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Risks that the global flower trade is evaporating
26th April 2020
Andrew Verity reports on the challenges facing tulip producers in the Netherlands. A good example of the micro impact of lockdown.
And this short quick take video from Bloomberg reports on the collapse in prices and revenues for flower growers across the world. The longer article associated with the video is here and well worth a read.
Here's why the $8.5 billion global flower trade is evaporating.
— QuickTake by Bloomberg (@QuickTake) April 26, 2020
Read more in @business: https://t.co/KEmOxrTttC pic.twitter.com/8Vam6Y1SbJ
More here from Business Week
The crash of the $8.5 billion global trade in cut flowers shows how quickly and distinctively the new coronavirus is disrupting supply chains, even in places where it isn’t yet pervasive https://t.co/qMT7XgCbtB pic.twitter.com/IcQiuzwbMC
— Businessweek (@BW) April 24, 2020
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Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.
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