The "malaise on the shopping street" has not yet ended, despite consumers' increasing desire to make purchases, according to ING economist Katinka Jongkind. Retail sales were down three percent last year, and they will probably drop another 0.5 percent this year, Jongkind expected. "Supermarkets will lose over 1.5 billion euros in turnover due to the tobacco sales ban that comes …
“Holy s**t. I’ve never seen anything like that before.” Ruben Jongkind is sharing his first impressions of Micky van de Ven as a footballer. “I couldn’t believe it.” Jongkind and Jonk formally joined Volendam a few months later, and instantly offered Van de Ven a new contract. Working with nutritionists, data analysts and “seven or eight other specialists” at Volendam, …
