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EU Council adopts directive to harmonise consumer rights in distance purchases

After more than five years of consultations and discussions, the Council of the European Union has finally adopted a new directive harmonising “consumer rights in distance (including on-line) and off-premises purchases” (press release (PDF) and directive (PDF), hat tip to heise.de).

Despite the talk about “better protection of consumer rights”, I believe that the central …

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2011 10 11 Stephan Comments (0)

Google Merchant Center – victime de son succès?

Le lancement de Google Shopping a rencontré un grand succès. Les ouvertures de compte ont été nombreuses, ce qui a rallongé les délais d’évaluation de chaque flux. Votre flux sera évalué dans les prochaines semaines.

C’est donc l’évaluation manuelle et le success de Google Merchant Center qui ont causé les délais.

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2011 01 21 Stephan Marketing Comments (0)

Add watermarks with transparent background in Nitro PDF

Adding a watermark to a PDF file is easy in Nitro PDF, but if you want the watermark to have a transparent background, things get a little more complicated.

I wanted to add our logo to a brochure so that visitors of our scales and balances shop would have a way of telling from where …

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2009 04 08 Stephan Marketing
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Did Google steal your Christmas?

El Reg thinks Google’s business model is meltdown proof – if Google needs more revenue, they can just come up with a way to display your ads more often. While I still think Google Adwords is great marketing tool for almost every business, I agree you have to keep a close eye on your …

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2009 01 13 Stephan Business Tips
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Good news from Paypal and Moneybookers

It was a bizarre situation: Paypal had acquired a bank license and transferred its headquarters  to Luxembourg and still, if you were a Paypal customer in Luxembourg, your only option was to withdraw funds to a U.S. bank account or to spend them. Withdrawal to a local bank account or to an account in …

2007 11 01 Stephan Business Tips
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