Jerónimo Martins, parent company of Ara stores, registered sales of $14.7 trillion in Colombia during 2025
Nuno Sereno, general manager of Tiendas Ara. Photo: Courtesy/Tiendas Ara
TL;DR
- Jerónimo Martins, parent company of Ara stores, recorded sales of $14.7 trillion in Colombia in 2025.
- Companies are raising prices due to a 23% increase in the minimum wage.
- The industry backs a 35% government tariff on steel.
- A unified commerce system connects physical stores, e-commerce, and inventories.
- Promigas reached 7.5 million customers in Colombia and Peru during 2025.
- Ramón Jesurun was re-elected president of the Colombian Football Federation.
- A Colombian journalist, Estefany Rodríguez, was released on bail after being detained by ICE.
- Salomé Vargas won a youth Pan American cycling gold medal.