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Promod was founded as a family boutique in 1975 by Francis-Charles Pollet, one of the heirs of the founder of La Redoute where he spent the first part of his career. [4] The brand established exclusively in France and Belgium until 1990, when started to develop more internationally and opened a subsidiary in Spain, followed by others mainly in ...
Artisans du monde is a French network of local fair trade associations, currently the most important non-profit fair trade movement in France. The first associations were founded in 1974, and their number then increased to reach 170 today.
TV5 Monde Style is a TV channel of TV5Monde dedicated to the "French way of life" (l'art de vivre à la française) broadcasting since April 8, 2015 in the Asia-Pacific and Arab world. [1] While TV5 Monde is already available worldwide with a general channel with news, movies, documentaries, magazines and cultural programming, TV5 Monde Style ...
Dozens of senior officials put on leave. Thousands of contractors laid off. A freeze put on billions of dollars in humanitarian assistance to other countries.
Monde Selection is an annual non-competitive award open to food, drinks, and cosmetics products, created in 1961. It is run by the commercial company, International Institute for Quality Selections , Brussels , Belgium.
Moroccan Ladies was first published in November 1995. [2] The magazine is published by the Moroccan publishing house Caractères and directed, together with Nissae, by the Moroccan journalist Aïsha Zaïmi Sakhri, known for her strong support of women's rights. [3]
Le Monde was founded in 1944, [8] [9] at the request of General Charles de Gaulle, after the German army had been driven from Paris during World War II.The paper took over the headquarters and layout of Le Temps, which had been the most important newspaper in France, but its reputation had suffered during the Occupation. [10]
Phare du Monde ("Lighthouse of the world") was an observation tower planned for the 1937 World Fair in Paris, France. The Phare du Monde, advertised as a "Pleasure Tower Half Mile High" [ 1 ] was designed by Eugène Freyssinet , and was to be a 701-metre (2,300 feet) tall concrete tower with a light beacon and a restaurant on the top.