Hints and tips:
...Z.d.G....
...The FTC alleges that its “pay-to-play” adverts force sellers to spend more for top billing....
...To be fair to Kenny G, his position is more nuanced than this quote would suggest (even if we think there’s an element of Rorschach’s “you’re locked in here with me” vibe here)....
...deep in the design side of things (“I love it – I have a really strong team, but with certain flagship properties I still get quite involved”), had tapped Tony Chi and Martin Brudnizki (now a ubiquitous force...
...“What we want to be is really the igniting force behind bringing music to life.”...
...“Our ultimate goal is to create an international brand,” he told Bloomberg in a rare interview in 2019....
...And few ideas are more inconsistent, and thus uncertain, than ESG — no matter how you brand it....
...I am here road testing the carmaker’s SUV, G-force pressing me into the passenger seat as former Portuguese racing driver Bruno Correia guides the car through a chicane and into a long straight....
...Another approach is to partner with a platform — a recognised brand, for instance, backing a new entrant with exclusive distribution in a joint venture, which will benefit the brand as the platform grows...
...The problems of our forces are related to the enormous amount of weaponry that the US and Nato have poured into Ukraine....
...Such flights of fantasy are a positive force at Young V&A: London’s renamed Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green, which is reopening after a three-year closure and £13mn redesign....
...Outside the US, Disney has created a general entertainment service via its Star brand....
...That has left it with the challenge of showing off its AI prowess and integrating it into its services without damaging its brand or provoking a political backlash....
...Alessandro Michele, the creative director who turned Gucci into a cultural force and nearly trebled its revenues to €10.5bn over his eight-year tenure, exited in November....
...But company executives also pointed to a growing caution among brand advertisers, who they said had been constantly fine-tuning their digital ad spending in response to signs of economic slowdown....
...“This project forces us to walk the city, to enter places that we would never otherwise see,” says Grima....
...Smith, on the other hand, is joining forces with General Atlantic to build scale and capitalise on leaner times — where terms increasingly favour lenders, not borrowers....
...Tightening finances in Switzerland may force the troubled bank to further accept the Middle East’s growing reservoirs of cash....
...With only a single bar and a handful of chairs, The C&G has the feel of a private living room....
...Lex thinks the E, S and G of the ESG grouping is made up of categories that do not belong together....
...That deal allows either Comcast or Disney to force the transaction as early as January 2024 in a sale that would value Hulu at a minimum of $27.5bn....
...Another resilient and adaptable brand is Greggs, maker of the vegan sausage roll, which also reports on Tuesday....
...The main credit he gets from industry watchers is in sharpening up P&G’s brand portfolio management....
...It went on to become C&A, the retail chain that is Cofra’s best-known brand....
...By then, Apollo had grown to become one of the biggest private equity groups on Wall Street, owning billions of dollars’ worth of assets crucial to the operations of name-brand companies....
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