The Russian project for the United States: first episode
The Russian project for the United States also directly affects Europe, as NATO is, albeit informally, disbanding. Only a part of the Italians seems not to realise this
Superstores: Esselunga loses share weakened by blows from new retail leaders
Confirmations of 2025 come from Area 1 where discount stores and supermarkets win. Hypermarkets and superstores fail
Food: the deterioration in quality is confirmed
From rampant shrinkinflation to junk food from Nestlé and McDonald’s, to PFAS, to the ubiquitous inflation-fuelled discountability. Some diseases are worrying
The Internet is now, also in our country, the main means by which citizens inform themselves (AgCom Information System Observatory)
This sounds like a ‘merketing’ or sociological topic. In reality, as the Tik Tok case in Romania has shown, as well as things to know in order to devise a marketing strategy, it is now also about geopolitics
Aldi takes over from Bennet in Viale Monza in Milan: what does it mean?
What is happening in retail? It turns out that “In the last year, 20% of households have changed their opinion on the store with the best price/quality ratio… the local competitive scenario counts, as does the quality of the products and departments. Of the latter, fruit and vegetables remains the most important (57% of households) …
Nestlé’s water activities under indictment: the scandal no one in Italy wants to talk about
In France, Perrier mineral water risks being downgraded to potable, the problem of PFAS in water, even tap water
Conad – BDC: when 1 euro is worth 225 million but the accounts and documents do not add up
A survey by friends of friends is enough to ‘solve’ everything’?
E-commerce: the EU towards a EUR 2 tax on the import of small parcels
This measure was requested in particular by France, which proposed at the end of April to impose ‘handling fees’ on every small parcel entering Europe. In France alone, 800 million of these small parcels were delivered last year
Auchan-Conad-Raffaele Mincione WHAT A STRANGE TRIANGULATION. About journalists, cooperatives and trade unions
For financier Raffaele Mincione – former partner of Conad – 5 years and 6 months, plus 8,000 euro fine and perpetual disqualification from public office. I met Mauro Suttora in 2009. He told me that the publisher who had commissioned this article did not want to publish it. The affair ends with the investigation into the top management for corruption (2025), which could end ‘in tar and feathers’
Mattia Ballabio, CEO of to.market about Giuseppe Caprotti
We are honoured to be quoted by a great connoisseur of Italian distribution (and not only) … perhaps one of the few who can claim to have truly innovated Italian distribution with several ground-breaking projects!
Summary of my speech at the Salone del Risparmio, Milan on 16 April 2025
If there is no clarity, irrational dynamics of jealousy and annoyance are triggered, which become grains of sand in the wheels of the company. People start to stop talking to each other, or to do so through other people, or to write to each other. And at that point, the disaster begins
The Russian project for the United States: second episode
The American president admires the way Putin defeated his enemies at home and is ready to take deferential advice from him. Like Putin, Trump is above all a man of resentment and revenge. Nothing consolidates an alliance better than shared hatred. Putin masterfully plays on Trump’s paranoid conspiracy theories and his unhealthy thirst for revenge. He convinced him that support for Ukraine was Biden’s policy, so he absolutely had to distance himself from it if he didn’t want to turn to men who had served in the Democratic administration
