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Tiffany & Co. has been in a legal battle with the world’s second largest retailer, Costco, since Valentine’s Day 2013. The jeweler’s complaint was pretty clear to understand: Costco had labeled diamond rings in its stores “Tiffany” ... -
Facebook might lose teen interest – but the company has a trump card
With two billion monthly active users, Facebook is the biggest social network in the world by large margin. Still, not everything is rosy for the Silicon Valley giant: according to a new report by EMarketer, the company will see a decline in teenage users across the ... -
Google’s sweet new operating system gets a name
Google’s latest Android operating system update finally has a name in keeping with the confectionary-based language of the product’s past. Known, until now, as Android O, the platform will be called Oreo. It follows on from Nougat, Marshmallow, Lollipop, ... -
Carnival Corp is saving the world ahead of schedule
Carnival Corp is the world’s largest cruise line operator, and it’s committed to eliminating the damage that the industry causes to the environment. The first step on that journey is to reduce its carbon footprint by 25% over five years to 2020. But in ... -
Facebook in China? Not exactly
Facebook might be banned in China, but that hasn’t stopped the social network market leader quietly launching an app there in May. The app in question is not Facebook’s eponymous social networking app, nor is it anything to do with either of the ... -
Denim’s back – great news for Nike?
Accessible sports apparel and fashion seller, Nike, might be in for a run of good luck. According to global financial services company UBS, jeans are on their way back in. A research note the company sent out says that as the athleisure trend “moves past its ... -
Eurofins expanding into Japanese market
Eurofins Scientific, the global laboratory group that services the pharmaceutical, food testing, and environmental analytics industries, has pushed further into Japan with two new acquisitions. The companies in question, Japan Analytical Chemistry Consultants Co. ... -
Givaudan to partner with IMCD for Western European distribution
Global flavor and scent market leader Givaudan has announced a new and exclusive distribution partnership with IMCD – a leading distributor of specialty chemicals and food ingredients. Givaudan thinks that IMCD – with whom it has been working to profile ... -
Is Activision becoming the Disney of the 21st Century?
World-leading video game developer Activision Blizzard is on a tear this year, and investors are responding as you might imagine: the company’s share price is up more than 68%, year to date. Dominion has long considered the video game sector to be an emerging ... -
Could a new Dino push Ferrari into pole position?
Should Ferrari embrace a lower-cost model to bring in new drivers and help swell the company’s top and bottom lines over the next five years? That’s a question that has divided senior decision makers at the exclusive motor brand recently, as they debate ... -
Zalando sees investment as the route to success
Online fashion retailer Zalando is taking a page out of ecommerce heavyweight Amazon’s book. The smaller company says that it expects growth in the region of 20% to 25% throughout 2017. However, its profit margin on an adjusted earnings basis will be “in ... -
H&M bucks trends: upmarket, slow fashion
Fast fashion powerhouse Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) will debut a new line at the end of the month: Arket. This line, which will come with its own set of stores, will be launched on 25 August in London, and it’s a step sideways from some of the things ... -
Tencent smashes forecasts in best-ever quarterly results
China’s biggest gaming and social media company, Tencent, has soundly beaten analysts’ expectations with its earnings for the second quarter of 2017. Perhaps more impressively, the company has not only continued a lengthy streak of success, but actually ... -
Dufry embraces cruise retail with center of excellence
Duty Free retail giant Dufry has announced plans to establish a Center of Excellence for the cruise and ferry retail market in Miami. Currently, the division only makes up about 2% of Dufry’s revenue, but the company says it is a “strategic growth ... -
Donald Trump unloads on Amazon – but it could be a good thing
President Donald Trump is no stranger to controversy. In yet another headline making tweet, the leader of the free world has been causing turmoil in markets again. This time, the object of his ire is Amazon, the ecommerce titan that now accounts for 43% of all ... -
Inditex pushes into Belarus fashion market
Spanish fast fashion expert Inditex has opened its first stores for its flagship brands in Minsk, Belarus. The company will now be selling clothing from its Zara, Pull & Bear, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Stradivarius, Oysho, and Zara Home labels in the Dana Mall in ... -
Has Tinder made online dating cool?
