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...It’s not as quirky and eclectic as contemporary fashion labels Ganni or Lisa Says Gah, but presents itself as a bit more artsy than British brands such as Rixo, Kitri and Olivia Rubin....
...L’Oréal last year bought Australian high-end cosmetics group Aesop from its Brazilian owner in a transaction with an enterprise value of $2.5bn....
...Her proceedings against Aspinalls, owned by the Australian resort company Crown since 2011, ended in January, costing Tesfagiorgis £100,000....
...In 2020, Milan-based company Style Capital bought a 70 per cent stake in the business, which was worth approximately $363.3mn at the time....
...It’s made in very limited quantities and aged in bottles rather than barrels, and it takes forever to mature....
...It’s no wonder Williams is this week’s FT Person in the News, for her one-of-a-kind legacy not only in the sport but across business, motherhood, and fashion....
...Oh, and the labels and names of this new band of producers? The less conventional the better....
...“The farm has been an incredible support to our business,” says Chopra, who grows all Oshadi’s cotton and natural dyes on-site. Early in the pandemic, cotton was “in very limited supply....
...And Australian business Koco Handknits works with women in rural Indian villages to create handknits for labels like Toast and Jil Sander....
...“For an Australian artist it’s difficult to get recognition internationally as we are isolated and distant,” she says....
...Tenke Fungurume is an “absolutely great asset”, says copper analyst George Heppel of business intelligence company CRU....
...A myopic market’s quarterly focus has been widely cited as one reason for the short-termism that runs counter to more sustainable models of doing business....
...Their geographical reach was limited, with its overseas business making up less than 15 per cent of revenues....
...The company’s FY 2019 net debt/EBITDA of 3.5x left it with a limited margin for error and restricted its operational and strategic flexibility....
...Describing themselves as an “anti-fashion label”, the pair have built the brand out via tiny “releases”, a rigorously edited set of everyday basics, one for men, another for women, which are then sold in...
...Again, the majority of its business — the company does not specify how much — is walk-in....
...David Errington, an analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, said it was a bit rich for an Australian company to blame the weather for poor performance, given that was a key risk of doing business in the...
...Travel insurer Cover More offers psychologists and trauma nurses to customers such as Leeann Lloyd, an Australian who was caught up in the 2015 Nepal earthquake....
...Time appears limited. “There is no such thing as a honeymoon in Formula One,” says Abiteboul. “Engine development takes a lot of time....
...It implies that the company will need an excellent sales network, and that pricing will have to be very competitive....
...The iPhone was priced as a premium product with never-before-seen capabilities. It devastated Nokia and Research In Motion — now simply named BlackBerry Ltd in an echo of its once-iconic offering....
...The balance of risk currently favours doing the deal, says the chief executive of an Osaka-based industrial group....
...Chait had been working for an LA talent company when, in 2002, he was sent a blanket from an Gucci executive as a thank you. “I was hooked,” says Chait. He was 24 at the time; he’s now 39....
...In contrast, “fast fashion” brands such as Zara and H&M, which target a similar demographic, have thousands of stores spread across Europe, the Americas and Asia....
...Originally launched as an e-commerce label, it aims to “keep heritage brands relevant” and to “create sustainable fashion”....
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