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...WPP will also reduce is planned capex from £400m to v£300m....
...This is an opportunity to leverage both of our brands, as well as Walmart’s strong supply chain and store network....
...“It’s not like the standard V-shaped recession in emerging markets, such as in Indonesia in 1998 where it’s only a year and a half of real economic hardship,” he said....
...Whole Foods, the supermarket chain, opened a store in the area in 2015....
...Lyft has hired the IPO adviser Class V, which was founded by Lise Buyer, one of the key architects of Google’s 2004 Dutch auction. But Uber will not be far behind....
...He has long been a fan of strong brands, and he is a brand himself, perhaps the strongest in all of finance. Who will take over from Buffett?...
...These included acquisitions such as Ewos, a Norwegian salmon feed company, and Diamond V, a manufacturer of yeast culture products to aid animal health....
...“There are also changes in agriculture which are being driven more by customers than food companies....
...McDonald’s prepares for fast-food street fight Fast food is staging its own race to the bottom....
...Over the last two years Whole Foods’ sales figures have been languishing due to increasing competition in specialty foods from the likes of Kroger, Wal-Mart and Costco....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on April 20, 2018. ©2018 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...One idea for Uber, then, is to install a strong chief operating officer in the mould of Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg. Or better yet a new CEO such as Google’s Eric Schmidt....
...Mr Buffett embodies his belief in food brands....
...Pizza sales rose two-thirds on the day of the England v Wales match alone, but were generally higher throughout the tournament....
...Nine of the top 10 companies on the 160-strong ranking have their main listings on US stock exchanges, while six of the bottom 10 are traded on the London Stock Exchange....
...They are entertaining and caring for children and old people, cleaning homes and preparing food in restaurants....
...(FT) Journalism v Silicon Valley The media has lost control of production and distribution to the opaque algorithms of Google and Facebook....
...Now let’s suppose that in the US, the chairman of Wal-Mart could become the chairman of Procter & Gamble. That would be an obvious case of conflict of interest and there would be no denying it....
...‘Golden Spider Silk’, V&A Studio Gallery, January 25 – June 5...
...Walmex fourth-quarter profit jumps 26% Wal-Mart de Mexico, Mexico’s largest retailer, reported a 26 per cent leap in fourth-quarter profits as improving consumer confidence and aggressive store expansion...
...“It is relatively quiet and next to Harvard,” Duflo replies simply with her strong French accent when I ask why she chose it, as if no-frills utilitarianism determines her own life decisions....
...Nestle, one of the world’s largest food producers; Starbucks which has been transforming its supply chain to be a strategic differentiator; 3M, an icon of innovation; and Kraft Foods, with its leading channel...
...Family Mart, a convenience store chain, also said operating profits would be 6 per cent lower than first forecast, at Y38.5bn, as a result of the disaster....
...‘War’ is a strong word, but I envisage the level of competition increasing,” he said....
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