UK drugstore chain Boots says it will launch an online marketplace for third-party health and beauty brands in spring 2023 (Katie Linsell/Bloomberg)

Lucy Harley-McKeown / The Block:
Web3 gaming and VC firm Animoca Brands raised $110M via convertible notes led by Temasek, Boyu Capital, and GGV, after raising $434M in 2022  —  – Animoca Brands confirmed earlier reports it had raised a fresh funding round of $110 million.  — Temasek, Boyu Capital and CGV Capital are now backing the firm.

Javier Espinoza / Financial Times:
Sources: Amazon reaches a deal with the EU to end two antitrust investigations, increasing visibility of rivals’ products and adding offers for non-Prime orders  —  Ecommerce group commits to increasing visibility of rivals’ products as part of settlement with Brussels

Katie Linsell / Bloomberg:
Tesco expands its cashierless GetGo stores with three new locations but will use a “hybrid format” to avoid alienating customers who prefer a checkout counter  —  Tesco Plc is expanding its experiment with stores where customers can walk straight out with their shopping instead of visiting a checkout counter.

Lauren Hirsch / New York Times:
CVS Health plans to acquire Signify Health, which offers analytics and tech to help 10,000 doctors provide in-home care to 2.5M US patients, for around $8B  —  The deal for Signify Health, which has a network of doctors who make home visits, would cement the drugstore chain’s move away from its traditional roots.

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple plans to allow third-party app stores and other changes on iOS and iPadOS in the EU, spurred by EU requirements coming in 2024  —  Apple Inc. is preparing to allow alternative app stores on its iPhones and iPads, part of a sweeping overhaul aimed at complying with strict European Union requirements coming in 2024.

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple plans to allow third-party app stores and other changes on iOS and iPadOS in the EU, spurred by EU requirements coming in 2024  —  Apple Inc. is preparing to allow alternative app stores on its iPhones and iPads, part of a sweeping overhaul aimed at complying with strict European Union requirements coming in 2024.