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A crowd of at least 2,000 bargain-hunters lined up yesterday in Brussels’ Nieuwstraat for the opening of the country’s second outlet of the Irish low-cost clothing chain Primark.
Atrium, the Brussels Capital-Region’s commercial agency, is cancelling its Afterwork Shopping campaign, which saw many shops open until 20.00 on Thursdays.
Belgium is one of the largest consumers in the world, using up natural resources at an alarming and unsustainable rate.
Pear sales in Belgium have increased by about 30% compared to the same period last year, report De Tijd and Het Nieuwsblad. The sale of apples, by contrast, remains stable.
The federal government’s plans for selectively turning off the electricity supply to certain areas this winter – the so-called brownout – have been announced by interior minister Melchior Wathelet
Nine out of 10 shoppers would like to know more about where the meat they buy comes from, according to a survey carried out by the Belgian consumer organisation Test-Achats.
Last year, 80.6 terawatt-hours of electricity were consumed in Belgium, less than previous years, according to figures from the Belgian energy regulators.
Belgians have responded en masse to the call to buy more Belgian products, such as pork and pears, after they were included in Russia’s food import ban last week.
Last year there were 12 million pigs slaughtered in Belgium, a record high, writes Het Belang van Limburg based on figures from the Agricultural Statistics Division of the FPS Economy.