Hints and tips:
...Some of the ones that have attracted attention: a company called Phunware — spelled p-h-u-n, ware — which is a mobile software developer. And there was another called Bit Brother....
...and this year announced the investment of €1mn in the Himalayan Regenerative Fashion Living Lab, which helps develop regenerative farming and support textile makers in the area. brunellocucinelli.com D...
...So basically it is somewhere between pay-to-play and gambling, though we’d be delighted to know what “non-economic conditions” entails....
...Every day, he’d eat the same meals, get a massage at the same time.”...
...But just by touch — the S&P 500 is up 0.7 per cent at pixel. However, there is a notable move in the 10-year Treasury yield — up 6 basis points to 1.6 per cent....
...One said they’d never seen an M&A process like it, and another said “it’s all getting pretty weird”....
...(FT) Lottery of life Once considered the go-to retirement scheme, tontines are now better known as storylines in popular TV shows such as M*A*S*H and The Simpsons....
...Given H&M had a higher customer density than peers pre-COVID (higher than Primark), social distancing could be more challenging for H&M....
...Marsh, East Sussex, England Crossword 16,377: John Bevan, London; TF & JM Marshall, Scotland; Rae Seelig, London Polymath 1,057: Bridget Symeonides, Cyprus Crossword 16,371: Mr B Miller, Guernsey; Mr H...
...M&S first ......
...— Preston Parham H.P Lovecraft: The Complete Collection (WS, £5.29) and The Portable Edgar Allan Poe (Penguin Classics, £9.99) I live in Spain and we have been in mandatory lockdown for a week now....
...We’d followed the development of the newspaper business and classifieds and the move to digital. We’d studied lots and lots of stuff.”Would he buy a newspaper today? “No....
...We are cutting forecasts for four (H&M, Inditex, Next and JD Sports for FY21), reflecting longer periods under lockdown and greater profit drop-through....
...And UBS: LVMH has been historically known for its successful long-term M&A track record as the sector’s largest consolidator....
...Company commentary supports our view of limited direct impact to P&C : Hannover Re: noted a potential €200m loss across P&C and L&H; Munich Re: noted a €500m loss should all the events it covers for communicable...
...P is for pump and dump — crypto's raison d'être. Q is for queue — the laborious wait to shift $0.42 between accounts. R is for robbed — the eventual status of every crypto-exchange....
...(H/t to actual real-life trainspotter Jim Waterson over at the Grauniad for getting in touch to tell us about this.)...
...The most disconcerting aspect of the Brexit process remains the absence of what George H.W....
...You know the story: competition is coming from all angles: Amazon and Yoox Net-a-Porter on the ecommerce front; fast fashion groups like Zara and H&M can pump out copycat luxury goods on the fly; and then...
...Up in the air I’m flying back to London on Friday, so the next Market Forces will be published on Monday....
...The Hong Kong index of H shares slid 4.4 per cent this week. Your feedback I'd love to hear from you. You can email me on michael.mackenzie@ft.com and follow me on Twitter at @michaellachlan....
...Meanwhile, British Land is selling Debenhams’ flagship Oxford Street store, reportedly to Stefan Persson, owner of Sweden’s H&M....
...Beyond the Square Mile H&M, the Swedish fashion retailer, said sales including VAT increased by 14 per cent in its fourth quarter – from September 1 to November 30 – to SKr 56.5bn, compared to an 18 per...
...Peter Grauer, Mr Bloomberg’s successor as chairman of Bloomberg L.P, earlier this month embarrassed the Labour party by signing a letter in support of the Conservatives only a day after Ed Miliband launched...
...Jim Stengel, former global marketing officer of Procter & Gamble, remembers how Sorrell flew to JFK airport and back in 2005 just to reassure him that WPP’s purchase of the agency Grey Global, where P&G...
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