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...Brian Chesky, Airbnb’s chief, said it had entered into a multiyear “special collaboration” with Sir Jonathan’s design company, LoveFrom....
...Tony Shiret, an analyst at Whitman Howard, said the fate of the remaining Carphone Warehouse stores “was the elephant in the room” in the company’s restructuring plan....
...Tony Shiret, analyst at Whitman Howard, said that the disappointment was not severe but it was spread across a number of areas....
...RBC Capital Markets analyst Richard Chamberlain said the projected profit increase was less than the 2 per cent growth he had forecast, while Tony Shiret at Whitman Howard said that Next’s momentum was increasingly...
...Tony Shiret, analyst at Whitman Howard, estimated that the department store group had lost around £10m in the first half, compared with £30m during the first eight weeks of Sports Direct’s ownership last...
...“In the past they haven’t marked down stock, preferring to whack it in a warehouse,” said Tony Shiret at Whitman Howard....
...However, Tony Shiret, an analyst at Whitman Howard, noted that announcing such a substantial transaction at a time of management change increased the group’s risk profile....
...Tony Shiret, an analyst at Whitman Howard who has followed M&S for many years, said a lot of the changes were forced on it....
...Meg Whitman winces in the witness box Mike Lynch's defence lawyer has been putting the heat on his accuser Meg Whitman in the Autonomy case in London....
...Tony Shiret, an analyst at Whitman Howard, said that overall the results were in line with expectations but that they reflected a strategy that has now been largely discontinued....
...Tony Shiret, analyst at Whitman Howard, said in a note to clients that this scale could be important if, as expected, Debenhams moves to close stores, thus reducing its own scale and buying power....
...Tony Shiret, analyst at Whitman Howard, says much of the speculation about what Sports Direct might buy next does not come from Mr Ashley himself. “A lot of this is about people trying to flog stuff....
...Adam Cochrane, analyst at Citi, said the mobile plan was less revolutionary than some had expected, while Tony Shiret at Whitman Howard pointed out that the margin level described is “only modestly above...
...Tony Shiret, an analyst at Whitman Howard, agreed that despite the turmoil in the stock market, Debenhams’ stores looked in reasonable shape, with only modest discounting in evidence, as the company entered...
...“The speed at which activity generally has moved online has taken many by surprise,” said Tony Shiret, retail analyst at Whitman Howard....
...Tony Shiret, analyst at Whitman Howard, said the group’s failure to deny outright the reports “means many people may well be left thinking there is some contingency planning going on”....
...“The private equity management team probably stayed in place too long,” said Tony Shiret, analyst at Whitman Howard. Mr Templeman continued as chief executive until 2011....
...Tony Shiret, an analyst at Whitman Howard and a long-time follower of Sports Direct, is sceptical about the strategic merit of many of these....
...“There isn’t much tangoing going on at the moment,” said Tony Shiret, analyst at Whitman Howard, who like many others has questioned why working together requires Sports Direct to amass a large stake on...
...“There have clearly have been major changes to the Rowe strategy, however they dress it up,” said Tony Shiret, an analyst at Whitman Howard who has followed the company for many years....
...Both the growth in finance jobs and the decline in graduate start-ups reflect a revival in the US jobs market, according to Deborah Whitman, director of Stanford’s Center for Entrepreneurial Studies....
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...They are following in the footsteps of the founder of Shakespeare and Company, George Whitman, who arrived in Paris in 1946, after he was discharged from the US army....
...“He has absolutely flooded the place with his guys,” said Tony Shiret at Whitman Howard....
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