The New York Stock Exchange started slightly higher, the Dow Jones (+ 0.43%) continuing its race towards a new record, while the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 grabbed 0.10% and 0.12% at the start week focused on a Fed monetary meeting. On Friday, the Nasdaq lost 0.59% to 13,319.87 points on fears of a rise… Continue reading
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Albert Heijn celebrates his tenth birthday in Belgium, but does not intend to leave Flanders: “There is no opening in Wallonia on the horizon”
In March 2021, Albert Heijn is celebrating ten years of presence in Belgium with the opening on Wednesday of a 60th supermarket. Like all the others so far, it is located in Flanders, in Merchtem (Flemish Brabant). The Dutch chain plans to have 100 stores in the north of the country. A foray into Wallonia… Continue reading
More than 16% of Belgian consumers have started buying local due to the context
A year after the first confinement, Belgians have adopted more local purchasing habits, according to an iVox survey on behalf of the Sipwell company. Almost 16.4% of consumers started buying local during the health crisis, in addition to the 42% who were already doing so before the pandemic. Supporting the local economy is the first… Continue reading
Emmanuel Faber ousted from the head of Danone
According to the newspaper, the board meeting on Sunday “recorded in the evening” the departure of its leader, who was contested by shareholders hostile to his governance. From the same source, Mr. Schnepp, 62, was brought to the chairmanship of the board. Contacted by AFP on Sunday evening, a Danone spokesperson was unable to confirm… Continue reading
betFIRST picks up the pace with its “First in Fast” campaign
Free Eco weekend | Presented as the fastest and most efficient application on the market, betFIRST is now betting everything on speed and is launching a new image campaign that supports this positioning. ” Nowadays, high level sports are practiced at a sustained pace. To reach the new generation of online sports bettors who adopt… Continue reading
Even in Belgium, St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated with a Guinness in hand: “In March, sales are doubled or even tripled”
Free Eco weekend | Guinness is quite a spectacle when you see it being served in a pub, preferably Irish. There you can enjoy the “real” Guinness, which draws 4.2% alcohol. There is also the Guinness Special Export, “Belgian Guinness” in a way, as Carrefour reminds us, because it was created at the end of… Continue reading
The new normal will be digital, even at the end of the Covid-19 crisis
Free Eco weekend | More than two-thirds of companies with sophisticated customer experience features outperformed others in Q2 2020, and three times as many outperformed. These results show that investing in customer experience pays off, confirming the importance of speed and personalization as we enter a new era of experience.
The evaluation interview, a key moment: “In this period, when many benchmarks have changed, it is even more important”
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Bentley, exceptional vehicles at the price of a house
The showroom in Drogenbos, on the outskirts of Brussels, is topped with the brand’s sober logo. The entrance is not overwhelming, far from it: you could very well enter the exhibition hall of larger public competitors. And yet, when you push the door, you enter another world, the world of Bentley, the world of exceptional… Continue reading
And why not invest in … your pets? “Average annual returns of 5.2% between 2001 and 2018”
Investing in major societal trends can sometimes lead to unusual themes such as pets. They occupy a growing place in homes, but also in the economy.