Margo R Palmer

How Silicon Valley’s ‘Oppenheimer’ found lucrative trade in AI weapons

...He self-describes as a “big R” Republican and a “little L” libertarian. He’s non-interventionist, but this is not as counterintuitive as it sounds....

March 28, 2024

FT SeriesThe world according to Kate Moss

Kate Moss’s names to know

...Ariat leather Heritage R Toe Western boots, £160. Vintage necklace, stylist’s own Lila wears Stella McCartney FSC-certified viscose waistcoat, £790....

May 12, 2023

FT Live

Global Private Banking Awards 2024

Celebrating excellence in wealth management

Ashok Leyland Ltd

Switch Mobility to mount challenge to Chinese electric bus makers

...Dheeraj Hinduja, chair of Ashok Leyland, said that the UK would probably be on the receiving end of investments in R&D and manufacturing in a post-Brexit boost for industry....

August 2, 2021

News in-depthMattel Inc

Still a Barbie world: Mattel boss gives toy world a grown-up spin

...After just 14 months as CEO, Margo Georgiadis, a former Google executive, left in April 2018....

July 27, 2021

Special ReportFT Health: Combating Coronavirus

Coronavirus puts Big Pharma’s IP regime to the test

...For Israel to do this, say industry executives, shows that these are not normal times: the country is the home of Teva Pharmaceuticals and has an economy that is heavily dependent on R&D....

April 21, 2020

Brexit

Brexit and bankruptcies to raise UK trade credit insurance prices

...The latest figures from the ABI show that trade credit insurance claims are rising due partly to high-profile corporate failures such as Monarch Airlines, Palmer & Harvey, Toys R Us and Maplin....

May 6, 2018

FT Live

Investing in America

Foreign companies as drivers of US growth, resilience and competitiveness

InterviewRichard Russell (XL Recordings)

Richard Russell: the XL Recordings boss who would rather make music

...Invited to join XL Recordings as an A&R man in 1989, he took over as owner in 1996 after the departure of his Kicks Like a Mule partner Halkes and another founder, Tim Palmer....

April 8, 2020

FT MagazineJancis Robinson

My best bordeaux ever

...As for the Margauxs, hardly surprisingly Palmer and Ch Margaux itself, another Médoc first growth, were quite outstanding. How blessed we were....

February 7, 2020

LombardMatthew Vincent

Aston Martin finds Goldfinger can have the reverse Midas touch

...If Aston had booked all R&D costs through its profit and loss account instead, its adjusted ebitda would fall from £247m to £45m....

February 28, 2019

Special ReportEurope’s Road to Growth

Europe plays catch-up in digital innovation

...Europe has a strong record of research and development, accounting for 20 per cent of global R&D spending....

November 21, 2018

McColl's Retail Group PLC

McColl’s convenience chain falls 23% on second profit warning

...This year has been extremely tough for high-street retailers, with groups including House of Fraser, Maplin, Poundworld and Toys R Us having collapsed....

December 3, 2018

US & Canadian companies

Mattel turns to Hollywood to boost brands

...In April he replaced Margo Georgiadis as chief executive. She had lasted little more than a year at the helm....

September 6, 2018

News in-depthLuxury goods

Aston Martin seeks to overtake Ferrari valuation in flotation

...profits,” said Mr Palmer....

August 30, 2018

LexAston Martin

Aston Martin: impact investment Premium

...Aston Martin Lagonda’s chief executive Andy Palmer makes much of the fact that the company’s new SUV did as well in real-life crash tests as in computer simulations....

November 15, 2018

Retail & Consumer industry

Barbie-maker Mattel cuts 2,200 jobs as sales fall

...Adding to the company’s woes has been the Toys R Us’ bankruptcy, which removed a key sales platform for the company....

July 25, 2018

FT Live

Future of Retail

Securing long-term business growth with technology innovation

US & Canadian companies

Mattel pins sales drop on Toys R Us fallout

...Ynon Kreiz, a director at Mattel since June, officially took the reins as chief executive today, replacing Margo Georgiadis who announced earlier this month she was stepping down....

April 26, 2018

Jonathan Ford

Aston Martin is a private equity wolf in sheep’s clothing

...For instance, it capitalises much of its R&D expenditure, amortising this over the expected life of each model it makes....

September 2, 2018

Personal & Household Goods

Plight of Toys R Us and Maplin puts 5,500 jobs at risk

...Toys R Us and Maplin had been scrambling to find new owners in time to meet an urgent need for cash....

February 28, 2018

Retail & Consumer industry

Mattel fails to reverse slide in holiday quarter

...Mattel chief executive Margo Georgiadis, who took over the top job a year earlier, said: “We have taken aggressive action to enter 2018 with a clean slate so that we can reset our economic model and rapidly...

February 1, 2018

Retail & Consumer industry

Mattel picks former Maker Studios chief as its new chairman

...Mattel has been grappling with challenging retail trends including the bankruptcy of Toys R Us, and recently rebuffed approaches from rival toymaker Hasbro....

February 8, 2018

US & Canadian companies

Hasbro makes a play for rival toymaker Mattel

...The company has shaken up senior management, bringing on Margo Georgiadis, a former Google executive, to turn the toymaker round. Hasbro has a market capitalisation of $11bn....

November 10, 2017

Retail & Consumer industry

Mattel shares plunge as it suspends dividend amid falling sales

...brands,” said Margo Georgiadis, Mattel’s chief executive....

October 26, 2017

Personal & Household Goods

Mattel warns of weak holiday sales, gets hit with rating downgrades

...The company hired Margo Georgiadis, one of Google’s top advertising executives earlier this year to help lead the toymaker in an evolving digital world and trim its underperforming brands....

December 11, 2017

News in-depthUS & Canadian companies

Toymakers rethink traditional playbook

...The prospect of consolidation follows Toys R Us filing for bankruptcy in September, a disruptive event that surprised even the retailer’s largest vendors....

November 21, 2017

US & Canadian companies

Jury finds Facebook’s Oculus owes $500m in VR lawsuit

...ZeniMax filed its lawsuit soon after that deal was announced, claiming that Oculus had used its R&D to build its Rift VR headset, which went on sale last year....

February 1, 2017

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