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...But Mike Watkins, head of retailer and business insight at consultancy NielsenIQ, said that habits were shifting again, with own-label sales outgrowing branded in recent months amid the biggest squeeze on...
...Much rests on whether consumers and companies batten down and save a lot more once the pandemic passes....
...Mike Hookem, former deputy leader, became the latest high-profile figure to leave the party last week....
...Crossword 16,272: Martha F Browne, New York; Sean Putnam, Wellingborough, UK; Richard Cauman, Knoxville, US Polymath 1,039: Kallirroi Kapetanaki, Luxembourg Crossword 16,266: Wilbur Heenan, Ireland; Dr Mike...
...Mike Coop, head of multi-asset portfolio management at Morningstar Investment Management, avoids pricey index-linked UK bonds when seeking inflation protection....
...He abandoned his old party last year in protest at its increasingly nationalistic direction under its current leader Gerard Batten....
...Mike Mayo, banks analyst at Wells Fargo, said it made sense that even though profits rose in 2018 increased competition from low cost entrants meant that “banks have no choice but to get more efficient and...
..."It’s fairly clear that the leadership has no coherent strategy to deal with this, other than to batten down the hatches and hope for the best."...
...“I think 2009 is going to be a batten-down-the-hatches year,” says Alistair Cox, chief executive of Hays, a UK recruiter that focuses on mid-level professionals in 27 countries....
...Mike Wickens, York University I would be surprised if the recession lasted for as long as most commentators seems to think....
...Mike Rake, chairman of KPMG International, the umbrella organisation for the firm’s activities, concedes that in the past the big four have been rather opaque....
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