation and stereo speakers of 5 w Permanent magnet synchronous engines with a maximum torque of 120 n · m 9,000 mAh battery, approximate autonomy of two hours Displacement speed: Up to 2 m/s Eight -core CPU, Wi -Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity Possibility of adding the hand DEX3-1, with seven degrees of freedom and optional tactile sensors More than show. According to CCTV coverage, G1 have at least eight basic combat patterns and various complex combinations, such as straight punches, hooks and kicks scheduled. In addition, they have been designed to resist impacts, avoid overheating and maintain balance after receiving blows. Even when they fall, they are able to recover the vertical position in seconds. China already prepares new competitions with humanoid robots for this year, including a multi -sports event in Beijing. Meanwhile, other robotics based on the Asian giant seek to gain ground in homes. Huawei and Ubtech were recently allied to advance in the development of this type of automatons. Images | CCTV (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) In Xataka | Sam Altman is building an empire with Openai. One with some lights and with many shadows

We knew that breakfast nuts and other nuts was positive for our brain. What we didn’t know was to what extent

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Nuts are a nutritious food and considered especially beneficial for our brain. The tests are accumulating, and the last study on this food gives us new details about its value. A push for the brain. The team responsible for the new study He observed an improvement In brain function among young people who consumed nuts at breakfast. The study gives us new clues when understanding the relationship between the popular dry fruit and cognitive performance. “This study helps reinforce the case of nuts as food for the brain. A handful of nuts with breakfast can give young adults an extra mental when they need to perform the maximum performance. It is especially exciting that such a simple dietary change can make a measurable difference in cognitive performance,” stood out in a press release Claire Williams, co -author of the study. Delayed effect. The team observed that on the occasion they consumed breakfast with nuts, the participants achieved faster reaction times throughout the day. They also observed An improvement in memory, but this did not occur in the early hours after breakfast but later in the day. The details of the study were published In an article In the magazine Food & Function. THEORY AND PRACTICE. Through the EEG, the team observed that changes in the neural activity that suggested that nuts can be more effective in their aid to cognitive performance when we face mental tasks that suppose a challenges. For their part, blood tests showed changes in glucose levels and fatty acids, which could help better performance. Explain what nutrients and what biochemical mechanisms are the protagonists of this connection between nuts, and brain is essential when establishing a causal relationship. The team responsible for the new study suggests that A variety of nutrientsamong them the omega 3 fatty acids, proteins and polyphenols, would be responsible for this cognitive “push”. A study with limitations. The small sample implies a limitation when it comes to extrapolaring the results of the study, however it adds to a growing evidence that indicates that nuts (and other nuts) have the ability to improve our cognitive performance. According to Explain the responsible teamThe new study complements the existing literature focusing on the effects of short -term nut consumption, on the day in which they are consumed. They also point out that more studies will still be necessary to determine the relationship between nut consumption and any improvement in cognitive performance. In Xataka | If the question is whether to freeze a yogurt is a healthy alternative to ice cream, science is clear about the answer Image | Wouter Supardi Salari

Spacex has finally made public why the last Starship exploded. All rumors were wrong

