By: Francisco J. Fernández
A crisis raises striking and often contradictory scenarios. Fast food chains rack up increasing profits while long-standing prestigious restaurants are forced to close. Low-cost carriers run solidly in the black while traditional airlines struggle to re-invent themselves and barely skirt the red. But the inappropriately named luxury sector has seen double-digit growth in recent years, in segments as diverse as cars, retailing and real estate.
Tienditas or Supermarkets: In Pursuit of Consumers’ Best Interests
By: Jorge Omar Moreno
and Paula Beatriz Morales
On April 5, 2011, Mexico City mayor Marcelo Ebrard presented a Bill on a new regulation called “Rule 29: Improvement In Equity and Competitiveness Conditions for Public Provisioning”, which was added to the city’s Delegation Urban Development Program, Chapter 4, Territorial Organization, Section 4.5, Organization Rules, Point 4 .5 .2, General Organizational Rules. The new rule reads as follows:
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