After several weeks of major restrictions on people’s movements, and, the closure, either as a direct result of government orders or indirectly due such restrictions, of millions of businesses selling non-food products, many of these face imminent bankruptcy and the
Online retail has continued its double-digit growth, with European e-commerce turnover increasing by 11% to €534 billion in 2017 and forecasted to grow by 13% to €602 billion in 2018. In 2013, it was no more than €307 billion. This
FEBA (European Federation of Food Banks), FoodDrinkEurope and EuroCommerce have launched a new guide to encourage and make it easier for food manufacturers and retailers to donate their food surpluses to food banks. With around 100m tonnes of food wasted annually
Ninety-nine percent of the 5.5m retail or wholesale businesses are small-and-medium enterprises. Many of them are the lifeblood of our cities and villages. In the digital age, with technological disruption and changing shopper behaviour,opportunities for new businesses arise; existing SMEs
Europe’s fast moving consumer goods industry faces a bright future despite the current economic difficulties. That was the upbeat verdict of business leaders speaking at the ECR Europe annual conference in Brussels this week (14-15 May 2013). More than 600 delegates
Organisers of the 2013 ECR Europe Conference & Marketplace claim this year’s event has one of its strongest ever speaker line-ups. Among the top speakers will be the former prime minister of the Netherlands, Jan Peter Balkenende, who now leads the Dutch Sustainable
