This photo taken on November 15, 2024 a GIFI outlet in Gradignan, on the outskirts of Bordeaux, southwestern France. The owner of bazaar chain GiFi is in talks to find a new "financial partner", possibly to become a majority shareholder, its spokesman told AFP on November 15, 2024, confirming a report. (Photo by Philippe LOPEZ / AFP) (Photo by PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

This photo taken on November 15, 2024 shows a sign of a GIFI outlet in Gradignan, on the outskirts of Bordeaux, southwestern France. The owner of bazaar chain GiFi is in talks to find a new "financial partner", possibly to become a majority shareholder, its spokesman told AFP on November 15, 2024, confirming a report. (Photo by Philippe LOPEZ / AFP) (Photo by PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

This photo taken on November 15, 2024 shows a sign of a GIFI outlet in Gradignan, on the outskirts of Bordeaux, southwestern France. The owner of bazaar chain GiFi is in talks to find a new "financial partner", possibly to become a majority shareholder, its spokesman told AFP on November 15, 2024, confirming a report. (Photo by Philippe LOPEZ / AFP) (Photo by PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Shoppers pass a souvenir shop with a model of Big Ben in the window in Oxford Street in London, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

A woman photographs a festive shop window in Oxford Street in London, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Pedestrians pass a closing down sign on a souvenir shop in Oxford Street in London, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

A man sleeps alongside his dog outside a festive shop window in Oxford Street in London, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Shoppers pass a festive shop window in Oxford Street in London. Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)