Boostcom, the globally leading “proptech” provider for shopping malls, has signed an agreement to acquire all customer and technology related assets in Mall-Connect based in the Netherlands. Mall-Connect has been helping shopping malls in EMEA, Latin America,…
Schiphol Cargo reported an increase of 5.4 per cent on yearly tonnage in 2017 with strong demand in the Far East for European goods boosting total figures to 1,752,498 tonnes. Europe’s third largest air cargo hub experienced an uptick in cargo throughput of…
As part of the presentation of the European Transport Award for Sustainability (ETPN), this year Dachser received the Special Award for Corporate Social Responsibility. The company came first in the Transportation and Forwarding Companies category. Awarded by…
Florentine luxury label Salvatore Ferragamo is busy deploying its new, revamped www.ferragamo.com website. After being first introduced in the USA and Canada, the new-look site, featuring fresh design and content, is now also available in Italy, the rest of…
With public coffers still strained years after the worst of the debt crisis, EU leaders have agreed to tackle the question, spurred on by French President Emmanuel Macron who has slammed the likes of Google, Facebook and Apple as the “freeloaders of the…
International retail leaders will be gathering in Denmark next month for Shoptalk Europe. They will be discussing such topics as e-commerce trends, supply-chain challenges and augmented reality. A range of retail leaders will be guest speakers including…
Asia remains home to most payments innovation but Europe is making a charge, leapfrogging Africa, North America and Latin America, according to a survey of industry execs which also calls out distributed ledger technology as over-hyped. Based on a survey of…
DHL manages new route with supply chain partner China Brilliant, providing both LCL and FCL service to DHL customers. DHL Global Forwarding has launched the first regular service connecting Shenzhen to Minsk, Belarus via rail in less than 12 days. The new…
UPS announced the addition of six stations to its Preferred full and less-than-container load (FCL and LCL) multimodal rail service between Europe and China. The additional stations will give customers moving goods on the world’s largest trade lane more…
AirAsia, the Malaysian low-cost airline, is returning to Europe this summer when it will add London and Frankfurt to its destinations. The airline’s chief executive, Tony Fernandes, told German news agency DPA at the World Economic Forum in Davos that he…
Rebounding Hugo Boss Asia sales have prompted the German fashion retailer to revise its profit outlook. The company’s stock price soared as much as 10 per cent after management said improved sales in Asia and Britain mean its profit decline will be less than…
Indonesia is seeking to lure more European tourists to visit the country by promoting its national tourism industry in the Matka-Nordic Travel Fair 2017 that will be held from January 19-22 in Messukeskus, Helsinki, Finland. “Indonesia has set the target of…
AirAsia X wants to relaunch services to Europe “as quick as possible”, and is looking at aircraft other than Airbus A330s to get there. Speaking to FlightGlobal,the chief executive of AirAsia X‘s core Malaysian operation, Benyamin Ismail, says that its fleet…
Indonesian coffee was introduced in Zagreb, Croatia, on June 8-10 during an event titled “Indonesian Specialty Coffee: From Cup to Cup” organized by the Indonesian Embassy in Zagreb in cooperation with local entity, Tanamera Coffee. During the program held in…
The shopping centre arm of furniture giant IKEA is putting up for sale 23 outdoor retail parks across Europe, timing the sale to coincide with a commercial property market boom driven by low interest rates. Chief Executive Gerard Groener, who took over as…
Balis exports of various handicraft and small industrial products to European countries declined in the first three moths this year because the economic growth in Europe has not yet recovered well. “Importers from Europe still demanded for various handicraft,…