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...“The balance of power is shifting to the Middle East in private markets.”...
...There’s a second store on Rue de la Fontaine au Roi, a third on Rue des Martyrs, and an organic market twice a week on Place du Père Chaillet....
...There’s an eau de cologne called Messe de Minuit I did long ago – now out of production – that has the scent of incense you get in the stone of a church where it has been burning for centuries....
...Warhol would surely have approved of the renaissance in tinned fish in Portugal, handsomely showcased at the grocery store Conserveira de Lisboa, where shelves are stacked high with brightly coloured tins...
...It then plans to sell the Mexican and Central American operations to Walmart de México, its Mexican unit known as Walmex, for a yet-to-be-determined sum....
...Yet as I ambled around the town on a sunny midsummer day, I found funky stores selling old LPs, an Indian lawyer who exulted in the “quality of life” in his adopted home, Chinese tourists by the busload...
...Ahrendts, the former chief executive of luxury fashion group Burberry, had led Apple’s retail and online stores for the past five years. She will be replaced by Deirdre O’Brien....
...He is very sporty, and I bought it so he can easily get around East Hampton to do errands and go to the gym....
...climate deal exit) Bob Iger, Chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company (left after Paris climate deal exit) Rich Lesser, President and CEO, Boston Consulting Group Doug McMillon, President and CEO, Wal-Mart...
...And against Wal-Mart’s 4,700 stores, Whole Foods has 460....
...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....
...executive, BlackRock Bob Iger- chairman and chief executive, The Walt Disney Company Rich Lesser- president and chief executive, Boston Consulting Group Doug McMillon- president and chief executive, Wal-Mart...
...Mexican same store sales for December (that is, stores that have been in operation for more than a year), boosted sales by 9.1 per cent, above the market consensus of 7.1 per cent....
...Retailers Wal-Mart, Ross Stores and Gap report quarterly earnings....
...So why are shares in Walmart de Mexico so expensive?...
...pitchbooks during the back half of 2015 — which fed into press reports including a Sunday Times‘ “predators plot …” splash at the end of November, as well as more speculative stuff referencing Amazon and Wal-Mart...
...Wal-Mart Stores (Retail) 48. Home Depot (Consumer Goods) 49. Yahoo! (Technology) 50. Morgan Stanley (Finance) 51. Discovery Communications (Media) 52. Colgate-Palmolive (Consumer Goods) 53....
...The news of his discovery set off a race to hack the iPhone, which involved Chinese businessmen, a $1m deal and an alternative app store of pirated material....
...One of the most senior figures at BNP Paribas Georges Chodron de Courcel has announced his retirement amid an escalating probe into alleged sanctions violations at the French bank....
...Wal-Mart de Mexico (Walmex), Mexico’s biggest retailer, jumped nearly 5 per cent to 33.89 pesos....
...Wal-Mart de Mexico reported a 4.3 per cent rise in second quarter profit – pretty much in line with expecations – to 5.15bn pesos ($396.6m) and it posted a nearly 5 per cent rise in total sales across Mexico...
...“The consumer is not there yet,” wrote UBS analyst Gustavo Piras Olveira about Wal-Mart de México’s November sales report....
...For years, investors and analysts have asked what Wal-Mart de México y Centroamérica, Mexico’s largest retailer, was doing with a chain of budget restaurants....
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