Monthly Archives: March 2018

E-commerce businesses: Advantages for customers and retailers in 2018

A person can reap enough benefits by choosing ecommerce as it is popular for delivering an extensive range of advantages both for the merchants and the retailers. E-commerce is actually the process of buying and selling services and products through electronic systems like smartphones or laptops via the internet. Before you get intrigued enough to
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How influencer marketing is following in the footsteps of digital music

It’s safe to say that influencer marketing, as an industry, is well on its way to maturity. In the last five years, the use of social media stars to endorse and promote products – particularly on Instagram – has gone from a novel marketing tactic to one many brands now consider to be a key
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How 1 per cent performance improvements can lead to gold

I was shocked to learn how far the UK is behind its European counterparts when it comes to performance and productivity, with output during the past decade being its lowest since the 1820s. These findings, released just this week from the Office for National Statistics got me thinking about the potential causes of this slowdown,
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Scotland lags behind rest of the UK for new business creation

Scotland is lagging behind the rest of the UK in terms of the number of new businesses created, and is home to all five of worst performing areas out of the 362 UK areas studied on this criterion, says UHY Hacker Young, the national accountancy group. The net number of new businesses created in Scotland
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Kannaway Products Banned In Belgium

According to an article in Belgium online newspaper HLN,
Kannaway Products are banned in Belgium as Cannabis Oil is illegal.
“Whoever sells the products on the basis of cannabis oil, risks a hefty fine or even cell punishment”.
From the article:
Both the FAMHP (the agency that oversees the sale of medicines) and the FASFC (the food safety agency) confirm that it is forbidden to sell cannabis oil.
However, the representatives of Kannaway use the confusion surrounding the term ‘cannabis oil’ to promote their business.
You can get oil from the cannabis plant in two ways. You can either focus on the active ingredient cannabidiol (CBD) or on tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).
The last one is what makes cannabis a drug. “CBD is, however, an innocent substance”, it says on the Belgian website of Kannaway.
It is true that CBD does not have the same effect as THC, but that does not make it less illegal according to Belgian law.
“In addition, Kannaway makes therapeutic claims on its website,” says Ann Eeckhout of the FAMHP.
“A producer who does that must register his product as a medicine.” Even as a food supplement, it violates the rules. ”
The products based on CBD oil that Kannaway offers are so-called ‘novel foods’”, explains Katrien Stragier

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