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...Ian Dunlop, a former president of the Australian Coal Association and now an activist on climate change, said BHP’s decision represented real progress but did not go far enough given that the problem of...
...Dunlop, Lucas and Automotive Products have all but disappeared. Only GKN, a leader in power-train technology, remains....
...Sales in its brands division, which include Dunlop and Slazenger, dropped 7 per cent to £47m with gross profit falling nearly 5 per cent to £20.3m. Analysts regarded this as “disappointing”....
...Journey to end of the road 1888 Founder John Boyd Dunlop develops the first air-cushioned tyre 1890 Dunlop opens its first bicycle tyre plant in Dublin 1900 Dunlop begins production of car tyres 1917...
...Through its stores – 400 in the UK, 260 in the rest of Europe – its website, and its clever handling of its brands such as Dunlop and Karrimor, Sports Direct has gained enormous influence in a growing market...
...The writer is chief executive officer of Peters Fraser & Dunlop, a literary and talent agency...
...It acquired Dunlop Tyres South Africa in 2006 and Vredestein Banden BV, a Dutch tyremaker, in 2009 to begin to build operations in Africa and Europe....
...The garden of her simple restaurant backs on to the track near the famous Dunlop Bridge. For one week in June, it’s difficult to find space for a tent peg....
..., built its first, a 1MW “captive power” plant – that does not have to transfer the power it produces to the national grid, but instead wholly services a distinct entity such as a factory – in 2002 for Dunlop...
...It bought Dunlop Tyres South Africa in 2006, gaining production facilities and rights to market the brand across Africa....
...In 2006, the company bought Dunlop Tyres in South Africa, giving Apollo production facilities in the country and rights to market the Dunlop brand across 32 African nations....
...There are some publicly traded companies that focus on golf – Golfsmith and Adams Golf on Nasdaq, Accordia Golf and Dunlop in Tokyo, Golfzon in South Korea, or Sino Golf in Hong Kong....
...The companies affected include: Pacific Brands, the group behind brands such as Dunlop, Hush Puppies and Slazenger; casino group Crown; property group Dexus; taxi payment provider Cabcharge; BlueScope Steel...
...Separately, Sports Direct, which owns sports brands including Lonsdale, Dunlop and Golddigga, announced that it had agreed to purchase 32 properties from Mr Ashley for £86.8m....
...It will replace Dunlop as the official tyre supplier to DTM, a Europe-wide tour of 10 races, from next month....
...The owner of sports brands including Lonsdale, Dunlop and Golddigga, Sports Direct’s brands division increased revenues 2.2 per cent to £46m in the period, and corresponding gross profit rose 5.9 per cent...
...It wins an International Trade award, as do Toby Churchill, which makes communication aids for those unable to speak, Portmeirion, the Stoke-based pottery group, and Dunlop Aircraft Tyres, based in Birmingham...
...It is a small example of innovation in a city with a long history of industrial achievement from John Dunlop, founder of the pneumatic tyre, to Harry Ferguson, co-inventor of the tractor....
...Over the last few years Honeywell of the US, which made turbochargers, Dunlop Hiflex, a hosemaker, and Federal Mogul all closed factories and sent the work overseas....
...Fuchsia Dunlop’s ‘Shark’s Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China’ has won the Jane Grigson Award and the Kate Whiteman Award ………………………………………………………....
...Sports Direct – with its own labels such as Dunlop, Slazenger and Karrimor – has shown that there are huge gross margin benefits to having a roster of brands rather than relying on the big two of Adidas...
...pictured right), then in charge of advertising and publicity at Pirelli’s UK subsidiary, was wondering how he could boost sales in a tyre market dominated by better-known brands such as Avon, Goodyear and Dunlop...
...Sports Direct, the sportswear company controlled by entrepreneur Mike Ashley, is to venture into China to exploit brands that include Dunlop and Slazenger....
...Ms Dunlop concludes: “Agencies are being smarter in their music choices....
...As buyers of his own super-cheap branded goods, from Dunlop to Lonsdale, know, only one man is allowed to grind down Sports Direct’s margins, and that is Mr Ashley himself....
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