Flash and Facts

30 October 2015

Luxury Goods: Europe tops the World

The global personal luxury goods market reached € 224 billion in revenue -at retail equivalent value- in 2014 (Study Bain & Co). And within this sector Europe appears like a fortress. To ...

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13 October 2015

The Best Story in the World

"This is the best story in the world today". These words were spoken by Jim Yong Kim, World Bank Group President, and refer to the poverty eradication. The latest World Bank report is ...

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13 October 2015

Discrimination against Women deepens Poverty

Discrimination against women does not belong to the past. Women are often regarded as members of a cultural minority. And yet, they account for more than 50% of the world's population! Of ...

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28 September 2015

A Continent under Pressure

The economic crisis left traces in a majority of european countries. Lower and middle classes are afraid for their jobs and their future. The fight against youth unemployment failed in many ...

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28 September 2015

A Strong Aerospace Industry

We can estimate that the aerospace and defense (A&D) industries in Europe employ about 800,000 people and generate a turnover of € 198 Billion. Attention has often been drawn, and rightly ...

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8 September 2015

The Future of Manufacturing Industry

European industry has been in decline since the last financial crisis in 2008. But in fact, losing production to countries outside Europe is not a new phenomenon. Industry represented 15% of ...

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8 September 2015

The Retail Model of the Future

It is expected that e-commerce sales in Europe will increase by 18.4% in 2015 and will be worth €185.39 billion (study:RetailMeNot). These figures relate only to retail spending. The growth of ...

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21 August 2015

The Economic Weight of Tourism

The UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) estimates the impact of tourism in the world economy at 9% of world GDP in 2013. In Europe it is the third largest socio-economic sector. It is of vital ...

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21 August 2015

The Invasion of our Privacy

Despite our denials we gladly sacrifice privacy for the sake of convenience. How could we today live without the Internet or a credit card? It is impossible in a professional environment. And it ...

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31 July 2015

It's Time to Boost Europe's High-Tech

Europe has a difficulty in breaking through in high-tech industries. A new industrial policy must focus on innovation in order to prevent the weakening of its position in global competition. It is ...

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