Showing posts with label TNCS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TNCS. Show all posts
Friday, 4 March 2016
Starbucks is coming to Italy.....
STARBUCKS is coming to Italy- the 'home' of coffee, see details here
Google- preserving languages in the digital age?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35602377/google-translate-introduces-13-new-languages-including-scots-gaelic-and-sindhi
How globalization helps maintain cultural diversity-google in new languages- helps to keep them alive
How globalization helps maintain cultural diversity-google in new languages- helps to keep them alive
Thursday, 22 October 2015
Disney as a TNC update
Disney to launch UK film and TV streaming service for £9.99 a month
http://gu.com/p/4dggp?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Blogger
Monday, 5 October 2015
Sunday, 29 March 2015
cocacolonisation- in all but 2 countries.......
Coca Cola is only not available in 2 countries- Cuba and North Korea- over the years there have been issues- it has represented capitalism's spread around the globe- 'capitalism in a bottle'.
It is not sold in Cuba since a trade embargo was put in place against the Island in the 1962 when Fidel Castro became the countries leader. NK has had the same trade embargo since 1950.
The French coined the term- coca-colonisation, when some saw the drink as a threat to French culture. It has struggled in the Middle East (banned by Arab league 1968-91) due to being sold in Israel. It was never marketed in the Soviet Union as makers feared communists would take profits.
When the Berlin wall fell in 1991, Coca- cola was sold in bucket loads to those in the east- who had lived behind the iron curtain for years,
More recently the brand has been targeted because it is American- e.g. 2003- Thailand boycotts and people emptying bottles in streets in protest to the Iraq invasion. Sales were suspended.
The Venezuelan president Chavez has encouraged Venezuelans to drink local juices and Iran's president Ahmadinejad has tried to ban the drink.
It is not sold in Cuba since a trade embargo was put in place against the Island in the 1962 when Fidel Castro became the countries leader. NK has had the same trade embargo since 1950.
The French coined the term- coca-colonisation, when some saw the drink as a threat to French culture. It has struggled in the Middle East (banned by Arab league 1968-91) due to being sold in Israel. It was never marketed in the Soviet Union as makers feared communists would take profits.
When the Berlin wall fell in 1991, Coca- cola was sold in bucket loads to those in the east- who had lived behind the iron curtain for years,
More recently the brand has been targeted because it is American- e.g. 2003- Thailand boycotts and people emptying bottles in streets in protest to the Iraq invasion. Sales were suspended.
The Venezuelan president Chavez has encouraged Venezuelans to drink local juices and Iran's president Ahmadinejad has tried to ban the drink.
Sunday, 1 February 2015
FRIDGEONOMICS
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-31042292
UNILEVER a global brand that owns ben and Jerrys and PG tips tea (among lots of other brands) says it has totally eliminated waste.
When China reached middle income status a decade ago, about a quarter of the population had fridges. Now, it's about 90%, just shy of the 99% rate found in developed countries. In India, which still hasn't reached $3,000 per capita income, fridge ownership is about 27% and growing as the middle class expands.
UNILEVER a global brand that owns ben and Jerrys and PG tips tea (among lots of other brands) says it has totally eliminated waste.
When China reached middle income status a decade ago, about a quarter of the population had fridges. Now, it's about 90%, just shy of the 99% rate found in developed countries. In India, which still hasn't reached $3,000 per capita income, fridge ownership is about 27% and growing as the middle class expands.
Disney unveils first Latina princess!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-31056836
Disney's first Latina princess- will first be seen in 2016 in Princess Sofia. She will then get her own series which will be broadcast in 25 languages around the world.
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