Seventeen years ago, online dating was not a new concept – Match.com launched in 1995. But it was also not a ‘cool’ concept. The widespread belief at the time was that going online to find love represented a failure, and those that did so must be ... -
Marriott launches ‘Golden Rule’ campaign
Marriott International has debuted a new advertising campaign that seriously updates its brand marketing. The company’s new advertisements – collectively called ‘Golden Rule’ – focus on its four “classic select” brands: ... -
PayPal makes a play for top female talent
Over the last month, a light has been shined yet again on diversity in Silicon Valley. This time, the spark of controversy was lit by a Google employee who penned a memo questioning the extent to which inherent differences between men and women may explain the ... -
Earlier this month, global catering titan Compass Group made an announcement that is sure to play well amongst their more ethically concerned clients: the company is pursuing sustainably sourced salmon in the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. And this contract is just ... -
Three reasons the Starbucks story hasn’t finished in the U.S.
If you listen to some commentators, global coffeehouse kingpin Starbucks is now seeing growth peter out in its domestic market, the U.S. There are some compelling factors for agreeing with them – the company now has 13,000 stores in the country, and the ... -
JD.com beats the street on revenue in Q2
JD.com, second only to Alibaba in size, is a dominant force in the Chinese ecommerce space, and it recently released earnings results for its second quarter. The company beat its own guidance and smashed analysts’ expectations on revenue, which came in at 93.2 ... -
Burberry boss to embark on cost-cutting spree
When he was installed in the role of Burberry CEO some 40 days ago, Marco Gobbetti had two clearly defined tasks: return the company’s sales to growth, and cut £100 million in costs by 2019. Well, Burberry did see its sales return to growth at the end of ... -
Anta Sports sees biggest ever six-month profit
Chinese sportswear retailer Anta Sports has reported its biggest ever six-month profit for the first half the year. The company said that sales of its kids’ product line soared, and a promising showing on the ecommerce front, drove performance. The company ... -
Is Abbott Laboratories planning to sell off its nutritional wing?
Medical products supplier Abbott Laboratories has a problem: its nutritional products segment, which makes Similac infant formula amongst other things, is not performing the way that the company would like. Originally billed as a growth engine for the Chicago-based ... -
Samsonite sees online sales opportunities in India
Global luggage market leader Samsonite is planning to push its online business to new heights in India. According to the company’s president of Asia Pacific, Subrata Dutta: "In India, online sales contribution is 8 per cent whereas on a global scale, ... -
MasterCard sets its sights on Millennial spenders
According to MasterCard’s chief financial officer, Martina Hund-Mejean, the internationally recognized credit card company is increasingly targeting Millennial spenders. There are some compelling reasons for doing so: according to Experian PLC, the average ... -
Puma embraces artificial intelligence in partnership with Lumo Bodytech
Sporting apparel maker Puma is entering the world of high tech training thanks to a recent partnership with Lumo Bodytech. Lumo, which has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) platform for smart sensors and software that allows athletes to optimize performance ... -
Luxury Institute: “Tiffany is no pretender”
Macy’s, Sears, and J.C. Penney have all struggled with shrinking growth over the last twelve months, as their brick-and-mortar operations fail to compete against the steamroller effect of ecommerce – a proposition that offers more choice, more ... -
How one town is crucial to the leather goods industry
Two leather bags: made by different luxury companies, and bought in different hemispheres of the world – what do they have in common? Amongst the obvious fashion appeal, the answer may surprise you: they were probably made next to one another. The town of ...
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Tiffany & Co. just won a $19.4 million lawsuit against Costco – but the real value is in brand protection
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Facebook might lose teen interest – but the company has a trump card
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Google’s sweet new operating system gets a name
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Carnival Corp is saving the world ahead of schedule
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Facebook in China? Not exactly
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Denim’s back – great news for Nike?
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Eurofins expanding into Japanese market
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Givaudan to partner with IMCD for Western European distribution
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Is Activision becoming the Disney of the 21st Century?
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Could a new Dino push Ferrari into pole position?
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Zalando sees investment as the route to success
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H&M bucks trends: upmarket, slow fashion
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Tencent smashes forecasts in best-ever quarterly results
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Dufry embraces cruise retail with center of excellence
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Donald Trump unloads on Amazon – but it could be a good thing
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Inditex pushes into Belarus fashion market
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Has Tinder made online dating cool?
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Marriott launches ‘Golden Rule’ campaign
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PayPal makes a play for top female talent
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Compass Group goes green
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Three reasons the Starbucks story hasn’t finished in the U.S.
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JD.com beats the street on revenue in Q2
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Burberry boss to embark on cost-cutting spree
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Anta Sports sees biggest ever six-month profit
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Is Abbott Laboratories planning to sell off its nutritional wing?