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White and in bottle? Milk. Two Consecutive starships that exploit In the same flight phase, practically in the same minute, in similar ways? Anyone would say that there was a common cause, but it was not so. Context. Spacex has shed light on the explosive loss of Starship During his eighth test flight on March 6. After successfully capturing the Super Heavy propeller, all expectations were set on the ship, which in the previous launch had failed during the ascent phase. After a successful separation and before reaching the necessary altitude to turn off, Spacex detected a flash near one of the central engines of the ship, followed by an “energy event” that made the engine disappear. Shortly after, two other central engines and one of the outer vacuum engines went out, which caused the ship to lose control nine and a half minutes after takeoff. The Starship 34 He disintegrated About the Caribbean. They were not the vibrations. After two consecutive explosions, everyone assumed that the problem had been the same. On flight 7, Starship 33 was lost eight minutes and 20 seconds after takeoff Because of stronger vibrations than expected, that had caused leaks of liquid oxygen and a fire In a non -pressurized area of ​​the lower part of the ship, which Spacex calls the “stern attic”. But it has not been so. “Although the ruling manifested himself at a point similar to that of the seventh flight, it is worth noting that they are clearly different,” Spacex wrote in a recent statement. “The mitigations implemented after flight 7 to solve the problems of harmonic response and flammability of the ship operated by design as planned,” added the company. What arose was a new problem. What happened on flight 8. According to the Spacex statement, the most likely cause of the loss of the ship during the eighth flight was “a hardware failure in one of the central raptor engines of the upper stage of the rocket, which resulted in a mixture and ignition not deliberate of propellents.” In essence, a engine component failed, causing a fuel leak and mixture (liquid methane) with oxidant (liquid oxygen). The consequent explosion destroyed the engine and committed the survival of the ship. Both problems originated in the lower part or stern of Starship, but the failure of flight 7 occurred in the “attic”, and that of flight 8 in the “basement”, the motor bay. All ready for flight 9. To address this new ruling for the ninth flight, Spacex has implemented reinforcements in key starship 35 joints, a new nitrogen purge system and improvements in the propellant drainage system. Later, he plans to introduce the new generation of Raptor 3 engines, with a complete redesign that addresses this type of problem. If there are no more delays, The ninth flight will take off this Tuesday, May 27 At 18:30, local time in Starbase (1:30 on Wednesday in Spain). It will be The first to reuse a super heavy propeller; Specifically, Booster 14, which flew in the seventh mission. The ship, on the other hand, will try again the objectives not achieved on flights 7 and 8, such as the deployment of eight Starlink satellit simulators and multiple reentry experiments. Image | Spacex In Xataka | “ELON, please, come back”: a week after the ninth launch of Starship, something is not going well at SpaceX headquarters

The historic Sony scandal that ended in the courts

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In the mid -2000s, buying records was still common. Insert them on the computer was part of the day to day, especially to listen to music or pass it to the player. But what seemed like a harmless action ended up being the entrance door to one of the biggest computer security scandals in the domestic sphere. The most disconcerting is that it did not come from a cybercrime, but from one of the most powerful music companies in the world. In the new episode of Xataka presents published on YouTubeone of our colleagues reconstructs the case of Sony BMG rootkit, a failed attempt to stop piracy that ended up violating the safety of thousands of computers. “When you put the album on your computer, the program was installed in secret and stored in a hidden folder so that you did not suppose its existence or noticese that I was doing things in the team.” The key was in the concept “rootkit”, a technique normally associated with the most sophisticated malware. “A rootkit is a program that is installed on your computer and that can execute Administrator permits. Come on, a type of malware designed to have access to your operating system, hide your own activity and access the device remote control. ”Sony hid that rootkit deliberately. On October 31, 2005, cybersecurity expert Mark Russinovich published on his blog that he had discovered “a spy program that secretly settled on his computer.” He explained that this software “was used to spy on users, their listening habits, share that information with Sony and prevent third -party audio programs from reading the album.” And not only that: “He had realized that there was no way to uninstall him, that he could damage the equipment of the users,” but hid even more problems that we will discover in the video. When the uninstalians appeared on the scene, things did not necessarily go better. There was a problem: if you filled a form to download the program that would allegedly free you from Sony’s rootkit nightmare, your browser could be exposed. “If you later entered other websites, from any of them They could access your computer”Explains our partner. The case ended in the courts and, of course, reached a huge media impact. What happened to the Japanese giant? Did you end up paying the consequences? And what happened to the affected users? You will find all this in the video. So we invite you to give the play to know the full story, because the risks do not always come from suspicious downloads, but from legitimate sources. And if you are interested in other stories about cybersecurity, we invite you to Read the article and watch the video about Bonzibuddythe spyware camouflaged in Windows, as well as When we should change all our passwords and if It is useful to have antivirus today. Images | Arthur a In Xataka | Claude 4 raises a future of the capable of blackmailing and creating biological weapons. Even Anthropic is worried

