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<li>Outgoing Minister of Social Affairs Mariëlle Paul has decided that grocery delivery company Picnic, along with other e-commerce firms like Flink, will remain exempt from the collective labor agreement (CLA) for supermarkets.</li>
<li>This exemption, long contested in court, is crucial for Picnic. According to Picnic CEO Michiel Muller, applying the supermarket CAO would raise labor costs by around 40%, since his company does not rely heavily on lower-paid young workers, unlike traditional supermarkets.</li>
<li>Muller had even suggested that Picnic might leave the Netherlands without this dispensation.</li>
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Outgoing Minister of Social Affairs Mariëlle Paul has decided that grocery delivery company Picnic, along with other e-commerce firms like Flink, will remain exempt from the collective labor agreement (CLA) for supermarkets.
This exemption, long contested in court, is crucial for Picnic. According to Picnic CEO Michiel Muller, applying the supermarket CAO would raise labor costs by around 40%, since his company does not rely heavily on lower-paid young workers, unlike traditional supermarkets.
Muller had even suggested that Picnic might leave the Netherlands without this dispensation.


Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>In this edition: • Adyen | to nominate Niclas Neglen as Chief Financial Officer • ASM International | launches breakthrough Flowable Carbon technology • Heineken | loses UEFA Club Competitions Sponsorship to AB Inbev • InPost | offer declared unconditional • Shell | completes Gulf of America asset sale • Arcadis | WSP Global withdraws proposed offer for the company</li></ul>

In this edition: • Adyen | to nominate Niclas Neglen as Chief Financial Officer • ASM International | launches breakthrough Flowable Carbon technology • Heineken | loses UEFA Club Competitions Sponsorship to AB Inbev • InPost | offer declared unconditional • Shell | completes Gulf of America asset sale • Arcadis | WSP Global withdraws proposed offer for the company

Ctt-Correios De Portugal Sa / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>In this edition: • ASM International – ASML Holding – BE Semiconductor Industries | WSTS revises worldwide semiconductor market outlook upward again just two months after initial dizzying revision • bnode | lowers FY26 adj. EBIT guidance due to strikes and Paxon • Austrian Post | 1H26 revenue up, earnings down as expected; outlook reaffirmed • E-commerce & Logistics | Cainiao launches ‘Global 3-Day Delivery’ on 15 routes</li></ul>

In this edition: • ASM International – ASML Holding – BE Semiconductor Industries | WSTS revises worldwide semiconductor market outlook upward again just two months after initial dizzying revision • bnode | lowers FY26 adj. EBIT guidance due to strikes and Paxon • Austrian Post | 1H26 revenue up, earnings down as expected; outlook reaffirmed • E-commerce & Logistics | Cainiao launches ‘Global 3-Day Delivery’ on 15 routes

CTT-Correios de Portugal SA - What's News in Amsterdam

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<li>In this edition: • AkzoNobel | Axalta's strong set of 2Q26 results supportive for the proposed merger</li>
<li>AkzoNobel | Sherwin Williams raises FY26 guidance after better than expected 2Q26 </li>
<li>AkzoNobel | PPG’s 2Q26 looks solid, but demand outlook remains the focus </li>
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In this edition: • AkzoNobel | Axalta's strong set of 2Q26 results supportive for the proposed merger
AkzoNobel | Sherwin Williams raises FY26 guidance after better than expected 2Q26 
AkzoNobel | PPG’s 2Q26 looks solid, but demand outlook remains the focus 


<ul><li>In this edition: • AkzoNobel | impairment on Russian assets looks inevitable • ASML Holding | strongly raises FY26 net sales and gross margin outlook • ASML Holding / ASM Int’l / Besi | SEMI strongly increases global semiconductor equipment sales forecast • TomTom | reiterates FY26 outlook as well as return to revenue growth from 2027 onwards • Bnode | political deadlock over proposed savings on management contract with bpost • Bnode | bpost launches personal locker rentals via its Bbox network • E-commerce and Logistics | MediaMarkt partners with Wolt for flash delivery in Germany</li></ul>

In this edition: • AkzoNobel | impairment on Russian assets looks inevitable • ASML Holding | strongly raises FY26 net sales and gross margin outlook • ASML Holding / ASM Int’l / Besi | SEMI strongly increases global semiconductor equipment sales forecast • TomTom | reiterates FY26 outlook as well as return to revenue growth from 2027 onwards • Bnode | political deadlock over proposed savings on management contract with bpost • Bnode | bpost launches personal locker rentals via its Bbox network • E-commerce and Logistics | MediaMarkt partners with Wolt for flash delivery in Germany

Netherlands

ASM International N.V. develops, manufactures, markets, and services machines used to produce semiconductors.  The Company manufactures machines that process silicon wafers, and assemble and package semiconductors.  ASM operates in Europe, the United States, Japan, and elsewhere in Asia.

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