Ford’s Quick Lane vehicle maintenance business – the fastest-growing service brand in the industry – sold a record 1 million tires in 2010 and is on track to post record sales of more than $550 million for the year. “We are very pleased with the continued strong growth of Quick Lane,” said Frederiek Toney, president [...]
Europe’s Largest Retailer Partners with Rev Worldwide to Offer Romania’s First Retail Prepaid Card Romanians can now find the Carrefour MasterCard Prepaid Card in the cash lanes of all 23 Carrefour hypermarkets in the country through a partnership between the retailer – Europe’s largest – and Rev Worldwide. Carrefour is the first retailer in Romania [...]
The Conference Board Leading Economic Index (LEI) for the Euro Area increased 0.7 percent in November to 114.3 (2004 = 100), following a 0.3 percent increase in October and no change in September. Said Jean-Claude Manini, The Conference Board senior economist for Europe: “The LEI for the Euro Area reaccelerated in November and points to [...]
Ukraine’s exports of computer software will reach 1 billion USD this year, the country’s Vice Prime Minister SerhiyTyhypko announced today. Ukraine is the world’s fifth biggest IT services exporter and this figure is doubling every year, making IT the fastest growing export-oriented sector of the country. “The steel export totals 2.8 billion USD, the export [...]