The balances allow merchants to accelerate stock turnover. Sold items are end of series but there must be a price fixed according to the depreciation of the article. There is a regulation on balances but it is not always repeated. The atmosphere in the stores depends on the price of the items, their number and the quantity of customers. In addition, customers pay more and more attention even during sales periods. Alternating two interviews of merchants and images of sold storefronts.
At the Rennes factory in La Janais (Chartres de Bretagne), Citroën presents to the press its new car, "Super Friend". Monsieur DELVILLE explains the structure: 4 cylinders, 6 horsepower, the new gearbox, the front traction suspension, and the new chassis.
Hubert de GIVENCHY evokes the memory of his mentor Cristóbal Balenciaga, in the Parisian exhibition dedicated to the Spanish designer. GIVENCHY recalls that the designer would prefer to be in permanent evolution rather than in the revolution.
This weekend in Nîmes is the eighth edition of the Salon Auto-Moto-Rétro. This year, Citroën occupies the show of honour with a dozen exceptional vehicles. We will see old and current prototypes alongside about sixty motorcycles. Comment on factual images and interview Jean-Paul COUILLOT (salon coordinator).
Report shot at the factory of La Janais (Chartres de Bretagne) of the car manufacturer Citroën, in Rennes, where the brand’s new car, "the Ami 8", is entirely designed and manufactured. The employees employed in this plant are mainly Breton. The journalist Jean-Pol GUGUEN went to interview engineers who design the "Ami 8", in the drawing workshops, workers on the assembly lines of the car, and a sales manager.
Testimony of a wine grower from Cruzille in Bourgogone who explains the reasons for not using pesticides and denounces the overproduction linked to the chemical, to the detriment of quality.
Odile WHITECHURCH (Head of Business Relations at the University of La Rochelle) defines what a start-up is and the role of the incubators that host these new economy start-ups.
An agreement was signed today in Schengen, Luxembourg, to abolish police and customs controls between five countries of the Common Market: the three of Benelux, Germany and France. The signing took place in the barge "Princess Marie Astrid", on the Moselle, meeting point with Germany and France. Catherine LALUMIERE, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, represented France. For her, it is the symbol of the will to make the Europe of the citizens, by facilitating the passage of customs.
Report devoted to the event organized at the Dijon CHU, where the staff is opposed to the health law of the Minister of Health Marisol Touraine. The latter cancelled its visit announced weeks ago, due to the management of the heat wave. Unions, doctors and nurses denounce the hospital’s budget cuts and downsizing. But in the ranks, salaried and liberal doctors reject the entire health law of the Minister, considering that there is a risk of privatization of the health system and that medical secrecy is threatened. They are concerned that the transmission of medical records will cause the mutuals to inflate their rates based on illness. The commentary on the images of this event alternates with the interview of two general practitioners.
Since 1961, Citroën has been part of the industrial landscape of the West. Since 1998, it is Jean-Martin FOLZ who is president of PSA. This arrival has improved the lives of trade unionists who recount their past difficulties in exercising their trade union rights in the company. Comment on factual images and interviews Pierre HAVET (CFDT delegate), Michel BOURDON (CGT delegate) and Auguste GENOVESE (former Citroën-La Janais director).
The point on free movement at borders, 20 years after Parliament voted to amend the Constitution to implement the Schengen Agreement. An example is Lauterbourg in Alsace on the Franco-German border.
Interview of a salesman, he explains recovering goods at low prices all year round. Alternating his explanations and images of the goods with customers in his shop.
Next weekend, Dijon will host the first edition of the Salon Auto-Moto-Rétro. More than 250 vintage vehicles will be presented to the public. Many auto clubs in Burgundy-Franche-Comté participate in the event. Among them, a Côte-d'orien club, "The seasoned", it has 75 members, purists anxious to preserve André CITROEN’s heritage. The club will exhibit a dozen vehicles, including the legendary Traction avant and DS. Comments on factual images and interview Jean-Léon BLANQUART (club member).
In Hong Kong, WTO member countries have unanimously adopted an agreement that provides for the elimination of European agricultural subsidies from 2013. A symbolic victory for emerging countries like Brazil and India. Commentary on images of WTO participants in the conference centre and excerpts from speeches by Pascal LAMY, Director General of the WTO, Kamal NATH, Indian Minister of Trade, and José BOVÉ at an event.