We want to pay to see ads

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As determined A recent analysis of the Antenna Market Studies firmthe rates of streaming cheaper and with ads are working. To the point that they are now one of the main drivers of new subscriptions. It is a movement that generated a Opinion current against by users, but now they are the predominant current. The data. The percentages that Antenna collected at the end of March determined that, in the United States, the streaming platforms offered by both possibilities to their clients (plans with and without advertising) had 46% of subscribers to plans with advertising. It is an interannual increase of 33% of subscriptions to these rates. They are a significant amount of subscriptions, taking into account that the total plans with advertisements in the United States (not counting prime video) is 100 million. In addition, 65% of those 100 million are new subscribers. All good in the UPFront. The UPFRONT of most platforms (presentations before the advertisers of programs and plans for the next season so that brands can acquire spaces on platforms and channels) were presented last week. The entire business of streaming It seemed to coincide in the positively that they were being valued and this type of plans were growing, which means that of space available for advertising. Netflix, for example, announced that he had reached the 94 million users of plans with ads worldwide, compared to the 70 million in November 2023. We prefer ads. The most striking of all these data, as Antenna points out, is the change of customs. When the platforms of streaming They appeared, its indisputable value was not only to be able to choose programming and schedules: it was also a program free of advertisements. Now, according to statistics, 86% of customers who have been offered a plan with advertisements two or more times, choose the one that includes advertisements. And two years ago there were much less plans with ads, and only half of the spectators had tried them: that there are now 86% of spectators signed to these options represents a change in what we expect from the offer of streaming. Chronology of a trend. As has happened with so many other current trends of the streaming (Rate up, Shared Accounts Restrictions), the starting gun was given by Netflix, announcing it in April 2022 and starting it at the end of that year. Despite the surprise (Netflix had positioned himself against advertising), the platform justified the measure with the need to stop what then seemed a loss of vertiginous subscribers. Success was immediate: Subscriptions shotand those that included ads accounted for 30% of the new subscriptions. Very soon Disney+followed, almost simultaneously in the United States, HBO Max and Prime Video. Only They resist temptation platforms like Apple TV+which continue to flag a premium program (and rates). They are the last gala village to resist a seemingly contradictory trend: spectators pay for again having something they paid to get rid of. Header | Boliviainteligent in Unspash In Xataka | Netflix has tired that all its series and movies look like Netflix series and movies. And you have a plan to change it

It has gone from dying for work to the “silent resignation”

