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IN WHICH THE INTERNET THREATENS HOLLAND
The Boston Globe; 4/5/1998; David Warsh, Globe Staff; 787 words
; AALSMEER, the Netherlands -- The Dutch flower industry is gearing up for the busiest season of its year, the month between Easter ... reach markets nearly anywhere within a day or so of being cut. That's good for the Dutch, up to a point. Roses come to Aalsmeer from Keyna, lilies from Israel, orchids from Thailand ...
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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Careers: Day in the life... of a designer florist; There's more to being a posh florist than banging some flowers in a vase, you know. You need the world's best blooms, for a start. And Sally Parkes, from London's trendy Bluebird store, knows just where to find them.(Features)
The Mirror (London, England); 12/19/2000; 691 words
; ... of a giant banana plant at Holland's Aalsmeer Flower Market. As florist manager of ... 4.30am A bleary-eyed Sally arrives at Aalsmeer in time for the daily auction. She flew ... if she didn't shop in Holland's famous Aalsmeer Flower Market, then fly the flowers back ...
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 "Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)")
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Dutch never forget they live on land burrowed from the sea.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); 4/22/2006; 787 words
; Byline: Tom Hundley AALSMEER, Netherlands _ When you land at Amsterdam's sprawling Schiphol Airport, one of the busiest in Europe, it is easy to forget that ...
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Katrina bolsters Dutch devotion to new strategy on flood threat.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); 4/10/2006; 787 words
; Byline: Tom Hundley Apr. 10--AALSMEER, Netherlands -- When you land at Amsterdam's sprawling Schiphol Airport, one of the busiest in Europe, it is easy to forget that ...
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A Rose Is a Rose. What's the Price?
The Washington Post; 5/10/2006; Molly Moore; 787 words
; At 8:49 a.m. at the Aalsmeer Flower Auction, the tone of Eric Wassenaar's voice is helping set the price for Mother's Day flowers across the globe. A trolley ...
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Speed to market: helps fuel logistics strategies in Europe: companies can be within proximity of their markets from the logistics operations in Holland and Belgium.(GLOBAL EXPANSION / EUROPEAN LOGISTICS)
Expansion Management; 1/1/2007; Thuermer, Karen E.; 564 words
; EVERY DAY AT 6 A.M. IN HOLLAND, Bloemenveiling Aalsmeer comes alive as flowers and plants from all over the globe are flown in and out of what is dubbed the largest trading hall in the ...
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Hollywood, Europe. (Netherlands)
Europe; 6/1/1993; Janssen, Roel; 552 words
; ... European commercial television programs. From their studios in Aalsmeer and Hilversum, they distribute their programs featuring Dutch ... Joop van den Ende Group has its headquarters and studio in Aalsmeer. The group also has subsidiaries in Germany, Luxembourg, and ...
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 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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FLOWER AUCTION NOT UNLIKE TV GAME SHOW.(At Home)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 5/13/2006; 787 words
; Byline: Molly Moore Washington Post AALSMEER, Netherlands -- At 8:49 a.m. at the Aalsmeer Flower Auction, the tone of Eric Wassenaar's voice is helping set the price for Mother's Day flowers across the globe. A trolley of blood-red, long-stemmed ...
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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Fancy a flower festival or a tomato fight?
The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 8/17/2003; Driver, Wendy; 294 words
; ... 7408 1254, www.enit.it). On September 6 Holland stages the Aalsmeer Flower Parade. An enormous ribbon of more than a million flowers, nearly two miles long on 50 vehicles, will wind its way from Aalsmeer to Dam Square in Amsterdam ten miles away. Admission is free ...
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Settlement awaits judge's ok.(MacKenzie-Childs Ltd.'s copyright infringement case)
HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network; 12/23/1996; Raffaele, Martha; 409 words
; ... handpainted goods, was a copy of MacKenzie-Childs' copyrighted Aalsmeer dinnerware design, according to the lawsuit filed Sept. 17 ... 's fair, she said. According to the MacKenzie-Childs lawsuit, Aalsmeer design was registered with the United States Copyright Office ...
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