Since the introduction of a European tax on small imported packages, arrivals at Liège airport have decreased by 53%, revealing a significant impact on online commerce in Europe. (translated)
🚨💶 WERO VEUT S’IMPOSER FACE À APPLE PAY ET PAYPAL EN EUROPE Un bouton « PAYER AVEC WERO » fera son apparition sur les sites d’e-commerce dès cet automne. Le principe : PAYER DIRECTEMENT depuis son compte bancaire PAR VIREMENT INSTANTANÉ, sans renseigner sa carte. 🛒 Paiement en magasin prévu en 2027 🗓️ Accessible à tous les Français d’ici FIN 2026 #paiement #ecommerce #Wero
Serge Papin, Minister of Commerce and SMEs, is pleased with the effects of sanctions and taxes on ultra fast fashion, resulting in a decrease in sales of 30 to 50%, and emphasizes the awakening of consumer awareness regarding this phenomenon. (translated)
"Il est désormais temps de me retirer et de me concentrer sur d'autres enjeux: les affaires internationales, notamment la défense, la sécurité, le commerce et la technologie, dans un monde en rapide mutation"
Nous consolidons notre force au pays et diversifions nos partenariats commerciaux à l’étranger. https://t.co/LCyiPzNi8p #Partenariats #Commerce #Développement
After the devastating floods in Nepal and Tibet that caused the death of at least 903 people, survivors like Anita and Kedar are faced with the complete destruction of their homes and businesses, leaving shocked communities without resources in a ravaged landscape. (translated)
Last week, we completed clearing sea mines from the strait's international shipping routes. We are monitoring the area closely and remain prepared to protect the free flow of commerce through this essential waterway.
Empresários das grandes varejistas fazem lobby no Congresso para tentar impedir aprovação da MP das Blusinhas, que acaba com a taxa dos importados de até 50 dólares. Medida será votada no parlamento nesta semana. #commerce #congresso #importação
Contraception and Western Culture In the 1960s, the birth-control pill became widely available. Sexual liberation is usually presented as a story of freedom and progress, but its biological consequence is rarely discussed: sex could now be separated from reproduction. Every Western nation has experienced below-replacement fertility for decades. Oxford anthropologist J. D. Unwin anticipated this pattern in *Sex and Culture*, a study of 86 societies. He expected to disprove any link between sexual restraint and civilizational achievement. Instead, he concluded that cultures practicing strict monogamy generated energy expressed through art, science, conquest, and commerce. Relaxing sexual restraint, he argued, consistently weakened that energy within three generations. Unwin also predicted that such societies would abandon rationalism, deism, and monogamy. Three generations after 1960 brings us near the present, and some of his predictions appear increasingly visible. Religious affiliation has collapsed, marriage is declining, the median age at first marriage is at a record high, and a record share of people will never marry. Rationalism also appears to be giving way to egoism, identity, and emotion. Contraception helps explain this transformation. Evolutionary theory distinguishes between a behavior’s immediate purpose—such as pleasure—and its ultimate function, such as reproduction. Sex traditionally served both purposes. Contraception severed that connection, preserving the behavior while disconnecting it from reproduction. Female education, urbanization, workforce participation, economic growth, and the rising cost of living also correlate with declining fertility. Yet many of these changes depend on technological control over reproduction. Career-first lifestyles, extended education, and mass female workforce participation would be far more difficult without it. Women may have gained freedom from child-rearing, but they may have fewer daughters to inherit that freedom. Institutions that promoted this transformation now import replacement populations that may not share its values and could eventually reverse them.
Since the introduction of a European tax on small packages, sales from Chinese e-commerce platforms like Shein, Temu, and AliExpress have dropped by 30 to 50%, while prices have increased accordingly. (translated)
The Fibre Excellence factory in Tarascon, facing financial difficulties, will close its doors on Friday, August 28, resulting in the dismissal of 270 employees, following a court-ordered liquidation by the commercial court of Toulouse. (translated)
A ship has set a record by paying 5.3 million dollars for a priority passage through the Panama Canal, which will soon face restrictions due to the El Niño phenomenon. (translated)
The fortune of Tatiana Kim, the founder of the e-commerce platform Wildberries, has decreased by nearly 40% due to Ukrainian attacks on the company's logistics centers, falling from $8.1 billion to $5 billion. (translated)
Ukraine has intensified its attacks against the Russian e-commerce giant Ozon, after previously targeting Wildberries, with the aim of damaging the Russian economy and making the population perceive the consequences of the war, while the Russian government responds by promising aid and support measures for the affected companies. (translated)
German bosses of foreign origin organized a demonstration in Magdeburg to denounce the far right and the AfD, which is trying to gain power in the regional elections, by closing their businesses to express their concerns about the stigmatization of immigrants and the rise of hatred. (translated)
Ukrainian drones attacked the logistics centers of the company Ozon in Ufa and Orenburg, but did not cause fires, and the operation of one of the centers was only temporarily suspended, which fits into the broader context of attacks on e-commerce infrastructure in Russia. (translated)
Trump impose des tarifs de 50 % sur les biens que les Américains achètent du Canada. La réponse de Carney ? Imposer des tarifs de 50 %, 25 % et 15 % sur 900 produits américains que les Canadiens achètent. Ce n'est pas une contre-attaque. C'est une blessure auto-infligée. Bon pour la politique de Carney ? Peut-être. Bon pour l'économie canadienne ? Absolument pas. Nous ne devons pas taxer les Canadiens pour punir Washington. #Économie #Politique #Commerce
The article discusses the missing decrees of Putin, three of which have been signed but not published, which may suggest upcoming Russian provocations, as well as the Ukrainian attack on the Wildberries e-commerce center and the current situation regarding the American strategy towards Iran, which is currently focused on halting military actions. (translated)
L'Anthropocène Postlamental : Étoiles alignées « Marcher parmi leurs joies, et monter la garde… devant les lanternes immortelles. » — Hsin Archive >> Sentinelle Hsin, gardienne de la civilisation de Mengzhou. Profondément sensible et éprise des plaisirs de la vie, elle veille depuis toujours à entretenir les feux de la vie au cœur de l'effervescence du commerce et au fil des saisons. #WutheringWaves #WutheringWavesFR #Hsin #Anthropocène #Culture #Littérature
Ukrainian armed forces carried out a night attack on the Wildberries logistics center in Russia, which is part of a broader strategy aimed at weakening Russian military and commercial infrastructure, and explosions were also reported in occupied Luhansk and Crimea. (translated)
