Latvia’s retail trade volume this June, as compared with the same month of 2016, grew by 3.2%, which is slightly more than the average in the European Union, according to data from Eurostat. The most rapid retail trade growth in June was registered in Slovenia (+10.2%), followed by Croatia (+8.2%) and Slovakia (+8.1%). Estonia’s retail…
German low-price store network Lidl entry into Latvia’s market will intensify competition for employees, said CEO of Latvian Association of Food Traders (LPTA) Noris Kruzitis. He said that all market participants were currently lacking employees. Kruzitis said trading was not the industry in which wage levels were high. This is why reviewing anything in the…
Presidents of Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Almazbek Atambayev during a phone conversation confirmed the existence of great potential for boosting relations in a wide range of areas, including in the trade and economic sphere. The Turkmen government said in a message that the parties noted the expediency of working together to expand the…
The free trade agreement between Canada and Ukraine is not only an economic treaty, but also a sign of solidarity between the two countries, Ukrainian Ambassador to Canada Andriy Shevchenko has said. “First of all, this agreement is a good treaty on customs duties, but, of course, it goes far beyond that. It sends a…
Compared to June 2016, total retail trade turnover rose by 3.1% in June 2017. Turnover of retail trade for food products increased by 1% and turnover of non-food products grew by 4.7%. The most significant growth in turnover in the non-food product group was recorded in retail sale of cultural and recreation goods (by 23.7%),…
Presidents of Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Almazbek Atambayev, during a phone conversation confirmed the existence of great potential for enhancing relations on a wide range of areas. In this regard, the sides noted the expediency of joint work on the issues of expanding the range of mutually supplied goods and services, creating conditions…
President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili sent a letter to his Turkmen counterpart Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries, the Turkmen government said in a message. In his letter, Margvelashvili expressed readiness to deepen and expand mutually beneficial partnership with Turkmenistan. The Georgian president pointed…