Punta Norte Mall Gives Diplomatic Wives an Early Buen Fin

The Buen Fin sales event began in 2010 in Mexico City as a way to promote local small businesses and the idea soon spread nationwide
Read moreThe Buen Fin sales event began in 2010 in Mexico City as a way to promote local small businesses and the idea soon spread nationwide
Read morePULSE NEWS MEXICO Mexico’s Día de la Revolución (Revolution Day) officially falls on Nov. 20, but in recent years, the holiday is usually observed on the third Monday of the month in order to allow workers to enjoy a long weekend holiday. This year, it is being celebrated as a national holiday on Monday, Nov. 21. The holiday commemorates the
Read moreMexico’s Buen Fin Sale
Read moreBy THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexicans have always believed in long weekends, and next weekend is slated to last an entire week, starting on Wednesday, Nov. 10, and running through Tuesday, Nov. 16. The nation’s seven-day, get-ready-for-Christmas shopping extravaganza, known as Buen Fin (Good Weekend), is Mexico’s answer to the United States’ post-Thanksgiving Black Friday sale. Programmed to coincide with the Mexican
Read moreBy RICARDO CASTILLO Businesses Hit the Outsourcing Panic Button The start of an Open Parliament to discuss Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) proposed reform of outsourcing practices forced the leading business organization representatives to call for an emergency meeting with him that very same day. The president received the businessmen at the National Palace. Given the positioning of
Read moreBy THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s Día de la Revolución (Revolution Day) officially falls on Nov. 20, but in recent years, the holiday is usually observed on the third Monday of the month in order to allow workers to enjoy a long weekend holiday. This year, it is being celebrated as a national holiday on Monday, Nov. 16. The
Read moreMexican Businesses Welcome ‘Buen Fin’ Sales
Read moreBy KYLIE MADRY Mexico’s “Buen Fin” shopping bonanza could be a much-needed boost to the economy – if the country doesn’t slide back into coronavirus lockdown restrictions before then, officials said Wednesday, Nov. 4. The Confederation of National Chambers of Commerce, Services and Tourism (Concanaco Servytur) announced that this could be the highest-earning Buen Fin yet, hoping to top 2019’s
Read moreBy KYLIE MADRY Do the Cabinet Shuffle While the resignation of Mexico’s Security and Public Protection Secretary Alfonso Durazo made headlines several weeks ago, more cabinet changes are coming, said President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). To replace Durazo, AMLO proposed Rosa Icela Rodríguez, who had been appointed to oversee Mexico’s sea ports and merchant shipping in July, during his
Read moreBy RICARDO CASTILLO … A quick review of the most important news items in Mexico over the last few days…
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