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Adidas unveils customised in-store shoe printing

Bloomberg Adidas AG is looking to better tap rapidly changing consumer tastes by increasing pace of development and production, and printing out customized shoes right in its stores. “Trends change extremely fast these days,” CEO Rorsted said in an interview with Euro am Sonntag. “What’s hot today in New York or Tokyo spreads in seconds around world through social media.” ...

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Norwegian Air builds up London long-haul office to lure talent

Bloomberg Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA is consolidating the team that runs its long-haul flights in London as the debt-laden carrier seeks to add executive talent at a unit crucial to its survival in the ultra-competitive discount market. The company is building a 16-strong contingent in the city, leaving just a few dedicated staff at its main base in Fornebu, near ...

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Biggest ever World Government Summit kicks off today in Dubai

Dubai / WAM The largest ever World Government Summit will begin on Sunday to redefine the future of governments and unite efforts to solve universal challenges facing humanity. HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, said, “The human being is the centre of World Government Summit. Our main ...

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UAE regional hub for 24% of world’s top 500 firms

SHARJAH / WAM Business and trade activities and events have played a major role in leading the UAE regionally and globally in more than 10 sub-indicators in the doing business report and being a regional hub for more than 24 percent of the world’s 500 largest companies, said Hamid Mohammed bin Salem, Secretary-General of Federation of UAE Chambers of Commerce ...

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Abu Dhabi to host EuroTier Middle East

ABU DHABI / WAM Organised by Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority (ADFCA), Abu Dhabi is set to host the first edition of EuroTier Middle East, from September 2 to 4, at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (Adnec). It will also be the first time EuroTier will be organising its fair outside of Germany.

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‘Human capital is centre of UAE, Egypt’s current, future plans’

CAIRO / WAM HH Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, wife of HH the Ruler of Sharjah, noted that Egypt is witnessing a renaissance, both institutionally and in developing their human capital, under the leadership of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, and the efforts of Egyptian society. The statement came during Sheikha Jawaher visit to the National Training Academy for Youth ...

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UAE-India ink pact to boost trade ties

DUBAI / WAM DMCC, world’s flagship Free Zone and Government of Dubai Authority on commodities trade and enterprise, signed an MoU, with West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBIDC), Government of West Bengal, in India. Feryal Ahmadi, Chief Operating Officer of DMCC, and Vandana Yadav IAS, Managing Director of WBIDC, signed the MoU at the 5th Bengal Global Business Summit in ...

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UAE to host first Astana Civil Service Hub Conference

DUBAI / WAM The seventh edition of the World Government Summit (WGS 2019) will host the first Astana Civil Service Hub (ACSH) meeting to be held outside of a founding member country on February 11, with the participation of 40 countries stretching across Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the Caucasus and Central Asia as well as countries that ...

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‘Farming is one of the pillars of UAE economy’

DUBAI / WAM Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, has expressed his appreciation for the active role of local agricultural companies and national farms and their efforts in supporting and strengthening the productivity of the agricultural sector in the country. This came during Dr. Al Zeyoudi’s field tour to underline the ministry’s role in ...

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