WINNIPEG The Manitoba government has released its road map for ushering in sweeping new changes to the province’s education system. The plan calls for the province’s 37 school divisions to be merged into 15 different regions and locally elected school boards to be eliminated. It’s a move parent Debra Starr-Roulette hopes will result in more resources in the classroom. “School divisions should divide in half or divide in some way for more kids to get a better education,” said Starr-Roulette. “Or, to get more resources.” But not everyone is convinced the plan will lead to better student outcomes.
Retail sales at 93% of pre-COVID levels in Feb; industry expects revival by June
Eastern India saw 2 per cent Y-o-Y growth in February, whereas Southern and Northern India saw (-)6 per cent and (-)9 per cent growth, respectively, as against year-ago period
BusinessToday.In | March 16, 2021 | Updated 19:46 IST
After braving a rough year, Indian retail sector has managed to post sales at 93 per cent of pre-COVID levels, an industry survey indicated. With different segments of the retail industry maintaining a steady pace of recovery, there is improvement across various regions of the country too.
Encouraged by the improving trend, Retailers Association of India (RAI) said in the 13th edition of its Retail Business Survey that the sector is hopeful of achieving a full recovery within the first six months of 2021.
Because of their success, many Amazon sellers are being bought by larger, heavily-funded companies.
Major brand buyers include GOJA, Perch, Thrasio, and Boosted Commerce.
They re trying to create the 21st century version of Procter & Gamble, one attorney explained.
According to Amazon growth agency Jungle Scout, more than 54% of the $386 billion in net sales that the retail platform generated in 2020 came from third-party Amazon sellers.
Between 2019 and 2020, Amazon invested $30 billion in its community of small sellers, spotlighting it in, among other things, a series of commercials outlining the fact that small and medium Amazon businesses sell 6,500 products every minute.
Founded in 2018, the holding company has reached a $1 billion valuation on the strength of folding up nearly 100 Amazon brands. It also reached the pace of acquiring $1.5 million in revenue per day in the first quarter of this year, according to CEO Josh Silberstein.
A 3 percent drop in February followed a rise the month before, putting a spotlight on how stimulus money is affecting consumer spending as the economy recovers.