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...Describing itself for a while as “Costco + Disney”, Pinduoduo offered games that mimicked addictive titles like Farmville and Candy Crush....
...Some large retailers, including Walmart and Costco, have resorted to chartering ships to deliver goods. There is a sense of urgency as the Christmas gift-giving season looms....
...buys logistics firm Innovel for $1 billion (Reuters) Credit lines/AB InBev: plan for the worst (FT) Marriott puts tens of thousands on unpaid leave (FT) Amazon stops accepting non-essential goods into...
...The author is corporate philosopher in residence at City’s Business School, City University and a leadership, culture and ethics adviser When your boss, on the morning video call, asks you how you are doing...
...(Patrick Temple-West) Grit in the oyster Many companies and investors say they try to “do well by doing good”. As a reminder that many still fall short, here’s a little grit in the ESG oyster....
...“I think both presidents from China and the US are doing what they can to protect their countries, so what’s happening is probably good for the long term of business,” said Mr Martin....
...“The issue is the expenses, and the cost of doing business being higher. “Where’s the margin, and where’s the return?”...
...However, it added that the profitability of the “Ocado Solutions” business “is likely to grow” in the next financial year, thanks to fees from this deal and to other deals it expects to sign....
...However, it is also untrue to think of gains for business and gains for labour as a zero-sum game....
...But they can contribute to a “comprehensive, inclusive solution that does”....
...Jet will not compete directly against it for market share, but will use its low prices to entice cost-conscious customers who drive to shop at places such as Costco, he and his investors say....
...Meanwhile, in developed markets, consumers are moving away from doing a big weekly grocery shop, towards shopping locally, and more frequently....
...● Go-Ahead ’s full-year results will provide an update as to how the company is doing towards its aim of reaching £100m in operating profit from its bus business by 2015-16, writes Jane Wild....
...The factory last month shipped its first batch of 46-inch-screen TVs to retailers such as Target, Walmart, Costco and QVC, the home-shopping channel....
...As a small, unknown start-up, says Mr Lore, “we couldn’t buy direct from the manufacturers, so we had to buy from Costco and BJ’s [the discount, bulk-sales warehouse clubs]”....
...It’s about logistic, re-export, retail business, tourism, services that’s what we’re all about....
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