IKEA wants to sell its competitors furniture!
“Print” street furniture in Greece!
Growth of foreign trade of Ukraine!

All current and interesting for furniture makers, what happened last week, read in our digest:

1. IKEA furniture manufacturing company is considering the possibility of creating an online platform where not only furniture of the corporation will be sold, but also furniture of competitors. Such a platform will operate within the framework of business transformation. “I think in the next five to ten years we will see what we now call the development of the platform,” said IKEA CEO Torbjørn Lef.

2. In the Greek city of Thessaloniki, furniture is printed on a 3D plastic printer. For this purpose, residents of the city can give polypropylene or polyethylene. First you need to choose the type of furniture on the site, after which it is reported how much plastic it requires. For example, to make a large triangular bench, you will need 90 kg of recycled plastic. This program acts within the framework of Print Your City in a collaboration with Coca-Cola.

3. The State Statistics Service reports that in 2018, the export of goods from Ukraine increased by 9.4% compared to 2017. Last year, foreign-exchange operations were conducted with partners from 221 countries. Although Ukraine imported goods more than exported. The import volume for 2018 exceeded import volume by 2016 by 15.2%.

4. The Ministry of Economy reports that the main source of economic growth in Ukraine remains consumer and investment demand in the country. This has had a positive impact on the development of agriculture, construction and trade. GDP of Ukraine in the IV quarter grew by 3.4% compared to the same period in 2017.

5. The Ministry of Social Policy has proposed to amend labor law, according to which employers will not be able to cooperate with business individuals instead of hiring them. There is a proposal to penalize employers for each unofficial employee for a total of 30 minimum wages (today about 125 000 UAH).

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