Lego plans to open 120 new stores in 2020, according to Retail Gazette.
The company reported sales growth in the first half of the year. In quarantine kits were very popular, in particular, among adult consumers.
“About 80 new outlets will be located in China. Now the company has 612 stores worldwide,” – said Lego CEO Niels Christiansen.
According to him, the transition to online shopping before the pandemic helped the company during the isolation.
Specifically, in six months Lego managed to maintain sales and increase revenue by 7% – about 2.5 billion dollars.
It takes at least 10 years to reform Ukrainian industry. President Volodymyr Zelensky stated this during the Ukraine 30 forum. “Modernization of industry, which has not taken place in Ukraine so far, will take place this time. We are talking about modernization of large industry, any, not just TPP. But do not believe those who […]
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The Homsters Company, which was founded by Ukrainian and Polish, and is better known in our country as Prof.Estate, raised $ 600,000 from private investors for the launch of the company in Vientam under the brand TimHome.vn. Homsters unites three projects: two marketplaces on real estate (Homsters.kz Timhome.vn in Kazakhstan and TimHome.vn. in Vietnam) and […]
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The sale of part of the social network TikTok of the Chinese company ByteDance to the American companies Oracle and Walmart has been suspended for now. Note that possible security threats from the Chinese technology giant have stopped the process of selling the platform. However, ByteDance continues to negotiate with the US intelligence services about […]
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The American producer of vegetable meat products Impossible Foods expects that investors will estimate it at $ 10 billion during the listing. The company plans to go public this year, but has not yet decided how to become a public company, reports Reuters, citing knowledgeable interlocutors. According to them, the company is now exploring the […]
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The owner of the largest online store Rozetka.ua, Vladislav Chechetkin accused the retailer “Epicenter” which is developing a network of building supermarkets, in the non-competitive behavior and pressure on suppliers. “Epicenter” for a long time, probably two years, requires the suppliers not to sell the goods in Rozetka.ua. This solicitation sounds like: if your product […]
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Marriott is buying Starwood to make the largest hotel company in the world. Together, the companies will operate or franchise 5,500 hotels with a total of 1.1 million rooms. The company will span 100 countries. Marriott International (MAR) and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide (HOT) announced the $12.2 billion deal on Monday. Starwood brands include W Hotels, St. Regis, Westin and […]
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Commercial Court of Kiev took to attention the case of the right’s deprivation of Farmak Ukraine on the use of certificates for signs for Diazolinum goods. It is reported by a specialized news resource Pharma.net.. A prerequisite to the beginning of the litigation was an appeal of representatives of the international distributor of Farmat LTD […]
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Volkswagen AG, Germany’s largest carmaker, plans to cut up to 5,000 jobs in Germany. Volkswagen has confirmed that the company has reached an agreement with the company’s board of employees, which provides for early or partial retirement of some employees. The company expects that about a thousand employees will choose early retirement. Volkswagen has not […]
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According to Finance.ua, there is a good opportunity to extend the limits of Ukrainian financing system. The Ukrainian government provision has come into force. The financial transaction sanctions with Iran banks were cancelled by the resolution of the Ukrainian government. Oleh Churyi, the deputy head of NBU, admitted that National Bank of Ukraine would implement […]
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In the first half of the year, the National Bank suffered UAH 12 billion in losses, according to the central bank’s press service. In this regard, next year, according to the forecast, the NBU will transfer to the budget UAH 13.6 billion, which is 1.8 times less than this year (UAH 24.4 billion). It is […]
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In the first half of 2021, Metinvest earned $ 2.769 billion compared to a loss of $ 240 million a year earlier, according to the company’s press service. According to the financial report, as of June 30, the Group’s net debt decreased by 52% since the beginning of the year – to $ 1.016 billion, […]
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Robinhood, whose stock trading app has revolutionized Wall Street access to ordinary Americans on small budgets, on Thursday, launched a phased launch of a new product called IPO Access. IPO Access gives users the opportunity to buy shares until their initial public offering (IPO) on the stock exchange at the IPO price (the price […]
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According to the Business Europe magazine, Dutch companies have expanded the export by 4% to 1.2 billion euros. To compare with 2015, this year foreign companies have exported more products to Ukraine. Particularly, the export concerns the agricultural business. The Dutch party has concluded the contract with the Ukrainian party in the beginning of this […]
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Recently, the launch of the new terminal of COFCO Agri of grains and oilseeds transshipment took place in Mykolayiv, – it is reported by the informed sources. According to the representatives of the company, the funds invested in the project, amounted to $ 75 million. The building of the terminal started two years ago and […]
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In the US, customers in Starbucks stores will be told the code of the drink, with which they can get information about where the grain of their choice was delivered, in what conditions it was grown and fried. Farmers who cooperate with the network, also can track their products. “We’ve been able to keep track […]
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World oil prices at the auction on Thursday, June 3, updated for a maximum of four months. Thus, August futures on Brent reached $ 71.84 per barrel, which is the highest since January 2020. July futures on the WTI are trading above $ 69 per barrel – a maximum of October 22, 2018. Quotes are […]
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