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Higher prices, not increased consumption, have pushed supermarket revenue past the €50 billion mark for the first time, figures from market research bureau NielsenIQ quoted by news media have shown. Supermarkets said the the increase in energy costs and higher wages have been driving higher prices, as well as higher costs for raw materials. Almost 46% of all articles sold …
Home prices will fall by 3 percent next year, and by another 1.5 percent in 2024, Rabobank expects. But the falling house prices will not automatically lead to more sales, partly due to the rise in the mortgage interest rates. “In the meantime, even two average annual incomes are insufficient to buy an average-priced home,” said De Groot. “We think …
Paracetamol containing a carcinogenic substance may have entered the Dutch market, according to research by Zembla and NRC. They had samples from the largest producer of the active ingredient in the drug - Anqiu Lu'an Pharmaceutical in China - examined by a certified lab in Germany and found that three lots from the spring of 2019 were contaminated with the …