EU to crack down on Asian online retailers Temu and Shein
Brussels considering a tax to slow surge of goods sold on sites that evade custom duties and checks
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Romaniaโs Trump sets his sights on foreign companies
Cฤlin Georgescu tells POLITICO that foreign investors are too prevalent in key utility sectors thanks to a wave of unjustified privatizations.
Romaniaโs presidential front-runner is all about farmers
Far-right independent Cฤlin Georgescu is trying to capture rural voters with fascist tropes.
Astonish cut-price soaps clean up in supermarkets
A family manufacturer in Bradford has been propelled by the growth of discount retailers
Want food security? Eat less meat, major report says.
Europe’s top farming university is calling for smaller livestock herds and a shift toward plant-based diets.
German discounters crush fresh produce prices โ and suppliers too
Banana exporters from Ecuador describe a recent Lidl offer as the โstraw that broke the camelโs back.”
Nine in ten honey samples from UK retailers fail authenticity test
Call for industry reform as latest results support belief that products are being bulked out with cheaper sugar syrupThe honey industry faces new demands to overhaul its supply chain after more than 90% of sampled products bought from large British ยญre…
Why Europe is crossing its fingers as America heads to the polls
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โReally dangerousโ: Farmers hate results of von der Leyenโs reform dialogue
Lobby group Copa-Cogeca is hardening its position after backlash from angry members.
Brexit reset at risk if you cap card fees, EU lawmakers warn UK
Plan to cap card fees would place EU companies at โdistinct disadvantageโ and risk โundermining” the overhaul of ties.
EU plant exporters turning backs on UK over post-Brexit border checks, says trade group
Trading relationships at โbreaking pointโ because of delays and costs, garden centres and nurseries warnExporters of plants and flowers from mainland Europe are turning their backs on supplying Britain as โpainfulโ new Brexit border checks are putting …
Labor unrest threatens to upend Harrisโ economic pitch
Tens of thousands of Boeing workers went on strike last week, with other strikes looming โ including one that could spell economic disaster for the country, and for Kamala Harrisโ campaign.
Eurozone inflation surprisingly ticks up in July
โStickyโ service prices set to test the ECB’s nerve in September.
Shoplifting and street theft surge in England and Wales
Annual crime survey shows shop theft has risen 30% to 20-year high but retailers believe actual figures are even higher
EU retailers warn of market fragmentation amid calls to tackle food chain imbalances
The EU should avoid โcounterproductiveโ measures when tackling farmersโ position in the supply chain and instead remove barriers to investment, Christel Delberghe, director general of retailersโ association EuroCommerce, told Euractiv.
โIt needs to stay in the loopโ: German reuse schemes turn shopping upside down
After success of bottle deposit schemes, some retailers are trying to widen culture of reuse โ and start tackling Europeโs waste problemRenรฉ Heiden pulls two glass yoghurt jars off the shop shelf, and lists the nearby supermarkets in which they can be …
EU plan to impose import duty on cheap goods could dent Shein and Temu
Brussels move to end tax loophole exploited by China-linked marketplaces could also dent Sheinโs planned London listingThe EU is moving forward with plans to impose customs duty on cheap goods in a shift that could hit imports from online retailers and…
UK and EU horticulture firms warn of harm caused by post-Brexit border delays
Nursery and garden centre trade bodies write open letter saying problems at border need to be urgently fixedNurseries and garden centres across Britain and Europe have warned that new post-Brexit border posts are not working properly and are leading to…
French tobacconists against raising price of cigarettes
The Confรฉdรฉration des buralistes, which represents the interests of tobacco retailers in France, has come out against a Senate report that recommends raising the price of a pack of cigarettes to โฌ25 by 2040.
Online fashion retailer Temu added to EU digital rulebookโs โsystemic riskโ list
The European Commission announced that online fashion retailer Temu has been designated as a โvery large online platformโ (VLOP) under the Digital Services Act (DSA) on Friday (31 May).
Toblerone maker Mondelฤz fined โฌ337.5m for anti-competitive practices
Food group illegally prevented retailers from sourcing products from EU states where prices were lowerโข Business live โ latest updatesThe owner of Toblerone, Milka and Oreo has been fined โฌ337.5m (ยฃ288m) for anti-competitive practices in the EU.The US …
Oreo and Toblerone-maker gets โฌ338M EU fine for illegally breaking up EU single market
Company stopped retailers from buying popular brands for less elsewhere in EU
Brexit border IT outages delay import of perishable items to UK by up to 20 hours
Lorries carrying meat, cheese and cut flowers held up by new checks, with retailers rejecting some ordersLorries carrying perishable food and plants from the EU are being held for up to 20 hours at the UKโs busiest Brexit border post as failures with t…
Romanian PM urges regulators to tackle โshrinkflationโ phenomenon
With some retailers offering less while keeping prices the same, a phenomenon now widely referred to as “shrinkflation”, Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has called on lawmakers to adopt measures to combat the trend, drawing inspiration from the French mo…
Shein added to EU digital rulebookโs โsystemic riskโ list
The European Commission designated online fashion retailer Shein as a “very large online platform” under the Digital Services Act on Friday (26 April).