Venezuela's OPEC Proposal Focuses on Oil Price, Not Volumes
A summit between OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers that Venezuela is proposing should focus on supporting prices rather than limiting volume, the country’s oil minister said Tuesday. Venezuela seeks a...
View ArticleHow the discounters are beating the supermarkets
Where you shop in Britain has always been one of the great social signifiers. According to shopping folklore, for the middle classes it is Marks and Spencer, for the upper-middle class Waitrose, and...
View ArticlePoundland gets final clearance for 99p Stores takeover
Regulator rules that robust competition in low-price retailing means £55m acquisition will not harm consumers...
View ArticleBRC-NIELSEN SHOP PRICE INDEX AUGUST 2015 - 28 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS OF PRICE...
(Source: BRC - British Retail Consortium) BRC-NIELSEN SHOP PRICE INDEX AUGUST 2015 - 28 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS OF PRICE FALLS September 9, 2015 Overall shop prices reported deflation of 1.4% in August...
View ArticleVenezuela fighter jet crashes near Colombia border
CARACAS (Reuters) - A Venezuelan fighter jet with two people on board crashed near the Colombian border late on Thursday evening after an "illicit aircraft" believed to be Colombian was found violating...
View ArticleVenezuela opposition leader's jailing prompts criticism at home and abroad
US, UN and EU condemn lack of judicial independence in case against Leopoldo López as fellow leaders accuse president of leading authoritarian regime...
View ArticleColombia, Venezuela agree to send ambassadors back to posts
Colombia and Venezuela agreed Monday to redeploy ambassadors who were withdrawn in a month-old dispute that has paralyzed trade and movement along their border. The announcement came after the...
View ArticleVenezuela opposition braces for challenging election after leader's jailing
The conviction and harsh sentencing of one of Venezuela’s top anti-government leaders has brought widespread criticism domestically and abroad for what has been condemned as a politically motivated...
View ArticlePet Product Retailing in the U.S.: Channel Competition and Consumer Shopping...
LONDON, Sept. 14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- In recent years, three trends have served as the major forces impacting the situation at pet retail: the expansion of the two big-box pet specialty chains,...
View ArticleColombia and Venezuela presidents to discuss 'most worrying' border dispute
A Venezuelan fighter jet crashes amid heightened frontier tensions that have seen 1,500 Colombians deported and 20,000 to leave of their own accord...
View ArticleThis Brazilian Beef Company Has a $2 Billion Stake in Venezuela's Future
In June, the president of Venezuela’s congress, Diosdado Cabello, spent four days in Brazil. It wasn’t a secret. He was accompanied by other officials, tweeted that he was “working for the homeland”...
View ArticleVenezuelans Turn to Homemade Products as Shortages Drag On
Reuters CARACAS— From makeup to insect repellent, Venezuelans are looking to natural and homemade products in response to the chronic shortages resulting from a deepening economic crisis in the...
View ArticleOnline grocers start Christmas shopping battle with call to book slots by...
Ocado asks customers to book festive delivery slot by 8 October with Waitrose.com open for reservations a week later...
View ArticleMore UK shoppers come to value the discounters
It’s not just the big supermarkets which are losing out to Lidl or Aldi - traditional brand loyalty is also shrinking...
View ArticleColombia, Venezuela leaders to meet Monday over border dispute
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday that he will meet his Colombian counterpart, Juan Manuel Santos, next week in Ecuador to discuss a border dispute that has...
View Article15 Healthy Foods to Buy at Costco
Those who think that eating healthfully means spending big bucks and shopping at specialty stores and organic markets hasn't been to Costco lately. A recent spin through the aisles turned up a...
View ArticleAldi steps up supermarket war by launching online shopping (Begbies Traynor...
(Source: Begbies Traynor Group plc) Today's disappointing results show that even Aldi can't escape the clutches of the ongoing supermarket price war. As its bigger rivals have committed to investing...
View ArticleColombia to protest Venezuela for military flyover
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's government will formally protest and seek an explanation from Venezuela after detecting two military airplanes that flew into its airspace late on Saturday, President Juan...
View ArticleAldi to launch online wine sales early next year
Discount grocer opens up new line of attack in supermarket wars by selling wine per case in its first online venture...
View ArticleDesert tribe faces hardship as Venezuela fights smuggling
PARAGUACHON, Colombia (AP) - Less than two days after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro closed this lonely border outpost on the northern tip of South America, the eight-member Apochana family...
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