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He demographic aging In Japan he is forcing to make deep changes in their work culture in order to improve employee working conditions to improve their productivity Without exhausting employees. Japanese employees have been forced to choose between have more social life or a successful work career and the data suggests that there is already a winner. According to published The Japan Timesa survey revealed that an increasing number of young people from generation Z has opted for the “Silent resignation“: Do the minimum to meet the schedule and requirements of your work, but showing an absolute lack of commitment to the company. A cultural change. According to data from a survey conducted to 3,000 employees by the Professional Race Research Laboratory of the Mynavi Employment Search Platform, 46.7% of employees between 20 and 59 years claimed to have opted for the “silent resignation”. More than 70% of employees who claimed to find themselves in this situation admitted that they had no plan to adopt a change in attitude. “We observe that the ‘silent resignation’ is becoming the new standard. As the values ​​diversify, it is important that companies accept the diversity of people’s values ​​and offer flexible work styles that adapt to them,” explained to the Japanese environment Akari Asahina, one of the authors of the study. Less motivated workforce. This high percentage is indicative of a demotivated workforce that no longer obeys a work culture based on loyalty and the benefit for the company, as has happened for decades in Japan, but is more concerned about balance Between work and personal life. According to the data of a 2024 Mynavi survey that publicby the Japanese medium Mainichi53.6% of respondents were dissatisfied or very dissatisfied with their current use. 49.2% of respondents claimed that their dissatisfaction was due to salary And, among them, the most dissatisfied were young people between 20 and 30 years old. 35.2% of them assured that had changed jobs For this reason. “In the past, an employer paid a fair salary and provided benefits for people to remain in the same company until retire in statements to DW. Generation Z wants more personal life. Among the youth of generation Z is also imposed by the desire for greater conciliation between personal and professional life. “Many young people saw their parents sacrifice their lives for a company, doing many extra hours and, in practice, renouncing their private life. They have realized that this is not what they want,” said Professor Kawakami. “I do not hate my work and I know that I have to work to pay the rent and invoices, but I prefer to meet with my friends, travel or listen to live music. I know that my grandfather and even the generation of my parents thought that they had no choice but to work hard and earn more money, but I do not understand that way of thinking,” Issei explained, a 26 -year -old boy to DW. “Quiet ambition” arrives in Japan. According to what was published by The Japan Timesthe authors of the survey have detected that one of the consequences of that lack of commitment of the workers coincides with the symptoms of the call “Quiet ambition“Or silent ambition. This phenomenon, especially present among the members of generation Z consists in the lack of interest of the youngest to ascend, since that is a minimal economic reward in exchange for a considerable increase in responsibilities and workload. In other cases, on the other hand, it is not an active negative to ascend, but rather the lack of opportunities to advance in the professional career which causes employees to give up and stop striving more than strictly necessary to fulfill their contract. More time to create a family. Japan is taking measures to encourage birth, making sure that its workforce has time outside work to socialize and reconcile working life with family care. These policies are beginning to permeate in generation Z that no longer sees work as their grandparents or parents do. SCMP It echoed of the effective work hours of Japan in November 2024. According to Takashi Sakamoto, Analyst of the Recruit Works Institute, the annual work hours in Japan They had been reduced 11.6% in the last two decades, from 1,839 hours from 2000 to 1,626 hours worked a year in 2022. The largest decrease occurred in the strip of workers between 20 and 29 years. “Many young people saw their parents sacrifice their lives for a company, doing many extra hours and, in practice, renouncing their private life. They have realized that this is not what they want,” Professor Kawakami explained to DW. In Xataka | Japan has aged so much that retirement is no longer an aspiration: more and more people work after 70 years In Xataka | “They are much more daring.” Image | Unspash (Emma Ou)

Good news, the solar system has a new minor planet. Bad news, it’s so far that appears every 25,000 years

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The International Astronomical Union has added a new celestial body to its Minor planet catalog: The Transneptunian object 2017 of201. The solar system has a new member. 2017 of201 has been officially recognized as a minor planet, but has many ballots to end also cataloged as a dwarf planet. This icy world, which orbits much beyond Neptune, in the dark depths of the solar system, was in file data since 2011, but 19 exhibitions were needed over seven years to be able to analyze and classify it as appropriate. What makes this transneptunian object a fascinating world are two things: its incredibly extensive orbit and its considerable size. The new minor planet takes approximately 25,000 years to take a single round to the sun. A distant and not so dwarf planet. At its closest point to our star (the perihelium of its orbit), it approaches about 44.9 astronomical units, a distance similar to that of Pluto. But at its furthest point (its apelium) it ventures to amazing 1,600 UA. To get an idea, Neptune, the planet known more distant to the sun, orbits about 30 UA of our star. The estimates of astronomer Sihao Cheng and his team of Advanced Studies Institute They suggest that 2017 of201 has a diameter of about 700 kilometers. This would place it in the same league as The Dwarf Planet Ceresthe largest object of the asteroid belt (with about 952 km in diameter). In fact, if we judge it for the light that reflects your body, it is the second largest object known In such a wide orbit and eccentric. What if there were others like him? The existence of 2017 of201 suggests that the region of the solar system beyond the Kuiper belt, which was thought relatively empty, I might not be so much. The transneptunian object is currently 90.5, from us. Since it is only detectable for approximately 0.5% of its orbital time, when it is close to its perihelium, there could be hundreds of similar objects, with orbits and similar sizes, waiting to be discovered. This hidden population could add a total mass close to 1% of the dough of the earth, they estimate Cheng and its team. It takes us away from the planet nine. Many extreme transneptunian objects tend to coincide in their perihelium lengths, a phenomenon that some astronomers want to attribute to the gravitational influence of A mass planet not yet discovered: The planet nine. However, the 2017 of201 perihelium length is 306 degrees, which is significantly diverted from the 60 degree group observed in other objects. This orbital peculiarity Challenge the planet models nine. If the planet nine would exist, it would make 2017 of201 expelled from the solar system in relatively short time scales, of hundreds of millions of years, according to the study of IAS. You just lack a name. Already officially member of the Solar System, 2017 of201 is pending to receive a name with more hook. However, its discovery is already providing clues about the origins of the solar system and the dynamics of its most remote confines. What most excites the scientific community is that its discovery was possible thanks to open data, publicly available through the Dark Energy Camera Legacy Survey (Decals) project of the Víctor M. Blanco telescope and the Canada-France-French telescope (CFHT). Image | NASA/JPL-CALTECH, SIHAO CHENG et al. In Xataka | Planet’s definition is wrong, and Pluto is the great victim of that chaos

