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...Reports in mid-May from Walmart and Target, two of the biggest US retailers, will give more evidence of consumer trends....
...v=6fdKfaq1YN8 – Sujeet wants more independent news and tough questions....
...Take a break from the news V-necks have been verboten for as long as most of us can remember, writes Teo van den Broeke....
...This is the first time a former US president has stood trial on criminal charges and follows last week’s surprisingly swift appointment of a jury....
...Spending is down sharply on last year, with the most headline-grabbing move so far being the swift unravelling of Jordan Henderson’s ill-fated move to Saudi Arabia....
...Bell-bottoms and boots Taylor Swift’s partner Travis Kelce is arguably the most important boyfriend in human history....
...The swift rise in interest rates over the past year has put pressure on the profits of smaller banks....
..., Marvel vs DC and Taylor Swift vs Scooter Braun....
...Despite the discomfort of King George V — whose cousin the Tsar had been executed by the Bolsheviks — Labour formally recognised the Soviet Union....
...The V&A show aims to reclaim the word by focusing on the power of star performances, where image is often key....
...Is PDD as big as Amazon, or is it as big as Amazon plus Walmart?...
...Walmart is installing digital labels in 500 of its stores and France’s Carrefour has been using them for years. But greater reliance on algorithms to price products could have downsides....
...The Korean Wave” exhibition at the V&A Lola Shoneyin Writer and festival organiser by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Lola Shoneyin’s subversion is deliciously sly, her humour mordant, her eyes pitiless and...
...Yet this pessimism is not showing up in the sales story being told by Walmart and its rivals....
...Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What To Do About It by Richard V Reeves, Swift Press £20, 352 pages A History of Masculinity: From Patriarchy to Gender Justice by...
...We do not believe that this is going to be another steep correction followed by an equally swift V-shaped recovery like we saw at the outset of the pandemic....
...Marketers are increasingly “asking retailers to prove” how much value is added by such advertising, says Paul Frampton, global president of digital marketing consultancy Control v Exposed....
...Alicia García-Herrero, chief economist for Asia-Pacific at Natixis, warned against expecting a “V-shaped recovery” from the world’s second-biggest economy and biggest consumer market if President Xi Jinping...
...We just saw the FTC take on Walmart in a new case....
...As ever, reach out to us with your thoughts (imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com). Thanks, and happy reading....
...It says it had helped fund the development of the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine....
...Fintech fascination Swift response Western leaders ratcheted up economic sanctions against Russia over the weekend after its invasion of Ukraine, cutting some of the country’s banks off from the Swift global...
...As ever, send your thoughts, queries and philosophical riddles to Imani (imani.moise@ft.com) or me (sid.v@ft.com). Happy reading!...
...And it has been swift to retaliate against locals who get in its way, Bloomberg reports....
...Ideas ripple through Davidson’s pages like a shoal of swift-moving fish. They are held in place by a quiet composure and the skilful shaping of language....
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