Hints and tips:
...Liane Wiggins, head of womenswear, says Studio Nicholson’s success is in its multipurpose staples. “Once customers start converting to the brand, they want to build a wider wardrobe from it.”...
...With a trouser co-ord such as The Row’s or Jigsaw’s caramel ribbed knit V-neck sweater and matching flared trousers (£120, jigsaw-online.com), a pair of white trainers or classic loafers will work....
...V Ashok, the chief financial officer of GFG Alliance, a loose collection of Gupta-family owned businesses, emailed Kaushik De, finance director at Tata Steel Europe, twice in August 2020 offering smaller...
...Yet Merckx comes out in his jeans and V-neck jumper to wave us off. There is a genuine smile on his face as we roll into a downpour....
...Specialists including Rollo Whately and Arnold Wiggins & Sons in London’s St James’s, as well as a number of Parisian dealers such as Maison Samson, are the go-to places for gilt antique frames – a growing...
...Carlyle had experienced an “economic rebound in China [that] has been very V-shaped”, he told a Morgan Stanley investor conference last month, although progress in the US and Europe would come in fits and...
...Catch up on the court case in this story by DD’s Kaye Wiggins and the FT’s Sylvia Pfeifer. Still, at least one company appears willing to still lend to Gupta....
...Xerox wants to give HP’s board its walking papers We’re all guilty of overusing the David v Goliath trope but in the case of Xerox and HP, it really does apply....
...(Forbes) Anna v Andrea It’s one of those boardroom battles that has captivated the global industry....
...NYSE v Nasdaq: may the best board win Next to the Red Sox and the Yankees, Nasdaq and NYSE have one of the most longstanding bitter rivalries in America....
...Kaye Wiggins in London 57....
...(FT) Stakeholder v shareholder debate Rodgin Cohen, who is a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell, makes the case for why boards should consider the public interest: it’s good for the business and for shareholders...
...a smart touch, with several military captains played by women, the French princess Katherine is also cross-cast, so that when Henry concludes his wooing, it is Terry who must rise on tiptoe to kiss Ben Wiggins...
...He was withdrawn from the Tour de Romandie in 2010 for flicking a V-sign, and has a habit of verbally butchering journalists....
...Wiggins v Froome does not yet rank alongside the most bitter teammate rivalries in sport....
...Farmers v supermarkets The Campaign to Protect Rural England releases a report calling on the big supermarkets to stock more locally sourced food....
...Consider Bradley Wiggins’ branded kit for Fred Perry. Are we talking tennis, cycling or Northern Soul revival nights at the pub?...
...Mr Vernon, who is the ‘v’ in Brevan, intends to “pursue other interests”. Of the five founding partners, Jean-Philippe Blochet left in November 2009 to join Moore Capital....
...But it is struggling with V-water, PepsiCo’s vitamin water brand, which Britvic makes and distributes. V-water is less suited to a recession as it is high-priced in a relatively new category....
...PepsiCo last year bought London-based vitamin water brand V Water to compete with Coca-Cola’s Vitaminwater brand (which was also acquired). Cadbury bought Green & Black’s organic chocolate in 2005....
...In September, Russia became the first country in Europe to sell Diageo’s “King George V” edition of Johnnie Walker Blue Label, which sells for up to $1,000 (£506) per bottle....
...Most analysts regarded the price as full, given recent estimates for V&S of $6bn to $7bn....
...V&S net profits fell 7 per cent last year to Skr1.47bn. Though sales volumes rose 5 per cent, sales revenues were almost unchanged at Skr10.3bn, partly because of the weak dollar....
...Bengt Baron, chief executive of V&S, indicated this month that the Swedish group’s best interests might not lie in being part of a global drinks group....
...Last week Paul Walsh, chief executive, said Diageo planned to expand further into premium brands such as the Blue Label King George V edition of its Johnnie Walker whisky, which sells for $500....
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