Jan 15 2015, the Swiss National Bank announced it would remove the cap it had in place to prevent the Swiss franc from rising too high against the Euro (1,20 EUR equals ±1 CHF).
Today Jan 18 2015, the exchange rate is 1,0074 EUR equals ± 1 CHF meaning that Swiss made products become 17% more expensive in a blink of an eye! Continue reading
My predictions for 2015:
Let’s talk Jan 1, 2016 and see if we were close to the reality 🙂
PS: the paragraphes’ titles have been taken from a Mashable article: 5 tech trends that will dominate CES 2015
Internet of Things is the new buzzword. Everyone talks about it but very few buy them and even more less people wear them 6 months after they bought them. Continue reading
Google admits that advertisers wasted their money on more than half of internet ads
Why You Should Sell Your Business to an MBA
October 16, Volta Ventures, a Belgian Venture Capital firm made a presentation at the Betacowork. Frank Maene, Volta’ managing director, described the “raison d’être” of a VC as well as the “do and don’t” in front of a VC. Continue reading
Belgium Building an Underground Beer Pipeline http://www.psfk.com/2014/09/bruges-belgium-approves-underground-beer-pipeline.html
Pop-up store Hello Bank
“Pop-up store (pop-up shop in the UK and Australia) or flash retailing, is a trend of opening short-term sales spaces.
The space could be a sample sale one day and host a private cocktail party the next evening. The trend involves “popping up” one day, then disappearing anywhere from one day to several weeks later. These shops, while small and temporary, can build up interest by consumer exposure.”[1]
BNP Paribas Fortis wants to increase the awareness of Hello Bank [2] their Internet Bank using offline medium.
Stay tuned …
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop-up_retail
[2] Hello Bank for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bnpp.hellobank
[2] Hello Bank for iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/be/app/hello-bank!-by-bnp-paribas/id642897716?mt=8
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