“Le Ossa dei Caprotti”: review by Roberta Benedetti from my site
Good morning, I just finished your book and I just wanted to thank you for your strength and emotional intelligence.…
Europe has fallen behind America and the gap is growing
Europeans get poorer, Americans richer even as US debt soars
Walmart increases supply chain with AI, IoT and RFID sensors
From Bluetooth to track 90 million pallets to RFID sensors for digital identity for freshness and real time data to collaboration with ChatGPT Walmart has put the ‘turbo charge’ of innovation
Silver Economy: in 20 years’ time there will be more than 10 million lonely people, mostly elderly, living in Italy
These demographic changes represent a challenge and a momentous shift for the entire consumer world, whose marketing will have to evolve to serve a new army of single, over-65s. The labour shortage should not surprise us
Less alcohol – and therefore also less wine – for seven out of ten consumers in six major European markets
The collapse of alcohol consumption worldwide amid market crises in the US, China and disaffection among the very young
The future of beauty: can Amazon replicate the Chinese Tmall model?
The first steps are encouraging, and especially if it works in beauty, which is positioned somewhere between mass consumption and luxury, this could really pave the way for other categories such as fashion, accessories and design
Commodity prices did not stabilise in 2022 and 2023 also due to the climate
Cocoa, sugar, oranges, olive oil and coffee: rising prices . Then there are potatoes, wheat, tomatoes and rice
Border closure between Poland and Belarus affects EU-China trade
The border issue between Poland and Belarus could be an opportunity to impose the regulation suggested by the EU, implement the customs union and deal with Beijing. Of course, this will not be easy given the opposition to any progress in European construction by countries such as Hungary and Slovakia, for example
Boom of tropical fruit made in Italy
These productions, stimulated by climate change, will only meet 5% of national demand in 2022. Their growth potential is considerable and there is strong demand from the rest of Europe. Moreover, the profitability of the crops is up to 15 times higher than that of oranges and makes investment in precision farming solutions possible
Russia, through a new agreement with Niger, takes control of migration flows to Italy
Tunisia and Niger are crucial hubs on the migration routes to Europe and Putin is trying to control them. These are also joined by Libya
Brexit: between inflation and new unicorns
Pros and cons of the European Union and the Britain that left us in 2016: the British had higher inflation but created a humus suitable for the development of start-ups over a billion. The Germans have a banking system that is not conducive to the birth of unicorns. Italy least of all.
The pesticide lobby trafficking banned substances to non-EU countries
nothing guarantees that agricultural products treated with the same banned pesticides exported outside Europe do not return to our country, creating a further paradox
