Apartment blocks at Rajarhat area of CalcuttaShutterstock AddThis Sharing Buttons The Union budget has proposed a slew of tax tweaks for the distressed real estate sector in order to boost sagging demand by encouraging home buyers to acquire multiple properties. Finance minister Piyush Goyal announced at…
Fragmented real estate market sees wide variations in demand
The Greek real estate market is currently quite fragmented, as 2017 signaled the recovery of certain categories, the stabilization of others and the continued decline of the rest of the market. Estate agents note that had it not been for the difficulties associated with nonperforming loans…
Sainsbury’s sees sees boost thanks to demand for clothing
The supermarket giant said that inflation, together with this year’s later Mother’s Day and Easter, helped drive like-for-like first quarter sales including Argos up by 2.3 per cent in a marked bounce back on the 0.3 per cent seen in the previous three months. Sainsbury’s said…
How Clothing Brands Are Embracing Transparency to Meet the Growing Demand for Sustainable Apparel
Much like current trends in food consumption, shoppers are placing a higher value on where their clothing comes from and how it’s made. They will even spend 10 to 15 percent more on ethically produced clothing, according to Marshal Cohen, retail analyst at NPD Group. “The…