Hints and tips:
...Take a break from the news V-necks have been verboten for as long as most of us can remember, writes Teo van den Broeke....
...“When a kid draws a bird, they do a V. And you don’t want to ski alone, you want to be in a group....
...As ever, reach out to Imani (imani.moise@ft.com) or me (sid.v@ft.com) with your thoughts....
...But with stores now under huge pressure, credit profits set to fall and changing business mix online, we see EBIT margins declining (COVID 19 disruption aside)....
...He is replaced by Nicolas Namias of BPCE, the co-operative bank that’s Natixis’s majority shareholder....
...US sportswear company Nike said this week that 80 per cent of its China stores were open in cities such as Shanghai, which shows few visible signs of the pandemic....
...operating VS in the “ordinary course of business”)....
...Idexx said in October that the animal health market had experienced a “V-shaped recovery”....
...PrettyLittleThing is run by Umar Kamani, the son of Boohoo co-founder and executive chairman Mahmud Kamani....
...From my studio where I fit both together until the way they hang together in the stores.” And, generally, in the shows too....
...Yes, the numbers are bigger, but the shock, while not a V is shorter and sharper than that crash, and the pre-crisis fiscal situation was strong....
...But underlying operating margin was up 80 bps to 18.6 per cent, driven by increased gross margin and further reduced overheads....
...So far, results from Evercore, Lazard, Greenhill & Co and Houlihan Lokey are out....
...Mr Gates was indicted on similar charges to Mr Manafort, but is now co-operating with the government after pleading guilty to lesser crimes. He is due to testify against his former boss....
...A 34oz bottle of P&G’s Pantene Pro-V Shampoo & Conditioner was listed by 10 different sellers — nine of them third parties — on the shopping site....
...It has shut down one of its main engineering sites, making about 40 staff redundant, and put the V-Charge on ice....
...Meanwhile, British Land is selling Debenhams’ flagship Oxford Street store, reportedly to Stefan Persson, owner of Sweden’s H&M....
...David Blanchflower, Bruce V. Rauner professor, Dartmouth College Most unlikely....
...(WSJ) David Jones has agreed a A$2.15bn (US$2bn) takeover by South African retailer Woolworths, which trumps a merger approach from rival Australian department store group Myer....
...Masterpieces of Chinese Painting: 700-1900, edited by Zhang Hongxing, V&A Publishing, RRP£40/$60 The world’s oldest painting tradition explored in the glorious catalogue to the V&A’s current, once-in-a-lifetime...
...You may wish to explore general management programmes v specialising....
...Toyota is launching its Entune infotainment system with the new Prius V hybrid car this year....
...Rolf Eriksen, chief executive, says H&M’s plans to increase its number of stores by 10-15 per cent a year have not been hampered by an 18 per cent jump in operating costs in the third quarter....
...V&S, the owner of the Absolut brand, recently launched its seventh flavour extension, Absolut Apeach....
...Operating profits of database suppliers offer potential evidence, but only in much broader context....
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