Samsung had it difficult with its exynos processors. Google and Xiaomi have only aggravated their situation

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The future of Samsung processors is an unknown. The company It crosses one of the most difficult stages in its historyunable to follow competitors such as TSMC and SK Hynix. One of the few shelters who stayed beyond exynos in Galaxy were the Google Pixel. Google’s mobiles incoporab tensor chips manufactured by the South Korean giant. But the agreement between both companies comes to an end, after years of criticism for the low performance of the Google Pixel with respect to its direct competence. The turn of Google TSMC, accompanied by giants such as Xiaomi demonstrating what they are capable with the help of TSMC They put Samsung in an even more delicate situation: they need to demonstrate that they are competitive in chips, and need customers who trust them. Goodbye to Samsung. Google, According to Taiwanese sourceshas closed an interannual agreement with TSMC for the manufacture of its tensioner processors. It is a collaboration that, in case Google wants it (they are still those who have the power to design the chip), you can completely change the Google Pixel as we know them today. According to Digitimes, Google executives recently visited the TSMC headquarters in Taiwan to close a cooperation agreement between three and five years. Own design … or mediatek. Although it is an open secret that Google will have processors with TSMC technology, we are not sure if they will design them or if they will leave this work in the hands of a third manufacturer. Recent leaks talk about An alliance between Google and Mediatekone that would make enough sense. MediaTek is known for offering a better quality-price compared to Qualcomm, and solutions such as dimensity 9400 have proven to live up to the best chips on the market. The Xiaomi case. Betting on TSMC is betting on the winning horse, Xiaomi knows it well. The Chinese company has designed one of the best processors in the market, at the height of the most powerful and efficient of the moment: the Apple A18 Pro, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and the Mediatek 9400 Dimensity. What Samsung has not achieved in all his career with Exynos has achieved by Xiaomi with the first chip that is taken seriously. The second generation process of TSMC three nanometers is fantastic, and they have not hesitated to get on this ship. The exynos 2500. We have been listening to the Exynos 2500the processor that will allegedly give life to the Galaxy Z Flip7. The problem? The same as always. According to Geekbench data, your scores are far from the current high -end chips. Specifically, yield as a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. Being a new horn processor, to perform as a platform almost two years ago is not the best news for the company. At the moment, this is filtered information, and it will remain to verify how this processor pays in the final units. The race for the two nanometers. With its main rivals betting on TSMC (including Samsung herself, which currently uses Qualcomm Chips in her best mobiles), and without customers like Google, Samsung needs to rival TSMC and attract new customers to make chips. The exynos division is losing moneyand the manufacture of their processors It has been falling eight percentage points In the last five years. Samsung wants its second production plant in Taylor (USA) Reutersdue to lack of customers who make it viable. This factory will assume the manufacture of semiconductors with two nanometers lithographic nodes, an essential role for Samsung to fight to recover its competitiveness against giants such as TSMC. Image | Xataka In Xataka | Google Pixel 9A, Analysis: The mobile that reminded me why I like so much Android

