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...The company, which officially launched ads on the platform in 2020, said it had grown its sales and accounts teams to provide “sufficient support to advertisers”.TikTok has been experimenting with ecommerce...
...Traditional sales via distributors and other wholesalers were just 17 per cent. (Exports represented a mere two per cent.)...
...Having seen sales of vintage Christian Dior rise on the back of a V&A exhibition in 2019, Caplan expects the upcoming show to affect the “very robust” market for vintage Chanel costume jewellery....
...It’s common in the design world for designers to be paid a fixed rate while the studio receives royalties from the sales of that product....
...the piece is reset with the Cullinan III, IV and V diamonds from Queen Elizabeth II’s jewellery collection....
...Sinclair went on to put the RSN’s into a separate vehicle which it named Diamond Sports....
...Towards the end of 2021, Disney executives met Michael Rubin, chair of sports company Fanatics, to discuss options for ESPN, including a potential investment or sale, according to several people familiar...
...On the other side of town in Barlaston, Kate Turner, chief curator at the V&A Wedgwood Collection, has retrieved a leather-bound ceramic pattern book from the company’s archives....
...The V&A’s Africa Fashion also has works by Ami Doshi Shah (pictured top), of Kenya, including her necklace of brass, sisal and salt....
...Email me your thoughts at sid.v@ft.com. Latest news Amy Kazmin in Rome has a fascinating piece on why Giorgia Meloni is pushing back on Italy’s shift to digital payments....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on February 14 2023. ©2023 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Microsoft has defended its largest-ever deal by arguing that Call of Duty, the blockbuster game that has brought in $30bn in lifetime sales for Activision, will remain available on other companies’ game...
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on July 19. ©2022 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...The sale attracted more than 1,000 customers in a few weeks, while ownership of a second item on the platform, an Edward VIII penny coin, sold out in under four days, the company said in its trading statement...
...And auction houses hope the focus on a company best known for its lavish Easter eggs will have a positive impact on sales of its other work, including jewellery....
...Reach out to me (imani.moise@ft.com) or Sid (sid.v@ft.com) to let us know. Happy reading!...
...Wait a minute though, it still pulled in $124bn in record revenues for the quarter, so those missed sales were really just a drop in the ocean....
...The investment bank forecasts BioNTech/Pfizer will generate $39.5bn in vaccine sales this year but experience a rapid fall in sales in 2022 to $9bn due to lower prices, less demand in rich nations and more...
...Four years ago, sitting in her Harvard dorm room, she co-founded Shiffon, a jewellery company with a single product – the Duet Pinky Ring....
...Rivian purchased the plant in Normal in 2017 for $16.5mn from Diamond-Star Motors, a joint venture between Chrysler and Mitsubishi Motors, which closed it in 2015....
...Daniel Zhang, Alibaba’s chair and chief executive, blamed a slowdown in clothing sales for the company’s “single-digit” GMV growth at last month’s gloomy earnings....
...The verdict is likely to “be hugely beneficial for software companies, who can now sell their products on iOS without having to hand Apple 30 per cent of every sale,” said Christian Owens, chief executive...
...“That’s a very intriguing idea,” Diamond replied. In fact, he had already received board approval to explore the sale of the entire business, and thought BlackRock was a natural buyer....
...More loans were allegedly given by Cox & Kings to V Hotels, a struggling beachfront property bought by Peter and Urrshila’s father, Ajit, in 2001....
...Webster says having a bracelet in the V&A helped his application to exhibit at the annual Design Miami fair, where he has broadened his clientele....
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