Where does connected retail stand? – shoe courier

What else has changed? In addition to the fact that sales via Zalando have become more expensive, Stephan Holbach also criticizes the lack of transparency: “The fee structure has become very confusing. There are different sales commissions per price range and per payout frequency. Fees are charged back and forth with a time delay, making … Read more

El Salvador improves its credit level and now has better growth prospects

Moody’s highlights that the new rating “reflects the moderate economic strength of El Salvador” The firm sees a structural improvement in the security situation and the government’s liquidity. On Tuesday, November 26, the credit rating agency Moody’s announced an improvement in El Salvador’s risk rating, raising it from Caa1 to B3. This new rating, which … Read more

Russia cements rule in occupied Ukrainian regions through propaganda and violence

Russia currently occupies about 18 percent of Ukraine’s territory. Yet reliable information about what life is like there is hard to come by, since there is no longer any access for Ukrainian media. Nevertheless, various Ukrainian initiatives aim to shed light on what is happening in the occupied territories. The picture they paint is one … Read more

World Food Program scales up operations to deliver aid in famine-hit Sudan

Displaced people living in Sudan’s North Darfur state cheer at the arrival of the first convoy of food and supplies in months, but the glimmer of hope is still vastly short of what’s needed. Also, Namibia heads into general elections, with the ruling party SWAPO facing stiffer than ever competition amid popular frustration over disparities. … Read more

“Our lifestyle is to blame” – schuhkurier

Almost all people are born with healthy feet, but over the years many develop foot problems. This is what the orthopedist and foot specialist Caroline Werkmeister from the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf says in an interview with Zeit magazine. Humans are designed to move around barefoot, but “instead we isolate our feet from the outside world … Read more

Verdi wants to paralyze Amazon – schuhkurier

According to the union, the plan is for 1,200 Amazon employees from all over Germany to march through downtown Bad Hersfeld on the morning of November 29th with the support of representatives from the USA, Sweden, Great Britain and Italy. The campaign is being carried out together with the world umbrella organization of service unions … Read more