This explains the PVPC climb in May

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Almost a month after the blackout that ravaged Spain, Portugal and southern France, the event has caused A wave of reactions in which the debate has been more than served. The main cause of the discussion has been the stability of the Spanish electrical system in a context of high penetration of renewable energy. Although initially the lack of inertia was indicated as possible cause, subsequent reports indicate that the level of inertia In the system it was adequate and exceeded European recommendations. Research has pointed to A series of anomalous eventsincluding oscillations in the electricity grid and generation losses in southwest regions, which triggered the collapse. However, there are still inquiries to continue to determine exactly the origin of the failure. It is a process that will take time: that they tell USA either Italywhere similar research took years. But in the meantime, the priority is to guarantee stability at all costs. The problem is that this security has a price. A price to pay. The Electricity of Spain (REE) has intensified The energy support with gas plants to ensure speed of response to any mismatch. This greater “firmness and flexibility” implies cost overruns that are already beginning to be noticed in the receipt of the light of many homes. In depth. The May electrical bill will be more expensive for about a third of domestic consumers: those that are welcomed to the regulated market (PVPC). According to the countryan average family with a consumption of 249 kilowatts hour (kWh) in May will pay 4.08 euros more in April. That represents an approximate rise of 8% compared to 50 euros from the previous month. The increase is not due to the price of energy itself, but to an increase in the so -called “adjustment services”, costs associated with maintaining the balance of the electrical system in real time. In May, these services have been more expensive to 3.59 cents per kWh. In the coming months. Despite this punctual rebound, the general context of the electrical system is favorable. The average May cost is below € 14/MWh, very close to the historical minimum registered in April 2024, according to the data of the Iberian Energy Market (OMIE). In addition, now the impact only affects the regulated market, but in the medium and long term it will have consequences for those in the free market, when they renew contracts or change company. What if the support had been given by the nuclear? Although they provide stable generation, their lack of flexibility prevents them from reacting quickly to events such as the blackout. In fact, during the April 28 crisis, nuclear power plants were automatically disconnected and took more than other sources to work again, such as Several experts explained to us. In addition, the high renewable generation of these months has forced to operate the idlewhich further limits its role as system support. Therefore, the reinforcement has fallen to the most expensive gas plants, and the extra cost is over the invoice. A photo for summer. In the last daily balances of Ree, corresponding to the last days of May, A strong renewable prominence is confirmed in the Spanish electrical system. However, this advance is not exempt from challenges since to guarantee the stability of the network in an environment of high renewable penetration, it will be necessary to strengthen investment in technologies of storage, MicroRedes and backup systems that ensure a safe and continued supply. Image | Pexels Xataka | The electricity bill is rising again in Europe and Spain. A perfect storm of gas is to blame

Online trade was supposed to retire supermarkets. The reality is that in Spain they do not stop opening

