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...South Korea has announced a crackdown on “shrinkflation”, saying producers of food and daily necessities must inform shoppers of any reduction to their product sizes or face fines....
...Falling bean supply has implications not just for our daily lives but also for company earnings....
...During Japan’s lockdowns in early 2021, consumer habits changed to buying large stashes of daily necessities and groceries at the nearest convenience stores....
...Basic necessities are suddenly unaffordable. It becomes what the World Bank calls one of the worst economic depressions in the world....
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...“We used the same metal staircase at home that we designed for the store in Amsterdam,” he says....
...“Any [lockdown] will allow exceptions for essential services and allow people to obtain daily necessities and food.”...
...Trading volumes in GameStop also shot up 1,400 per cent to more than 100m shares daily between January 13 and 29 from 2020 levels. On Monday the stock closed up 1.5 per cent at $186.02....
...Most stores will close save for food and necessities, travel between regions will be banned, but schools will remain open — a key government priority....
...Most stores will close save for those selling food and other necessities, travel between regions will be banned, but schools will remain open — a key government priority....
...We agree that the main event is a chef’s knife, something useful that will be a daily reminder of our lives in Japan....
...But daily coronavirus infections have also fallen sharply from a mid-September peak of about 93,000 per day....
...Consumers have been sucked into the online world by necessity. But, with many likely to stay there by choice, where does that leave bricks and mortar stores?...
...Before wearing the label himself, Ross says, “I viewed the garments as articles and pieces of art, more so than a piece of design I wanted to interact with daily.”...
...The scheme made an artistic virtue out of necessity....
...Supermarket deliveries of multiple pallets have sold out within minutes as customers rush to join queues and snap up the daily necessity....
...“I firmly believe that necessity is the mother of invention,” says Matthew Jones, founder of the Bread Ahead bakery, which has been baking bread at London’s Borough Market since 2012....
...The daily value of cash withdrawals from ATMs fell 40 per cent after the Irish government introduced lockdown measures....
...China’s Soton Daily Necessities, one of the world’s largest producers of drinking straws, churns out more than 10bn of them each year, for domestic use and export to Japan, Europe and the US....
...His reappearance so soon suggested something bigger in store. Sure enough, Mr Modi had alarming news....
...We eat more fruits and vegetables daily so that's the best advantage of the voucher....
...For the small restaurateurs, boutique stores, and bars that are dotted across our cities, Covid-19 is likely to be a death knell....
...“People are making these orders online out of necessity, or out of health concerns,” the group said....
...for most companies, a minority have shone: pharmaceutical groups boosted by their hunt for a Covid-19 vaccine; technology giants buoyed by the trend for working from home; and retailers offering lockdown necessities...
...Dubai Watch Week runs from November 20-24 and will be open daily from 10am-10pm. Admission to the public is free....
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