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...As franchise owners are forced to overwork, the chains are turning to automation, including robot floor cleaners and screen avatars that are remotely operated....
...Another original series, Fatma, told the story of a cleaner who went on a killing rampage against men in response to years of misogyny and trauma....
...Among the luxury outlets on New Bond Street, there were just two people waiting behind the ruby red and gold railings set up outside jeweller Cartier. At Hermes, a queue of 30 had built up by midday....
...In the UK, Asda announced this week it would trial offering Uber delivery from two of its outlets, with a view to adding more sites later....
...Majors shift to the power sector As the world shifts towards cleaner forms of energy, European majors such as Shell and France’s Total are expanding into the power sector as an outlet for their growing...
...Aldi has said it will spend $3.4bn to add 900 US outlets in the next five years and a further $1.6bn on renovating existing stores....
...Stock valuations could be as dazzling as Dorothy’s ruby slippers. Now that sales are flat or falling, shares have followed suit and a rebound looks unlikely....
...Restaurants are then ranked against each other, and bonuses awarded to the top-performing outlets....
...After McDonald’s advertised in the local newspaper, about 25,000 applied to work as cashiers, cooks and cleaners....
...With a swipe of the device across a special reader, he was able to buy coffee at 7-Eleven or Starbucks, meals from outlets including McDonald’s and Subway, as well as cinema tickets and even petrol....
...James Dyson took five years and 5,126 prototypes to develop the first bagless vacuum cleaner....
...A £6.5m reorganisation of its dry-cleaning operation, which involves the closure of 20 outlets throughout the country, pushed the Aim-quoted group from a pre-tax profit of £5.9m a year earlier to a loss...
...As a franchise operation that already has three other, non-green outlets, the Ruggles brand is well established in the city, and many diners are here for the tasty food....
...By the millennium, Tesco had 140 all-night outlets. If it wasn’t for the continued restriction on Sunday opening hours there’d never be a moment when you couldn’t shop....
...Tesla initially plans to set up service and showroom outlets in Los Angeles and Menlo Park, and is building garages in Chicago and New York....
...“They get the flat screen, the iPod outlets . . . ’’ Shama’s apartments are very zen-like, with a contemporary, warm design....
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