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...I scurried to the French text in hopes that it was a question of translation, but the English is, alas, faithful to the original. Elsewhere, Howard’s translation feels more dated than the French....
...Leroy Merlin, the French DIY retailer, plans to sell its operations in Russia to local management, reversing its previous decision to stay in the country more than a year after the invasion of Ukraine prompted...
...The family also own sporting goods supplier Decathlon and DIY retailer Leroy Merlin....
...Florian Delmas rose to be head of the French operations of juice maker Andros at just 31 and became CEO of the group two years later....
...The company is privately owned by the prominent northern French Mulliez family, whose retail empire also includes DIY retailer Leroy Merlin and supermarket Auchan, which together had revenues of €40bn in...
..., a farmers’ co-operative, and backed by several big names in French business....
...“It reminded me of the whole process of gentrification, and how things are just bulldozed and renovated, with no real consideration for what was there beforehand,” says Leroy D Bean, a poet on the trip....
...The commune of Vosne-Romanée is the epicentre for red wines of Burgundy – it’s home to big names like Romanée-Conti and Leroy....
...Some, such as French food retailer Auchan and its sister company hardware store Leroy Merlin, remain in the country, while others including L’Oréal and Philip Morris International took an intermediary route...
...Édouard Vuillard was a French post-Impressionist artist interested in pastels for their purity of colour....
...“They should stop acting as sponsors for the Russian war machine,” he added, singling out carmaker Renault, supermarket group Auchan and DIY retailer Leroy Merlin as French companies that should leave Russia...
...In 1904, it produced its most famous piece, the Leroy 01....
...The pair worked in hospitality for years – Kaye at Lyle’s, The French House, The Clove Club; Hayes at Crispin and Leroy among other places....
...Food producer Danone, supermarket group Auchan, DIY retailer Leroy Merlin and lender Société Générale also have large operations....
...Whatever the result, this is a remarkable turnaround for a family who were pariahs (albeit very rich ones) when Marcos Sr was ousted in 1986....
...For now, we’ll chalk it up as one of the many failed love affairs sparked online, as this FT reader has: Politics take centre stage in a French takeover battle The sale of a French energy and building...
...Natixis has promoted Franck Leroy, currently global head of market risks, to chief risk officer and a member of its senior management committee, effective January 24....
...It competes with traditional DIY retailers such as Leroy Merlin and Castorama in France, and B&Q and Kingfisher in the UK....
...Rus in urbe perfectly described SRs in London, with their green Barbours and Puffa jackets....
...The Republic of False Truths by Alaa al-Aswany, translated by SR Fellowes, Faber £16.99/Knopf $28.95 Banned in the author’s home country, this fictionalised account of 2011’s Egyptian revolution serves...
...The company has a more significant 5 per cent market share in its native France, which is dominated by store-based giants such as Kingfisher brands Castorama and Brico-Depot and the privately owned Leroy...
...Meanwhile, Lalou Bize-Leroy of Domaine Leroy in Vosne-Romanée was particularly thrilled with the quality of her 2020 grapes and claims that, thanks to her high-trained, exceptionally leafy vines, none of...
...Henry Warde, whose family has been farming in Kent, south of London, for 300 years, turned part of his 2,500-acre farming estate into vineyards in 2006 after a visit from French champagne house Duval-Leroy...
...Like PG Wodehouse’s Anatole, they discovered that the English upper classes appreciated French haute cuisine....
...We’ll try the 2000 vintage by Domaine Leroy. Pricey at £1,000 a bottle but I’m assuming this goes on expenses? On the question of whether to serve cheese before or after pudding, I am with the French....
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