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...Shein touts its “long-term relationship” with its network of garment manufacturers as one of its competitive advantages over fast-fashion rivals such as Zara and H&M, forging those ties by paying quicker...
...Instagram analysis of an H&M advert featuring virtual influencer Kuki found that it reached 11 times more people and resulted in a 91 per cent decrease in cost per person remembering the advert, compared...
...We’re still waiting to hear back from the others, though going by their websites we can guess their response. What’s going on here? Mostly, it’s gift cards....
...In central Jakarta, where my family lives, there’s a cart called Bubur Ayam H Jewo that I’ve been going to for rice porridge since I was a kid....
...I’m joined now by the FT’s European banking correspondent Owen Walker. Hey, Owen. Owen WalkerHey, how’s it going? Marc Filippino So Owen, break down that number for us, a $29bn gain....
...“What astounds me is how much people eat on set,” says Kate Trelawny (stockwellkitchen.com), who caters shoots for Vogue, Gucci, H&M and Zara....
...H&M said then it had focused on profitability in the quarter so I guess investors want to see what that means. Retail is a theme (again) with results also due out from Asos, HSS Hire and Card Factory....
...Just what 40 Wall Street is worth these days is anyone’s guess. With remote working, New York City office vacancies have reached record levels....
...Left hand, little finger: Hermès silver H Ex Libris signet ring, £1,100....
...Gerber, of Kushnirsky Gerber, has also represented artists in copyright claims against companies such as Amazon, Gap and Guess....
...Baker Tilly secured a $1bn investment led by H&F in February. Buyers are spotting an opportunity that has played out inside their own industry....
...I guess what I’m asking here is, did the deal stop the bleeding?...
...He later added that the two rate rises signalled by the dot plot were “a pretty good guess of what will happen” if the economy evolved as expected....
...Not much, would be my guess. According to data cited by the Airports Council International Europe, global airfares in May were about 36 per cent higher than in 2019....
...My guess is that AI will feature in attempts by the US device group to do so again....
...Back then I wrote: If Zuck can cool it [on expenses] my guess is that Meta shares have a lot of upside — so long as the company’s digital ad sales slowdown doesn’t get much worse....
...Remember, you know, George H.W. Bush when he ran for reelection, 92 Pat Buchanan challenged him in New Hampshire, got 24 per cent of the vote, and everyone thought that George Bush was dead....
...“What happens politically at that point really is anybody’s guess.”...
...Banks have tapped $12bn of liquidity from the Fed’s brand-new Bank Term Funding Program, or BTFP, according to the latest H.4.1. release....
...I guess I am, now that you mention it, but I’m not a joiner. I join inadvertently.”...
...Hospitality with a small h not the capital H, the business. I mean the little-h hospitality, that’s good. Lilah RaptopoulosYeah. OK, Tim, let’s see what happens. Please come back....
...So this is the second time that Sarah Owens has resigned from the front bench. She resigned over spy cops, ditto Dan Carden. Lucy FisherRemind us who Sarah Owens is....
...Owen Walker, European banking correspondent, writes: That’s a pretty impressive overview [by GPT-4]....
...So, you know, (laughs) set it quite high I guess....
...An ad-hoc capital infusion from Alameda could have made FTX US kind of solvent, we guess?...
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