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...Willie (a tender, deadpan Carsten Jung) is a suitably Beckettian figure with his vest and bowler hat: more porter than porteur....
...He’s joined by John Kay. - The secret history of securities regulation: Frear-Fulbright edition. - Rational consumers....
...; and CEO and Director, de-pury Group Arthur Kay Founder and CEO, Bio Bean Ben Drury Founder, 7Digital Ben Pugh Founder and CEO, Farmdrop Bindi Karia Tech London Advocates Advisory Board Brendan...
...Yet if we look at the UK supermarket sector today, the consensus view is that Prof Porter was right after all....
...Ida Petersson, senior footwear buyer at Net-a-Porter, says: “Whereas high and mid-heel sandals have long ruled the runways, it was evident that with the move away from the platform and very high-heeled pumps...
...On his hajj to Mecca via Cairo beginning in 1324, his entourage included 60,000 porters, 12,000 slaves who each carried 4lb gold bars and 80 camels carrying 300lb of gold dust each....
...In a 1995 Harvard Business Review article, strategy guru Michael Porter and Claas van der Linde noted that while “good” regulation could foster innovation and lower total costs, “bad” regulation did the...
...It is unlikely you will have heard of Jens Grede and Erik Torstensson but they are responsible for signing up Natalie Portman as the face of Dior, Ewan McGregor for Belstaff; they conceived Mr Porter, the...
...Kay Barron is fashion features director at Harper’s Bazaar …………………………………………….. New yarns “There are now yarns which have metal woven in them, so they naturally scrunch and coil, creating 3D pieces....
...And then there are ski pants, which can look like the ultimate in chalet chic (try Alexander Wang, £180, www.net-a-porter.com) but they’ve also had a checkered history....
...John Kay is an FT columnist and author of ‘Obliquity: Why Our Goals Are Best Achieved Indirectly’ (Profile)...
...Generally, the fees include insurance and maintenance of lifts, wages for porters, security, concierge staff, caretaker, communal heating, hot water, air conditioning systems, and the running and maintenance...
...Kay Carberry, TUC Assistant General Secretary, said she spoke for “a lost generation” with almost 1m unemployed young people....
...johnkay@johnkay.com More columns at www.ft.com/kay...
...johnkay@johnkay.com Post and read comments at www.ft.com/kay...
...But our Joseph Kay was almost calm again....
...Michael Porter offered a celebrated injunction to business not to be “stuck in the middle”. But there is more that is misleading than helpful in the maxim....
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