Maxi tomato fraud: BBC scoop on British supermarkets and the Petti group
Coldiretti: ‘Chinese tomatoes ready to invade European markets’
The numbers and prospects of the catering industry
Tourism generates 9.8% of world GDP (€873 billion in 2013). In 1950 there were 20 million tourists, in 2030 there will be 1.8 billion but there is no ‘Italian tourism policy’
Tomorrow, presentation of the book ‘Le Ossa dei Caprotti’
On Monday 9 December, the book Le Ossa dei Caprotti by author Giuseppe Caprotti will be presented at the Rinascita bookstore, Piazza Roma 7, at 6 pm. The author will dialogue with journalist Mario Paci
Manifattura Caprotti: safety at work in a textile company
Caprotti, like Marelli (to whom they would later be related), were undoubtedly forerunners, and in many ways can be counted among the ‘unexpected entrepreneurs’ because they present aspects of modernity, of planning, of ideas that we would not have suspected in people who have been producing textiles since the days of looms in peasant homes, and are therefore concerned with a cold and impersonal thing called ‘progress’
Walmart: strengths
The main premise of Walmart’s current dominance in the grocery world is that it entered the food market long before Amazon – in the late 1980s – and believed in it much more. Then there are four operational pillars
Walmart takes a huge share of groceries but Amazon – in the US – remains the lowest priced online retailer
The fact that, in the late 1980s, Walmart made a turn towards the grocery business, gives the company founded by Sam Walton, an atout that Amazon failed to realise even after its purchase of Whole Foods in 2017.
Auchan prepares to leave Russia and Hungary
Auchan is currently in final negotiations to sell its Russian subsidiary to a local buyer, after more than 20 years of operations in the country. This decision comes against a background of increasing international pressure and accusations of supporting the invasion of Ukraine
The dark side of the founder
Very detailed book about a son’s pain against a manipulative and ruthless father. It greatly downplays the figure of Bernando Caprotti.
Global food prices are recovering
The FAO index calculates the average price of commodities and is at its highest since April 2023
Black Friday: what does it mean? And how is it doing in 2024?
Black Friday is an expression that originated because traditionally, large American retailers arrived on this date having covered all costs (wages and salaries, rent, supplier payments, interest on loans, and taxes). Everything they sold from Black Friday onwards was pure profit, until 31 December, and thus brought their budgets into the black. In the US, despite a difficult start, record figures for e-commerce
