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 — Walmart and Amazon are considering adopting their stablecoins

potentially moving the high volumes of cash and card transactions they handle outside the traditional financial system and saving them billions in bank fees.

Stablecoin is a cryptocurrency whose value is tied to a ‘stable’ asset that can be a traditional currency or a commodity. If stablecoin were to be adopted, it would perhaps be the first entirely private-label payment methods (the others rely on banks). As Clara Mentasti points out, it would also be “a threat to monetary sovereignty” (of the US Central Bank).

Meanwhile : Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com tests stablecoins in Hong Kong

Compiled 13 June, updated 19 June 2025

US: inflation-weary consumers stock up on discount stores

As in France and Italy, inflation due to Covid – 19 in the US has left deep traces that have favoured the development of discount formulas, albeit with very different approaches and sales methods. US consumers are also experiencing the political uncertainty sown by the tariffs wanted by Donald Trump. Box stores (wholesale discounters) are depopulating in the US, driven by concerns about the high cost of living. Chris Nichols , CEO of Sam’s Club (Walmart’s box store chain) predicts ‘difficult times’ for the US economy