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Maxima Grupė has announced the appointment of Tomas Rupšys as the new chief executive officer of Maxima Latvija SIA. He has also joined the management board of Maxima Grupė UAB, the company added. CEO and chairman of the board of Maxima Grupė, Mantas Kuncaitis, said: “I am happy to welcome Tomas Rupšys to Maxima group of companies. He has broad experience in retail across multiple European markets”.
Indonesia s Matahari supermarket chains join Tokopedia, seeking better online sale
Publicly listed retail firm PT Matahari Putra Prima (MPPA) is adding its supermarket chains to e-commerce platform Tokopedia in an effort to boost online sales and make up for a pandemic-induced drop in in-store shopping. MPPA launched Tokopedia virtual stores for its 23 supermarket chains, including Foodmart, Hyfresh, Hypermart and Primo. MPPA corporate secretary and public relations director Danny Kojongian
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Canada: Dollarama’s Q3 profit rises, employees to receive pay bonus
Dollarama Inc. said it would pay a bonus to its employees for their work during the pandemic as it raised its dividend and reported its third-quarter profit rose compared with a year ago. The discount chain had come under fire earlier this year from employees and their supporters, who demanded that Dollarama enact greater health precautions in its warehouses and extend the pay raise it offered to employees at the start of the pandemic. Sales totalled $1.06bln, up from $947.6mln in the same quarter last year, as shoppers reduced the frequency of store visits, but bought more when they did visit the stores.
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The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on Thursday it began revoking China Telecom’s authorization to operate in the United States as it took further steps to crack down on China’s role in US telecommunications. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai noted several US government agencies had recommended the revocation citing national security concerns. In April, the FCC had warned it might shut down the US operations of three state-controlled Chinese telecommunications companies, citing national security risks, including China Telecom Americas as well as China Unicom Americas, Pacific Networks Corp, and its wholly owned subsidiary ComNet (USA) LLC.