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GreenTech Amsterdam rescheduled to 20-22 October 2020
PRESS RELEASE GreenTech Amsterdam is moving from 8-10 June to 20-22 October this year. The expected duration of the global situation, due to the spread of COVID-19, has resulted in this decision. RAI Amsterdam, as organiser, has complied with the explicit wishes of both exhibitors and visitors to reschedule the event. Due to the Corona […]
March 23 , 2020
Walmart latest in retail industry's wave of hirings amid Covid-19 in U.S.
Annoucing that it will hire 150,000 more associates plus a bonus payout, Walmart is the latest retailer taking steps to lessen economic impact of Covid-19.
March 23 , 2020
Chilean blueberry season wraps up with slightly lower volumes
The Chilean blueberry season is wrapping up with lower exports than originally forecast, following a period of numerous challenges for the country's fruit industry.
March 23 , 2020
India's top grape producing region faces Covid-19 export challenges
In India, grape producers in Maharashtra say containers are blocked from Covid-19 measures, this comes amid an already difficult harvest and low volumes.
March 23 , 2020
Mexican table grape crop to be lower and earlier than last year
The industry is expecting a 20% year-on-year drop from 23.6m cartons to 19.7m, which is largely the result of frosts at the start of the year.
March 23 , 2020
State of the Market: Grape prices down in Europe
In week 11 this year, blueberry prices rose in the U.S. amid falling supplies but fell in Europe and Asia.
March 20 , 2020
Argentina's cherry industry wraps up positive season despite Covid-19 complications
Despite facing challenges in pricing in the last weeks of the season from coronavirus instability, Argentina's cherry exports met expectations this season.
March 20 , 2020
Australia: Queensland tells foreign trading ships to self-quarantine for 14 days
Shipping Australia Limited (SAL) slammed the decision, saying it may hinder Australian consumers' ability to buy goods amid the Covid-19 outbreak.
March 20 , 2020
U.K. relaxes laws on supermarket competition, drivers' hours
The reported move allows retailers to share data with each other on stock levels, cooperate to keep stores open, or share distribution depots and delivery vans.
March 19 , 2020
EU border restrictions disrupting food supplies, industry groups say
They also raised concerns over potential labor shortages, after more than a dozen countries either tightened or shut its borders as the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 rises rapidly on the continent.
March 19 , 2020
