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Asking a 31-year old with little prior branding experience to turn around the fortunes of a retail brand almost as old as her may seem foolhardy, yet the quirkiness and fresh perspective commanded by Dee Poon may deliver the rebranding success the ageing high-end shirt specialist PYE needs.…

WHEN the Trinidad & Tobago government in 2003 decided to close down much of the Caribbean country’s 300-year old sugar cane industry, it was described by detractors as one of the most politically ambitious moves in the history of the twin-island republic.…

Denmark’s ministry of food, agriculture and fisheries has presented proposals which its minister Dan Jørgensen claims can help pig meat exporters reduce processing plant costs and bolster competitiveness.

These are based on research conducted by the London-based PA Consulting Group, which compared the export controls cost base of Danish pig meat plants with those in nearby states, including Poland, Germany and Ukraine.…

A more sustainable fashion industry requires complete transparency and control over every aspect of production. That was the message at the third biennial Copenhagen Fashion Summit, held last Thursday (April 24) in the Danish capital. More than 1,100 participants convened at the Copenhagen Opera House, with 23 speakers focusing on consumer behaviour, recycling and CO2-emissions, all to guide the fashion industry down a more sustainable path.…

MYANMAR’S booming construction industry is spurring rapid growth in the country’s paints and coatings sector, as a steadily increasing number of foreign firms attempt to stake out a share in a market that was, until relatively recently, decidedly lacklustre.

The Burmese  construction industry is currently valued at USD3 billion and is forecast to grow to USD4.2 billion by 2016, according to a February 2014 report by the financial advisory firm New Crossroads Asia.…

MYANMAR’S booming construction industry is spurring rapid growth in the country’s paints and coatings sector, as a steadily increasing number of foreign firms attempt to stake out a share in a market that was, until relatively recently, decidedly lacklustre.

The Burmese  construction industry is currently valued at USD3 billion and is forecast to grow to USD4.2 billion by 2016, according to a February 2014 report by the financial advisory firm New Crossroads Asia.…

AUSTRIA

The location of ECC Austria in central Vienna means many consumers drop by to receive advice or lodge complaints in person with the ECC’s five staff members. A top priority in 2013 was increasing public awareness about e-commerce fraud; a brochure aimed at combatting the problem was published and more than 600,000 were distributed throughout Austria.…

THE UK government will push ahead with plans to create a compulsory register of beneficial ownership information that will cover private companies, it announced on Monday (April 21). Business secretary Vince Cable said it would form part of a reform package to increase openness in British commerce: “A lack of transparency with respect to those who really own and control companies can allow tax evasion, money laundering and terrorist financing to flourish,” he noted.…

WHILE the debate over British airport capacity and expansion has focused on the comparatively rich and crowded south-east England, regional airports across the UK have been increasing passenger numbers and footprint substantially. In each case, airport management has had to negotiate long-term expansion plans against the vagaries of the economic climate.…

Jeffrey Loke, vice president of pricing and commercial strategy at the Singapore-based Changi Airport Group Private Ltd, has outlined a number of upgrades that will grow Singapore Changi Airport’s non-aeronautical revenue over the next few years.

Speaking at Airport Council International’s (ACI) Airport Economics & Finance conference in London (March 12-14), Mr Loke said that Changi is developing a number of “game-changing” retail concepts as part of its recently concluded tenders for the liquor and tobacco, and beauty concession categories for 2014-2020.…