Vanuit het hoofdkantoor van The Body Shop Benelux in Weesp klinkt een oorverdovende stilte als gevraagd wordt naar de gevolgen van de problemen van het moederbedrijf voor de Nederlandse winkels. ‘Business as usual’ Een woordvoerder wil slechts kwijt dat de 27 Nederlandse winkels met zo’n 150 werknemers openblijven. Voor een uitgebreider commentaar verwijst zij naar...
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AI camera software alerts shop staff to possible shoplifters – DutchNews.nl
February 20, 2024 Photo: Depositphotos.com The Jumbo supermarket group is testing out smart surveillance cameras in some stores in the Netherlands as part of a package of measures to cut back on shoplifting. The number 2 Dutch food retailer said last month that shoplifting cost it €100 million last year and that it planned to...
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The Body Shop: België en Luxemburg overgenomen, Nederland niet – RetailDetail NL
De ontmanteling van The Body Shop gaat van start. Het Duitse fonds Alma24 koopt de activiteiten in België, Duitsland, Luxemburg en Oostenrijk mits een gerechtelijke reorganisatie. Voor de Nederlandse en Franse tak is het lot nog onduidelijk. Vier landen “gered” Na het faillissement van The Body Shop op de Britse thuismarkt vorige week, zakt het...
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Nederlandse webwinkel The Body Shop dicht na dreigend bankroet moeder
“De webshop is in onderhoud, die hopen wij zo snel mogelijk weer online te krijgen. Voor onze Nederlandse winkels hebben de ontwikkelingen in Engeland geen gevolgen; die zijn gewoon open”, zegt woordvoerster Debby van Enter van The Body Shop Benelux tegen RT Z. Of de online sluiting komt door de financiële problemen van het moederbedrijf...
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Dutch regulator investigates Dutch online retailer Bol amid concerns of unfair marketplace practices | Silicon Canals
The Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM), the Dutch authority responsible for consumer protection and fair competition, announced on Wednesday that it has initiated an investigation into a Dutch online retailer Bol, after receiving complaints from multiple businesses. According to ACM, several companies have voiced concerns about their offerings receiving less visibility on the platform...
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Dutch chain opening first store in Portugal
Action, a Dutch retailer known for its low prices, will open its first store in Portugal on February 29th at Focus Park, in Vila Nova de Gaia, and will then move forward with the opening of other stores nationwide. The brand has more than 2,250 stores in 11 countries, employs more than 60 thousand people...
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MPs call for monthly spending limit for online gamblers – DutchNews.nl
MPs are calling for far tougher limits on how much online gamblers can spend a month following the publication of draft legislation to establish legal rules at the end of last year. And clear majority support a proposal by ChristenUnie to introduce a monthly limit in total, not a limit per website, as the justice...
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Chinese takeover of Dutch online payment provider “poses risks” – DutchNews.nl
February 5, 2024 Buy now, pay later loans are a form of regulated credit Photo: Depositphotos Concerns have been raised about a takeover bid for Dutch online payments platform Multisafepay by the company behind China’s largest provider of contactless transactions, Alipay. ANT Group is rumoured to have bid around $200 million (€186 million) for Multisafepay,...
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ASR Nederland sells online bank Knab to BAWAG Group for over half a billion euros | Silicon Canals
Vienna-based BAWAG Group announced that it has acquired Amsterdam-based Knab – a bank for self-employed people, by purchasing 100 per cent of its shares from ASR Nederland N.V. for €510M. BAWAG Group serves 2.1 million customers across Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Western Europe, and the US. The publicly listed company offers a variety of financial...
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How Kansino is becoming the online casino leader in The Netherlands
Reading Time: 5 minutes Here are this weeks latest slots releases compiled by European Gaming Belatra Games, the specialist online slots developer, is on point with its latest sharply designed game, Golden øks. This Norse-inspired adventure carries on from the popular Axe of Fortune title that hit the market at the turn of the...
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63% Dutch biggest online stores are custom-built
Within the top 100 of the biggest online stores in the Netherlands in 2023, 63 percent was custom-built. A year earlier, the amount of these kinds of stores was still 55 percent. Compared to 2020, this is a growth of 50 percent.
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Dutch watchdog seeks Big Tech input for platform guidelines
The Dutch competition authority today issued guidelines to help online platforms in their compliance with the EU’s platform regulation and asks companies for their input. ADVERTISEMENT The Dutch Competition Authority has asked platforms and other online service providers to give feedback to draft guidelines that will help companies comply with the Digital Services Act (DSA)....