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Despite all its uncertainties and The unknowns sown by the tariff war, 2025 promises to be a good year for the supermarket sector. At least if we trust Growth forecasts and shared figures A few days ago by Asedasthe Spanish Association of Distributors, Self -Services and Supermarkets. According to their estimates, during the first four months of the year 244 stores have opened in Spain, 25% more than during the same period last year. Not just that. The sector expects to say goodbye to 2025 with 850 new establishments. If confirmed, the map of establishments distributed throughout Spain could exceed the 26,000 barrier. A figure: 778. He arrives at the majority of cities and large municipalities in the country to verify the trend, but besieged, the employer of the sector, has put figures: In Spain there are more and more supermarkets. According to their latest annual report, in 2024 they opened 778 new stores that raised the total map of points of sale of the country (self -services, super and hypermarkets) to 25,585. Once the closures are discounted, that leaves a “Net growth” of 352 businesses with respect to those operated in 2023. And how will this year go? Although 2024 closed with a map of the sale map, the inaugurations rhythm was somewhat lower than that of recent years. In 2024, 778 openings were registered, but in 2023 they were 787 and the previous year 889. Asedas, which Agglutina To companies such as Savoramas, Aldi, Covirán, Día, Lidl or Mercadona, hope that this “slight descent” is “passenger”. The reason: So far this year the association has already registered 244 openings, 25% more than during the same months of 2024. Their forecasts pass because the year ends with 850 new premises. Changes in the sector. Beyond its opening data or the size of the National Park, The report Asedas is interesting because it leaves some ideas about the trends that govern in the sector. The most interesting probably is that the supermarket format “strengthens itself as the most successful”, compared to others such as self -service or hypermarket. The association also requires that more than half of the stores (about 50.6%) “They are framed in proximity and coexistence formulas.” Interesting is also the speed with which the market changes. Asedas estimates that since 2021 almost a quarter (23%) of the network has been renewed or renovated. For the collective the key to that “dynamism” connects mainly with associative trade, such as franchises and cooperatives, which in 2024 were behind approximately 60% of the openings. “They have a great impact on the rural world, since a third of these inaugurations occurred in municipalities with less than 10,000 inhabitants,” They emphasize. “Regional leaders”. Another of the keys to the growth of the sector is, In Asedas opinionin the “regional leaders.” In fact, in its report, the focus on 25 companies (audited in total 320 companies) that increased their average commercial area from 2021, which far exceeds the general tendency of the sector, which also grew, but only 4.3%, were audited. It is not the first to point in that direction. In 2024 Kantar He already pointed out in Another sectorial study How the super regional were planting the white brands and large chains. “In a context of market stability, the organized distribution sector has registered a 0.6% growth in volume during 2024, mainly driven by short assortment chains and regional supermarkets,” Kantar collected in February, in February Another report in which he calculates that regional ones have reached a quota of 18% after having grown 0.7 points. The reason: its supply of frescoes, personalized service and expansion to new geographical areas. Pending rural. Asedas slides another interesting idea: despite the urban exodus, their data shows that in Rural the retail Food continues to register more openings than closures. Between 2020 and 2024 he estimates that they have opened their doors 1,117 new stores In municipalities with less than 10,000 inhabitants, which means that almost a quarter (23.6%) of the openings were concentrated in rural environments. The employer also highlights the role of small businesses and family chains with networks of 10 or even less stores, although the truth is that smaller businesses do not always endure the thrust of the chains. Kantar slides That the growth of the “organized distribution sector”, including regional supermarkets, has been achieved in part by the “volume transfer” from the “traditional trade”, which has punctured almost 4%. Their February data They corroborate that operators with the highest market share in value are Mercadona, Carrefour, Lidl, Eroski, Dia, Consum, Alcampo, Aldi and IFA. Among the nine bind a quota that touches 70% of the market. In total Asedas estimates that the sector set has 25,585 active establishments (14,486 supermarkets, 10,589 self -service and 510 hypermarkets) that give direct employment to about 414,100 people. The annual investment in new construction of the Round collective between 1,000 and 1.3 billion of euros. Are all opportunities? No. Despite the opening data or the increase in the benefit (together the main companies added 2,141 million of euros in 2023, with an ascending profitability curve), the sector also faces challenges. The main one: although the business expect to growwill do it in a very competitive scenario. “In a market that barely grows in volume, the challenge is to gain share of other competitors. It requires having a clear and differential value proposal, which attracts and fidelize better to consumers and exploit roads of inorganic growth,” Comment to The avant -garde Enrique Porta, consumer partner and retail of the KPMG audit. Another key is to adapt to new market trends, such as less and less weight relative of the hyper, or adjust the size of the network to the demand. After all, although the sector expects to register hundreds of new openings throughout the year, which could even raise the points of sale above 26,000, Nor is it alien to closures, layoffs and readjustments. Images | Alcampo and Eroski In Xataka | In … Read more

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