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...L’Oréal recently reported how an AI-powered app delivered a 63 percentage point uplift in the conversion rate of inquiries into sales compared with traditional counter selling methods....
...Charles Palmer Auckland, New Zealand...
...This is another painted room, with trompe l’oeil decoration by Fernand Renard....
...L’Ami Louis, Paris This place is no secret, and had in fact been on my list of Paris restaurants to try for a long time. Finally, one freezing night at the beginning of December, I got to visit....
...Job Moves Marathon Oil appointed Rob White as chief financial officer, replacing Dane Whitehead, who is retiring....
...At FT Globetrotter, we are particularly excited about the Pompidou Centre’s big Brâncuși show in March, the opening of Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson’s Paris bolt-hole, Villa Windsor, in the summer and,...
...fails majority / From Kai L Chan, Abu Dhabi, UAE Ivy League credentials of those ruling on education / From Harold J Smith, White Plains, NY, US...
...In a new paper, former White House climate adviser Paul Bledsoe and former trade official Edward Gresser suggest a neat solution: Europe could be cut in on some of the Inflation Reduction Act’s subsidies...
...Anyway, here are some Morgan Stanley charts: Venture activity has undergone its “[l]argest peak to trough swing in history”, writes analyst Edward Stanley....
...Glamorous attendees included Princess Beatrice and Edward Enninful, outgoing editor of British Vogue....
...The Hotel Georgia quickly became popular with the well-heeled and famous, including Hollywood stars and royalty, from Laurence Olivier and John Wayne to future British king Edward, Prince of Wales, and his...
...Works by Willem de Kooning, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Cy Twombly join Magritte’s “L’Empire des lumières” (1951, est $35mn-$45mn) and “Le Domaine d’Arnheim” (est $15mn-$25mn)....
...There are embossed and gilded friezes, trompe l’oeil painted doors, William Morris wallpapers and ceramics arranged on a plate rail in the dining room....
...It was probably only a matter of time before Touriste – the independent collection of Paris hotels that has already worked with Chloé Nègre, Dorothée Meilichzon and FT Weekend contributor Luke Edward Hall...
...Edward East played a part in disrupting the advertising industry when he co-founded the influencer marketing agency Billion Dollar Boy in 2014....
...emissions in the US are falling, Danes are building new wind farms here, chemical weapons stockpiles are being destroyed and aid for families is improving....
...Since graduating, Gordon has painted marbled doors in the home of designer and FT columnist Luke Edward Hall, and has just completed a master bathroom, based on Dutch Golden Age interiors, in the home of...
...Michael L Stoltz Fort Worth, TX, US...
...Additional reporting by Cheng Leng in Hong Kong and Joe Leahy in Beijing Letter in response to this article: A generous offer of Covid drugs can reset China ties / From Michael L Stoltz, Fort Worth, TX...
...Georgian papier-mâché wine bottle coasters I noticed in the window of Baggott Antiques in Stow-on-the-Wold the other week: finished in black lacquer with a broad gilt border decorated with a bold trompe-l’...
...Kai L Chan Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates...
...German shoemaker Birkenstock’s IPO, meanwhile, could be valued above $8bn — unlocking a big return for its owner L Catterton, the private equity firm backed by French luxury fashion house LVMH....
...Here’s hoping the “L” will recover from its case of “long Covid” soon. The city just isn’t the same without it....
...In China, the beauty market has traditionally been dominated by a clutch of foreign brands including France’s L’Oréal, South Korea’s AmorePacific, Japan’s Shiseido and American group Estée Lauder....
...Kingman will retain his role at L&G, but has stood down as chair of Tesco Bank....
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