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Samsonite sees online sales opportunities in India
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MasterCard sets its sights on Millennial spenders
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Puma embraces artificial intelligence in partnership with Lumo Bodytech
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Luxury Institute: “Tiffany is no pretender”
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How one town is crucial to the leather goods industry
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China’s AI market leader shares plans to conquer the sector
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Halma uses two acquisitions to increase medical capabilities
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Live Nation beats the street to deliver a crowd pleaser
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Kering and Alibaba join forces in the fight against counterfeiting
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Ctrip and Baidu team up to translate for tourists
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L’oreal: the next big cosmetics trend could be makeup for guys
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Amazon’s retail genius: secret brands
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For Ferrari, size might matter
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Burberry and the Beast?
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WPP snaps up Snapchat ads – but Facebook still reigns supreme
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Marriott beats the street and makes a play for China
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Tencent share price hits all time high
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Some brands are scared of China – not Starbucks
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Polypipe sees record performance in first half of 2017
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The latest victims of climate change: iron and protein
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Google courts the esports crowd in a unique way
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Global Payments sees strong second quarter
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Tetra Tech sets new records with third quarter earnings
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U.S. jobs report beats expectations
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Activision Blizzard smashes analysts’ expectations, raises forecast
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YNAP beats expectations thanks to smartphone sales
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Cognizant sees 86.5% profit growth from last year
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Take Two Interactive rides Grand Theft Auto to the bank
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Delphi Automotive raises forecasts on back of strong quarter
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Ferrari’s profit accelerates, leaves share price behind
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Burger King extends delivery deal with Just Eat
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Alphabet looks to solve renewable energy’s storage problem
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Cognex sees record quarterly revenue in Q2
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IDEXX Laboratories beats the street on revenue and earnings
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Xylem sees solid second quarter of 2017
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Economic Outlook for August 2017
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Amadeus shares continue to soar as company reports first half results
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Dufry’s organic growth hits 5-year high thanks to UK
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Mixed results send Nielsen’s share price up
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Investors still fail to understand Jeff Bezos’ strategy for Amazon
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Expedia beats expectations in Q2, delivers $2.6 billion revenue
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Just Eat sees more profit, raises guidance
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Hexagon expects growth to pick up in a lucrative market
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Baidu beats the street as it caps expenditure
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Moncler sees 18% revenue growth in first half of 2017
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Kering outperforms expectations to deliver record growth in first half of 2017
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KION Group sees continued success in Q2
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Facebook made more money in Q2 and promises to spend less. Shares jump.
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Las Vegas Sands beat expectations in Q2, Macau rebound in full swing
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LVMH reports ‘robust’ first half of the year
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PayPal raises forecast on back of positive quarter
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New Oriental Education continues meteoric rise, beats estimates
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Facebook TV – coming next month?
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Domino’s beats expectations at home and overall, but lags overseas
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World’s biggest caterer sees 3.9% organic growth
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Can Louis Vuitton break the Chinese ecommerce market alone?
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Alphabet revenue climbs 20% in Q2 – shares trend down
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Marriott implements 48-hour cancellation policies
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Match Group speaks out about Net Neutrality
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Internet ‘Big 3’ poised for biggest test: living up to their reputations
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Richemont sees future in leather goods
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Hermes remains “ambitious” when it comes to revenue growth
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Citrix for sale? Maybe not
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China’s ambitious plan to become the artificial intelligence global leader
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H&M ends monthly sales reports on a high note
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Does Amazon want to push further into your kitchen?
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Live Nation’s ‘Diddy’ documentary hits top spot on iTunes
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Facebook to start monetizing news
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Puma picks up the pace with yet another forecast update for 2017
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Amadeus sets out vision for future of travel
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Rémy Cointreau sees first quarter sales rise 10%
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ANTA Sports Products collaborates with the Economist to uncover what drives China’s athletic apparel sales
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Nielsen sheds light on Generation Z and Millennials
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Kering aims to double revenue at Saint Laurent
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Novartis beats estimates, considers eye care unit spin off
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Lloyd’s estimates global cyber attack could cost $121.4 billion
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Oxford University: governments propagandise social media
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LVMH partners with Polimoda to deliver leather goods training
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Xylem Inc.: it’s time to rebuild America’s water infrastructure
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Activision Blizzard builds professional eSports league around Overwatch
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ClubCorp agrees to acquisition by Apollo Global Management LLC.
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China moves slowly on smart speakers
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Global Payments joins partnership to establish Payment Innovation Hub in Barcelona
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Facebook steps up monetization with ads in marketplace
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Starbucks puts coffee on tap
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Google lets Dandelion go free
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WPP looks to offset Brexit with western European acquisitions
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When it comes to the digital world, does size matter?
