they are also retooling for what is the reality of fast delivery demand, and we have been talking with best by how they re renovating certain stores, and sizing down the sales floor, adding a warehouse right next door, attached to the store, in neighborhoods, so that they re able to deliver those electronics faster and beat the competitors, at least they re trying to, with amazon or target or another competitor in your neighborhood. so you re starting to see physical changes in a very big way. these online shopping trends obviously have been in play for a decade now. and now being accelerated to meet the customer where they are. look, i know, jo, that you re in touch with a lot of folks who are on the executive side of all of this, are they generally optimistic? are they in a let s wait and see? are they nervous? what are you hearing from folks like that? yes, the ceos and vice presidents i ve been talking to at retailers are very bullish on the season.
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Zimbabwe’s tobacco farmers plead for a better deal
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Under the new tobacco-selling regulations put in place since the coronavirus pandemic struck, Zimbabwe’s farmers receive 60 percent of their tobacco payments in United States dollars and the balance in Zimdollars, Zimbabwe’s local currency [File: Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters]
Tobacco is a bright spot in Zimbabwe’s agricultural sector, but wait times for crop payments and exchange-rate roulette can wreak havoc on farmers’ profits.
Harare, Zimbabwe – Bornface Batwero sits languidly in the driver’s seat of his lorry outside the Tobacco Sales Floor – an auction venue in the capital Harare where farmers gather from around Zimbabwe to sell their crops.