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Sept 20 (Reuters) - Consumer goods firms like Nestle (NESN.S), Lindt (LISN.S) and Unilever (ULVR.L) may face increased pressure across Europe to cut prices after being singled out by French retailers and politicians, industry experts say. France is a crucial country for consumer goods companies, having long outstripped Germany, Italy, Spain and others as the European Union's biggest market for groceries by supermarket revenues, according to research firm IBISWorld. That means consumer groups will face pressure to rein back prices across the European Union. Because these supermarkets are in different countries and do not compete with one another, they often combine forces to negotiate with consumer goods makers. Consumer goods makers have for more than two years grappled with sky-rocketing input, supply chain and labour costs that they have either absorbed - taking a hit to margins - or passed on to retailers.

Persons: It's, Laurent Thoumine, Thoumine, Ferrero's, Pernod Ricard's Ricard, Systeme, Germany's, Switzerland's, Italy's, Philippe Michaud, Leclerc, Bruno Le Maire, Le Maire, Richard Saldanha, Lindt, Saldanha, Richa Naidu, Helen Reid, Matt Scuffham, Catherine Evans Organizations: Consumer, Nestle, Unilever, Carrefour, PepsiCo, European, Reuters, European Union, Epic Partners, French Finance, Aviva Investors, Paris, Thomson Locations: Europe, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Eurelec

☆ French supermarkets to demand food groups cut prices by up to 5%
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Helen Reid | Thomson Reuters | London-Based Reporter Covering The European Retail Sector Through A Global Lens. Focusing On Companies Including Adidas | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

French retailers have criticised consumer goods giants like Unilever and Nestle for price hikes they say are unjustified. The government has also put pressure on the consumer goods makers to cut prices. "We should probably be able to demand that the big (consumer goods) groups cut prices by between 2% and 5%," he said. Consumer goods firms are likely to face increased pressure across Europe to cut prices, industry experts say. Lawmakers also asked about buying alliances, which some supermarkets use to negotiate prices jointly with peers at the European level, and whether they enable retailers to evade French regulations on pricing.

Persons: Sarah Meyssonnier, Les Mousquetaires, Thierry Cotillard, Cotillard, Mousquetaires, Jan, Alexandre Bompard, Lawmakers, Systeme, Dominique Schelcher, E Leclerc, Philippe Michaud, Miloud, Leclerc, Michaud, Helen Reid, Hugh Lawson Organizations: REUTERS, Unilever, Nestle, Carrefour, Senate, REWE, Thomson Locations: Carrefour, Montesson, Paris, France, Portugal, Spain, Europe, Greece, London

☆ New ‘Buffalo Rangers’ series to highlight Korean War heroics by all-Black U.S. military unit
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

“Band of Brothers” writer Bruce McKenna is teaming with David Broyles (“Six”) and Nick Jones Jr. (“Yasuke”) to write and produce a limited TV series “Buffalo Rangers” about the 2nd Ranger Company, the only all-Black special operations combat unit in U.S. history. The series is being produced by South Korea-based Moving Pictures Company, which has a growing English-language slate. Tim McCoy, a 2nd Ranger company historian for many years, will serve as a consultant to the project. The 2nd Rangers were made of volunteers from other army regiments and were commanded by Black officers. Martin Chase called the project, “a true, forgotten, classic action tale about Black men who displayed amazing courage and heroism in the face of war and seemingly insurmountable obstacles.”

☆ Seminar de formare a competențelor manageriale „Assurance Qualité et Gouvernance Universitaire” la USM
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-08 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +3 min

univ., șefa Departamentului Managementul Calității, USM. Prin urmare, consolidarea și eficientizarea sistemului de asigurare internă a calității în cadrul USM este un imperativ al timpului, care ar putea proba convergența instituției la modelul instituțional european, scrie USM. univ., dr. Iordan PETRESCU, Președintele Agenției Române de Asigurare a Calității în Învățământul Superior (ARACIS), care a supus discuțiilor subiecte ce țin de funcționarea sistemului de asigurare a calității în instituțiile de învățământ superior, sistemul intern de asigurare a calității, ciclul de îmbunătățire a sistemului de asigurare a calității, managementul calității, domeniile și criteriile de evaluare și îmbunătățire a calității, auditul intern, împărtășind, totodată, experiența acumulată de universitățile din România în acest domeniu. La seminar și-au înregistrat participarea 50 de reprezentanți ai managementului universitar (decani, șefi de departamente, președinți ai Comisiilor de Asigurare a Calității, cadre didactice ș.a. ###Acest material a fost scris și redactat de echipa USM.

Persons: Lucia SAVA, ., . Iordan PETRESCU, Președintele, . conf, Emilia GOGU Organizations: Universității de Stat, Agenția Universitară a, Francofoniei, universitari, Președintele Agenției Române, USM Locations: Moldova, AUF, USM, ARACIS, România, Republica Moldova, ș.a

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