by Gabriela | Jun 27, 2012 | Chile, Colombia, Doing business
A year ago we blogged about the potential for luxury British consumer brands in Latin America (click here). Since then, the market has kept growing and attracting attention from businesses and analysts. I was recently contacted by a market research agency launching a...
by Gabriela | Jun 20, 2012 | General
Yes, you’ve guessed it. It is all about Starbucks. The Seattle-based coffee emporium has opened its first cafe in Costa Rica, the country that provides it with plenty of its precious raw material. So what can we learn from it? – There is clearly...
by Gabriela | Jun 16, 2012 | General
It is a rainy Saturday morning in Edinburgh and I am working on a fascinating project for a UK manufacturing client. Applying the well-known business concept of delegation, I asked my husband to go out and buy some dulce de leche for some baking later on today. You...
by Gabriela | Jun 8, 2012 | Argentina
A story was reported today in a prestigious Argentinean newspaper regarding corruption involving a UK business. Given the anti-bribery legislation now in place in the UK, the political situation between both countries, and the import restrictions in Argentina...
by Gabriela | Jun 7, 2012 | Chile, Colombia, Peru
“Alianza del Pacífico”, or Pacific Alliance, brings together Chile, Colombia, Peru and Mexico in a rather unique trading bloc. As opposed to Mercosur (the bloc formed by Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay), the very newly-established Pacific Alliance believes in...
