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...The idea of running the Windows operating system on Arm is an old chestnut in the computing world....
...By the time Sam Walton opened his first Wal-mart in Rogers, Arkansas, in 1962, his playbook to build a global retail giant was already drafted....
...Berkshire’s housing businesses, including modular home unit Clayton Homes and home decor retailer Nebraska Furniture Mart, offered hints about how consumers were responding to higher prices and increased...
...Yet, as Charles Fishman wrote in The Wal-Mart Effect in 2006, Walmart derives all of its impact from us, “from our willingness to open our wallets, just a few dollars at a time . . ....
...New research from Chestnut Advisory Group estimates the industry will grow to more than $4tn in assets by 2026, as more flexible mandates open the industry to a wider range of clients than the smaller pension...
...and local chestnut and elderflower honey....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on September 12, 2021. ©2021 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Although I am a gift-giving monopolist, it will always be day one at Santa Inc....
...The consortium, which consists of South Korea’s biggest bricks-and-mortar retailer E-Mart and internet group Naver, plans to buy an 80 per cent stake in eBay Korea for Won3.5tn ($3.1bn) with the US company...
...“It's happening after Facebook's Reliance deal, just in time to align with Jio Mart's payments gateway integration.”...
...The setting is Los Angeles, a low-rise beige-out of warehouses and mini-marts....
...China’s Model 3 sales should contribute more than 7 per cent of its global total. Tesla eventually expects an annual output of 500,000 cars from China....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on October 19, 2020. ©2020 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Japan Inc has found a new purpose for automation: business continuity in the uncertain era of Covid-19....
...It features Nicol Turner Lee discussing 5G telecoms, Sheena Chestnut Greitens talking about Chinese surveillance tech, Carrick Flynn on semiconductor manufacturing, Frank Rose delving into the space race...
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on January 28 2020. ©2020 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Ramsay Fairs, the group that owns the Affordable Art Fair and Pulse Art Fair, has bought Volta from Merchandise Mart Properties Inc (MMPI), the company that also runs New York’s Armory Show....
...Walmart said it would remain an open platform, meaning it will still source goods from a variety of shops....
...First, higher wages can make employees more productive — Wal-Mart’s recent wage raises were justified on these grounds....
...As Peklar Pilavjian, co-owner of the Vincent Jewelry mart, says: “It’s a luxury item; it’s always the first to go and the last to come back.”...
...Some way after that came a 1977 Ferrari 512 BB, whose “paintwork is a seldom seen shade of metallic gold . . . which beautifully contrasts with a chestnut brown leather interior”....
...Other retailers are following in the footsteps of Amazon Prime Video, with Wal-Mart and Costco reported to be trying to beef up their online channels....
...Both fairs have the same owner, Merchandise Mart Properties Inc....
...They will get discounts on goods from Berkshire’s companies, from Nebraska Furniture Mart to Borsheims Fine Jewelry. They will see old friends....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on June 18, 2018. ©2018 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
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