Unfair Practices : The failure of regulation

Penalties for unfair practices in 2023-2024 amount to only 665,000 euros against estimated damages of at least 350 million annually. in essence on prices and unfair practices the ‘dolce far niente’ of Italian politics continues. Remember this when you see the next tractors in the square or when you hear about the sad affairs of groups like Auchan, Casino, Carrefour Italia and others

Giuseppe Caprotti’s social commitment at Esselunga: caring for the environment, for people

The one related to care and concern for the environment is a project that goes back a long way, to the 1980s, the first years I spent at Esselunga, and began with organic and natural products in general. It is also the project I am most fond of because it had a soul, a social purpose, as well as a business purpose.

Quick Take — Veneto: corporalism and unfair practices in the large-scale retail trade

“… the regional councillor of the Mixed Group, Stefano Valdegamberi, who in a note denounces the expansion of a parallel system made up of forced labour, exploitation, tax evasion and fraud on traceability, which is bringing honest farming to its knees, leading to the lowering of prices…

In the Veneto region, Valdegamberi reports the activity of companies created with the sole purpose of importing vulnerable foreign labour, sometimes in return for bribes of up to eight thousand euro.

The working conditions offered are said to be seriously degrading, with wages of 2-3 euro per hour and housing situations described as ‘inhuman’. The agricultural products obtained through this system would then be placed in large-scale distribution at prices lower than the real production costs…

Read : Unfair practices : The failure of regulations and Francesco Mutti : Chinese imports damage the ‘dignity’ of Italian tomatoes

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) …

Quick Take — Walmart will increase prices due to Donald Trump’s trade war

despite this week’s agreement between the US and China to reduce punitive tariffs… Walmart will try to keep food prices in check after years of food inflation, McMillon said. But he said there are new tariff pressures for products it has to import, such as bananas from Costa Rica and coffee from Colombia

McMillon’s warning on Thursday came as Walmart reported a 4.5 per cent annual increase in comparable sales in its eponymous US business in the three months to the end of April, surpassing the 3.7 per cent increase expected by Wall Street analysts, according to Visible Alpha… Mexico, Canada, Vietnam and India are Walmart’s main sources of imports, along with China…

Walmart reported that its e-commerce business – which includes sales from its own inventory and from third-party merchants using its platform – grew 22% year-on-year and was profitable both in the US and globally for the first time. Trade war jitters prompted shoppers to accelerate purchases of certain items in an effort to beat tariffs, potentially distorting the picture of consumer demand