This is a fair that is definitely gaining importance: There were 188,000 Industry visitors, a 24% increase compared to 2015 39% were international buyers, +20% compared to 2015 1,322 Italian exhibitors (+4%) 843 foreign exhibitors (+13%) We are talking about …
AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP EXPORT THAT CANNOT BE MISSED
The Italian Ministry of Economic Development – MISE – has offered a grant to those small businesses who retain a Temporary Export Manager (TEM) for a minimum of 6 months, with the contribution covering up to 75% of the costs! …
MEN AND ROBOTS
The media increasingly talks about how technological progress will affect the labor market and our way of life. Artificial intelligence; in other words the notorious robots. The historian Yuval Noah Harari’s view in the article “The meaning of life in …
VACATION’S OVER: WELCOME BACK TO WORK
We are leaving behind us mountain landscapes and sunsets on the sea; a humid August and the catchy songs of summer that continue to play inside our heads. But now, it’s time to get back in the groove and get …
DIGITAL DETOX: SUMMER SUGGESTIONS 2017
Over the last few days, while re-organizing my files, I found a 2013 Tim Harford article entitled “Ten Email Commandments”. In it there are some tips dealing with the topic of digital detox – a subject of great relevance these …
EXPORT: WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR FIRST STEPS
I recently concluded a consultation with a company that began moving its first steps in the export market this past year. It is a business in the retail food industry that has developed its own high quality product, it created …
AN EXPORT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
Over the past few days I’ve been working on completing an export development project that I am happy to share with you. It is for a very small, family-run business in the artistic/blown glass sector who offer their own line …
MARKETS: THE INTERNET IS MOVING THE BOUNDARIES
Over these last few days I was a speaker at a conference organized by FarExport on the topic: Choosing Target Markets and Organizing Sales. The choice of target markets – those on which you should invest more from a commercial …
POLAND: IS THERE A MARKET FOR HIGH-DESIGN COMPANIES?
Although Polish GDP has grown steadily for the past 25 years, the purchasing power is only equal to 69% of the EU average. It should also be noted that there are considerable differences in the distribution of wealth within Poland …
THE IMPORTANCE OF A WAREHOUSE IN THE USA
I’ve just returned from the HD Expo in Las Vegas, dedicated to what hotels, restaurants and anyone else in the hospitality industry may need. Wardrobes, floorings, bath and spa accessories, beds, electronic accessories, furniture fabrics, interior and exterior furniture, lighting, …