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Burberry sees stellar sales in China
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Just Eat: Britain needs more curry chefs!
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Live Nation Switzerland acquires Europe’s leading hip-hop event
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Yellen’s language hints concern over subdued inflation
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LVMH hopes to take a bite out of Apple’s business
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Amazon Prime so popular it cost U.S. $10 billion last Tuesday?
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Givaudan digs deep for dairy: acquires Vika
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Raymond James: Nike’s Instagram deal could send share price up 20%
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Starbucks embraces the rainbow for Pride
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MasterCard has its sights set on Africa
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Eurofins acquires Amatsigroup, furthers biopharmaceuticals lead
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Video games forecast to grow 7.7% this year, hit $130 billion by 2020
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L’Oreal’s incredible long-term growth story
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Volatile weather “new normal” in world beset by global warming
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Can Amazon Prime become more popular than cable TV?
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Tencent bringing Honour of Kings to the west
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What makes Ulta Beauty more attractive than its rivals?
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Just Eat finds new CEO: former Moneysupermarket boss
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Barracuda Networks teams with CMS to expand operation in UK
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Google’s DeepMind finds way around academic brain drain
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France to ban all petrol and diesel cars by 2040
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Is “50 to 75” the new “18 to 30”?
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Zalando forms JV with Bestseller to own FashionTrade.com
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Big pharma battles the bulge – but where’s the profit?
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Domino’s continues to deliver pizza with a tech edge
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Are Visa and MasterCard looking to Denmark for possible acquisition?
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Burberry welcomes new CEO
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China questions “addictiveness” of top Tencent game
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Starbucks reiterates premium focus with historic Kyoto café
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China keeps tight reins on internet access
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Pandora’s plans for US retail
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Can artificial intelligence grow China’s economy by 26% to 2030?
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Nike looks to social media for fashion sales
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Antitrust authorities eye up Facebook
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Assa Abloy acquires Atlantic Door Control
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Economic Outlook for July 2017
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Nike beats the street, confirms Amazon deal
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H&M sees surprise profit rise
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Novartis signs deal with Vectura to deliver generic U.S. lung therapy
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Can Amazon become the number one digital advertising player?
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Earth has three years to reduce causes of global warming
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Essilor’s CEO talks Luxottica deal
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World reels from second groundbreaking hack of the year
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Amazon and Google go to war over smart homes
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Live Nation spends $2 million on ‘pop-up’ events
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Tencent’s freemium model sets it apart, and still has room to grow
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ViaSat’s share price ‘rockets’ on back of successful launch
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FedEx smashes analysts’ expectations
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Mandarin Oriental continues to realise value from real estate
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Starbucks focuses on food
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Tiffany makes play for female empowerment with HardWear collection
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WPP CEO talks Silicon Valley, Brexit, and branding
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Competitive video gaming passing major milestones
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JD.com wants to bring luxury e-tail to the east
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The secret to Ulta Beauty’s success? Omnichannel done right!
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Could climate change dent productivity?
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Is Nike about to sell directly on Amazon?
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What you need to know about Activision Blizzard’s E3
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Potential sale sends Hexagon higher
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Delphi could be just what Intel needs
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Brown Forman celebrates Early Times bourbon with “special expression”
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Xylem’s 2016 sustainability report published
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Ctrip enters partnership with Melia Hotels
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Millennials exert their influence on luxury market
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Could the Internet of Things propel Skyworks even higher?
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Is Trump tough on Big Pharma? No way!
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TripAdvisor returns to TV
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Alibaba looks to U.S. small businesses to trade online
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Carnival Cruise Line updates HUB app with more great features
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Will media companies turn on Facebook?
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LVMH CEO fears ‘scary’ global crisis – but long-term optimist
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PayPal’s Dan Schulman on the company’s future
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Google outlines plans to suppress terrorist propaganda
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Fast fashion is speeding up
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Cognizant Technology Solutions to acquire TMG Health
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Amazon buys Whole Foods for $13.7 billion
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Nike experimenting with ‘local’ theme
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EA is so pleased with progress, boss sees 19% rise in compensation
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Wolters Kluwer makes play for trade secrets legal business
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Alphabet joins the pharmaceutical industry?
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Inditex sees profits rise by 18% in first quarter
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MasterCard’s innovative approach to travel
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Is L’Oreal selling The Body Shop?
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FED goes ahead with rates hike – one more planned for later this year
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Mcommerce will drive AI uptick in retail
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Historic exhibition charts Caterpillar’s transformation into an iconic brand
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Pandora’s President of the Americas talks retail
