Pepkor, the largest fashion retailer in South Africa, with more than 5,500 stores in ten countries, controlled by Steinhoff International, has acquired 87% of Grupo Avenida, one of the largest fashion chains in the Center-West and North of the country formed by 110 stores of Avenida fashion retailer and 20 of shoe retailer Giovanna Calçados. […]
It is not new that, in Brazil, agricultural activities that generate billion-dollar results still share the corners of the country with extreme poverty. Just over 15% of the country’s rural population experienced severe deprivation in 2019, around 5 million people. Another 17.6 million people (52.9% of the total) were poor. A worrying picture, which may […]
The political wing of the government acted on Thursday to approve a Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (PEC) that would allow President Jair Bolsonaro (Liberal Party, PL) to zero taxes on all fuels, including gasoline, without having to compensate for the increase in other taxes. In addition, it authorizes a reduction in the Tax on […]