Boxing with giants- Italy’s packing robots are not just cardboard cutouts
That recruit is the CartonWrap, brainchild of CMC, a small firm that is just one of 630 Italian companies making automated packaging machines – one of Italy’s fastest…
Burberry supports Marcus Rashford drive to feed and nurture kids globally
It’s partnering with Rashford, who’s an English international footballer and youth advocate, and also with charities supporting young people across the world, “empowering the voices that will shape…
EU to focus on trade tensions at G20, seek tax on digital firms
Finance ministers from the world’s 20 biggest economies, the G20, are meeting this weekend in the Japanese city of Fukuoka to discuss the global economy.China warned its companies…
Indian retailer group calls for ban on Amazon in country
The Reuters report, based on internal Amazon documents dated between 2012 and 2019, provided an inside look at the cat-and-mouse game Amazon has played with India’s government, adjusting…
Indian cotton exports to Pakistan slump amid tensions
The nuclear-armed rivals have seen tensions ratchet up in the past few months over the disputed territory of Kashmir, and cotton traders in both countries said they were…
Inside Gen Z buying behaviour
Your book is called ‘Le choc Z’ (The Z Shock). In what way does the arrival of this generation come as a shock?The shocks are multiple, because there is…
Luxury giants increase their grip on sector, growth continues but landscape shifts
The 2020 edition of the annual Deloitte Global Powers of Luxury Goods report showed a concentration of power in the sector. The top 10 companies were the same…
French swimwear revenues take a tumble in 2016
Ahead of the upcoming swimwear and lingerie tradeshow Mode City, which takes place July 8 to 10 in Paris, the IFM has published the country’s swimwear revenues for…
Hanjin Shipping gets $54 million loan to unload stranded cargo
Korean Air Lines said it would make the previously pledged loan using Hanjin’s accounts receivable as collateral, even as media reports said the South Korean court handling Hanjin’s…