Sentences with phrase «european consumer business»

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One of these major, game - changing trends will hit the business world on May 25, 2018, when the European Union (EU) will begin enforcing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a comprehensive and aggressive approach to the increasingly complex challenge of protecting consumer information.

If your business — be it small or large, private or public — is handling data of European consumers, you already need to be drastically altering your data management practices by the May deadline.

It bought the Hong Kong - based consumer electronics arm from Philips in 2014, and started to wind down the unsuccessful business — including formal liquidation proceedings in Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and six European countries — on April 30, according to court papers.

The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said banks relaxed the criteria for businesses and consumers to obtain credit during the 18 months leading up to June 30, 2013, while the European Central Bank said fewer banks in the euro zone were reporting tightened lending standards to nonfinancial businesses in the fourth quarter of 2013.

After leading a trade mission with some of Canada's leading Agri - food businesses to the developing economy in November 2014, the Canadian Agri - Food Policy Institute (CAPI) published a report stating that Canadian food and beverage products are not prominent on Chinese market shelves and are not as well - known as their American / European / Australian counterparts in the Chinese consumer world.

Other evidence included a European Commission survey of economic sentiment among eurozone businesses and consumers, which climbed to its highest level since 2000, and a measure of French business confidence, which registered a 10 - year high.

It would appear that courting FCA approval, and thus helping to open up access to British and EU banking services, is all part of the firm's plans to court even more European business and make the process of dealing in cryptocurrency much more consumer - friendly.

CHAMPIONS INCLUDE: Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Gilbert Houngbo, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Former White House Chef, Founder of TROVE and Venture Partner, Acre Venture Partners Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Rajiv Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

The Vollrath Company, LLC, based in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, is a privately held company that leverages its long standing reputation for high quality engineering and manufacturing throughout its business divisions, which include the design, development and manufacture of industry - best foodservice equipment and supplies (Vollrath Foodservice), European foodservice manufacturer (Pujadas), frozen treat equipment (Stoelting Foodservice), custom design engineering and manufacturing services (Vollrath Manufacturing Services), custom cleaning solutions (Stoelting Cleaning Equipment), and wholesale / retail consumer cookware and bakeware.

«With approximately 20 percent of Sonoco's sales emanating from our consumer and industrial packaging businesses in Europe, we are extremely pleased to add an experienced senior executive to our board who understands the changing European and global markets,» said Harris DeLoach, Sonoco's executive chairman.

Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Senior Food Analyst at NBC News and former U.S. White House Chef Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

Many scientists, consumer organizations, and members of the European Parliament opposed the plan, arguing that public health should take precedence over business concerns — and Juncker relented.

Dr Antonakakis, a Senior Lecturer in Portsmouth Business School and an Assistant Professor in Vienna University of Economics and Business, said: «Despite its legal obligation to assess the health effects of EU policies, the Directorate - General for Health and Consumer Protection of the European Commission has been rather passive in terms of assessing the impact of the troika's push for austerity, and has rather limited EU commentary to advise how health ministries should cut their budgets.

Finland currently holds the presidency of the European Union, and when Euro - business resumes in September it will come under pressure — from CASH and consumer groups — to revise the 1990 directive on the nutritional labelling of foodstuffs so salt content must be stated.

The market's continued growth is attributed to increasing consumer income and expansion of sales in regional cities outside Moscow and St. Petersburg, the Automobile Manufacturers Committee of the Association of European Businesses in the Russian Federation says in a statement.

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The European Commission's latest consumer and business survey likely helped the euro to recover, since the reading for September came in at 113.0, which is the highest reading since 2007.

«The Zune experience is growing beyond a music player in the U.S.» says Chris Stephenson, General Manager of Consumer Marketing for the TV, Video and Music Business, talking on their first foray into the European market.

Infringements of antitrust law can cause serious harm to consumers and businesses in the European Union.

It should be questioned whether increasing confusion surrounding European data protection law may lead to businesses lacking certainty over exactly what national laws they should comply with and consumers being less well protected overall (That said, the difficulty presented by pan-European variations in data protection law may be less of an issue once the GDPR has introduced more conformity).

Will the CETA offer a framework to help Canadian consumers dealing with European businesses and vice-versa?

A European directive (Directive 2005 / 29 / EC Of The European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 [PDF]-RRB- that deals with unfair business - to - consumer commercial practices became effective law in Britain at the end of last year.

It has fuelled economic growth and made the everyday life of European businesses and consumers easier.

Traders appealed and the OFT cross-appealed the High Court ruling before the Court of Appeal (England and Wales)(Civil Division), which referred the case to the CJEU for a preliminary ruling whereby it seeked an interpretation of paragraph 31 of Annex I to the Directive 2005 / 29 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business - to - consumer commercial practices in the internal market (OJ 2005 L 149, p. 22) in order to determine whether that provision prohibits the imposition of a cost, even of a de minimis nature, on a consumer who has been informed that they have won a prize.

They fear a European contract law for consumers and businesses could weaken the strength of English law and result in parties switching to another common law system, such as New York law.

However, Mr Justice Field instead applied the reasoning of the European Court of Justice in Bayerische Hypothetken v Dietzinger (Case C - 45 / 96)[1998] 1 WLR 1035, which considered Council Directive 85 / 557 / EEC protecting the consumer in respect of contracts negotiated away from business premises.

The Regulations amount to a sweeping consolidating reform of the existing piecemeal legislation and implement the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive 2005, which is intended to harmonise legislation across the European Community preventing business practices that are unfair to consumers, so as to support growth of the internal market.

ACCO Brands Corporation (NYSE: ACCO), one of the world's largest designers, marketers and manufacturers of branded business, academic and consumer products, recently announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Esselte Group Holdings AB (Esselte), a leading European office products company, from private equity firm J.W. Childs for $ 333 million in cash.

The European Parliament... notes that the online search market is of particular importance in ensuring competitive conditions within the digital single market, given the potential development of search engines into gatekeepers and the possibility they have of commercialising secondary exploitation of information obtained; calls, therefore, on the Commission to enforce EU competition rules decisively, based on input from all relevant stakeholders and taking into account the entire structure of the digital single market in order to ensure remedies that truly benefit consumers, internet users and online businesses; calls, furthermore, on the Commission to consider proposals aimed at unbundling search engines from other commercial services as one potential long - term means of achieving the aforementioned aims.

Shenzhen, China — August 15, 2017 — HUAWEI Consumer Business Group (CBG) has today been honored with two new awards from the European Image and Sound Association (EISA).

Shenzhen, China (August 15, 2016)-- HUAWEI Consumer Business Group (BG) is honored to announce that the HUAWEI P9 has been named «European Consumer Smartphone 2016 - 17» by the European Image and Sound Association (EISA).

Huawei Consumer Business Group achieves steady growth for the fifth consecutive year and successfully enters the high - end European market

Both of these major European cities are converting local businesses into places where consumers can pay for goods and services with Bitcoin.

On the whole, it's a win for consumers, particularly tourists, frequent business travelers, and those living in the EU's many border areas — just a few years ago, subscribers faced exorbitant fees when roaming across European borders.

Despite the Standard & Poor's downgrade of U.S. debt, a worsening European sovereign debt crisis and rising stock market volatility, the U.S. economy continues to expand and create new jobs, supported by strong consumer spending and business investment.