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that provide a wide commercial offer of food products of daily consumption, complemented by other non-food products, and all this under a unity of management.
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2. UNIFICATION
Pooling resources and information; data collection, providing for common best practice, defining our standards, policy
3. PRESENCE
Representation - where it really matters...
4. GROWTH
Prosperity only moves forward!
Secretariat:
Board:
Membership: Currently 207 members in 40 countries Funding: WUWM as a non-profit association totally reliant on annual membership fee payments. To ensure future sustainability some commercial activities are currently under Board review
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Who Do We Unite?
1. Retail Markets - An organisation which has a core business of operating retail markets. An organisation can be a public or private retail market operator or an association of cities and/or operators Wholesale Markets - Individual markets or market organizations directly involved in the operation and management of local-authority owned, state-owned and/or private wholesale markets National market trader organisations Individual wholesale/retail market traders Other sector professionals, academics, consultants, private service companies, etc
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To ensure effective representation in support of the interests of wholesale and retail markets before international institutions, national and local governments.
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Oceania
5 Members 1 Country
WUWM in Europe
21 Countries 129 Members
UK 14 Poland 8 Ireland 2 Ukraine 2 Czech Republic 1 Hungary 2 Spain 26 Portugal 4 Italy 10 Austria 1 Romania 3 Serbia 1 Norway 1 Germany 20 Denmark 2 Netherlands 5 Belgium 1 Lithuania 1 Finland 1
France 23
Greece 2
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Employees 110,000
Turnover 42 billion
35,000 Businesses
Retail
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Markets are alive and well - and they are a power that deserves better acknowledgement!
Wholesale Markets Retail Markets = 42 billion gross turnover 2007 = 35 billion gross turnover 2007
WUWM member retail and wholesale markets in the EU alone have a combined gross turnover of 77 billion...
Compare that with.... TESCO global sales (2007/2008) CARREFOUR global sales (2007)
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WUWM in Asia-Pacific
6 Countries 36 Members
Russia 4
China 16
Japan 1
India 7
Rep. of Korea 3
Australia 5
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2. Regional working groups and activities (Asia-Pacific, the Americas and Europe) 3. Lobbying (regional & international levels) and Promotion (e.g. WUWM Awards) 4. Thematic working groups and activities: Retail Markets Food Safety and Hygiene Waste Management & Environment Market Data Collection Marketing the Market 5. Information Exchange & Member Support (e.g. market visits, reports, access)
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Developing WUWM membership in important under-represented regions of the world (e.g. Asia and Pacific), the same areas that are most in need of market information and support!
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Thank you
. for your attention. It was a pleasure to have this opportunity to present you with this overview of our association, its membership and activities. Please contact me should you be interested in joining our association! Maria Cavit WUWM Secretary General Molenstraat 15 2513 BH, The Hague The Netherlands Tel: +31 70 361 1728 Fax: +31 70 360 6908 m.cavit@wuwm.org
www.wuwm.org
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