Category: Shopping

Czech-language Adidas Facebook post featuring black, bearded US basketball star James Harden becomes target for racist, Islamophobic commenters angry about “multi-culturalism” (Lidovky.cz) [Social Media Post]

Advertising / Foreigners / Internet / Racism / Shopping / Social Media Posts / Sport

28 May, 2019

Czech-language Adidas Facebook post featuring black, bearded US basketball star James Harden becomes target for racist, Islamophobic commenters angry about “multi-culturalism” (Lidovky.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Clearance sale at Lidl supermarket in Plzen causes 100-metre-long queues “like those for bananas under Communism”; Gerska street store closing for several months for reconstruction (Blesk.cz) [Social Media Post]

Local News / Shopping / Social Media Posts

24 May, 2019

Clearance sale at Lidl supermarket in Plzen causes 100-metre-long queues “like those for bananas under Communism”; Gerska street store closing for several months for reconstruction (Blesk.cz) [Social Media Post]

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31-year-old man abused by Prague Kaufland cashier for not speaking Czech then forced to show ID because he was buying beer turns out to be Sparta Praha and Romania national team goalkeeper Florin Nita; Kaufland apologises (Jaroslav Homolka on Facebook) [Social Media Post]

Alcohol / Expats / Fotbal / Racism / Shopping / Social Media Posts / Sport

24 May, 2019

31-year-old man abused by Prague Kaufland cashier for not speaking Czech then forced to show ID because he was buying beer turns out to be Sparta Praha and Romania national team goalkeeper Florin Nita; Kaufland apologises (Jaroslav Homolka on Facebook) [Social Media Post]

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Czech onion prices soar due to Europe-wide shortage caused by last year’s (2018’s) dry weather; retailers forced to import onions from as far away as New Zealand, 18,000 kilometres from Czech Republic (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

Food / Shopping / Social Media Posts / Weather

16 May, 2019

Czech onion prices soar due to Europe-wide shortage caused by last year’s (2018’s) dry weather; retailers forced to import onions from as far away as New Zealand, 18,000 kilometres from Czech Republic (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Fotbal: Slavia Praha launch their own “Slavisticka 11” beer; Pivovar Lobkowicz-brewed lager being sold at club’s Sinobo Stadium (Eden) and via proSlavisty merchandise shops (SK Slavia Praha) [Social Media Post]

Business / Fotbal / Gift Ideas / Pivo / Shopping / Social Media Posts / Sport

2 May, 2019

Fotbal: Slavia Praha launch their own “Slavisticka 11” beer; Pivovar Lobkowicz-brewed lager being sold at club’s Sinobo Stadium (Eden) and via proSlavisty merchandise shops (SK Slavia Praha) [Social Media Post]

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Revealed: Czech-Australian hacker Dylan Wheeler stole 1.4 million crowns in 2017 via vulnerability in Czech payment terminals; former “Xbox Underground” member accepted suspended sentence in January in exchange for co-operation (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

Business / Law / Shopping / Social Media Posts / Technology

26 April, 2019

Revealed: Czech-Australian hacker Dylan Wheeler stole 1.4 million crowns in 2017 via vulnerability in Czech payment terminals; former “Xbox Underground” member accepted suspended sentence in January in exchange for co-operation (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

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60-year-old man and 63-year-old woman arrested in Belgium in connection with September 2017 robbery of diamonds worth 800,000 crowns at Halada jewellery store, Parizska street, Prague 1-Stare Mesto [Social Media Post]

Crime / Police / Shopping / Social Media Posts

25 April, 2019

60-year-old man and 63-year-old woman arrested in Belgium in connection with September 2017 robbery of diamonds worth 800,000 crowns at Halada jewellery store, Parizska street, Prague 1-Stare Mesto [Social Media Post]

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Serious financial problems at Zoot: online fashion retailer has debts of almost 500 million crowns and has closed half its distribution points since January (Nova) [Social Media Post]

Business / Fashion / Shopping / Social Media Posts

18 April, 2019

Serious financial problems at Zoot: online fashion retailer has debts of almost 500 million crowns and has closed half its distribution points since January (Nova) [Social Media Post]

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Design / Fashion / Shopping / Social Media Posts

26 March, 2019

Fashion: Los Angeles clothing brand L’ecole Des Femmes selling “Kafka” T-shirts for $69 (L’ecole Des Femmes) [Social Media Post]

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Salmonella discovered in Polish chicken at Prague butcher’s shop chain Milos Krecek KK; some meat already sold to public at stores on Dejvicka 21, P6; Francouzska 26, P2; Sokolovska 187, P9; and Na Sadce 24, P4 (Nova) [Social Media Post]

Environment / Food / Health / Shopping / Social Media Posts

21 March, 2019

Salmonella discovered in Polish chicken at Prague butcher’s shop chain Milos Krecek KK; some meat already sold to public at stores on Dejvicka 21, P6; Francouzska 26, P2; Sokolovska 187, P9; and Na Sadce 24, P4 (Nova) [Social Media Post]

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