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  • Wednesday, 25 December, 2024
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    Fine wine market in the red as Chinese demand dries up

    Prices of top-end Burgundies and vintage Champagnes fall for second straight year

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  • Monday, 23 December, 2024
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    Airlines set for busiest Christmas season on record

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  • Monday, 23 December, 2024
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    Last-minute US spectators on long-haul flights make up almost a third of the Games’ total emissions

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  • Monday, 23 December, 2024
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    What to expect in luxury in 2025

    After a bumpy year, brands will need to prove real value to the highest spenders while also courting the middle class

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  • Monday, 23 December, 2024
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    A softening in the market is a harbinger of things to come — in both equities and the real economy

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  • Sunday, 22 December, 2024
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    Pubs embrace festive boost ahead of tough new year

    Greene King, Marston’s and others hail jump in Christmas bookings but warn of rising costs next year

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  • Saturday, 21 December, 2024
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    The new creative director is known for his emphasis on craft and collaboration

  • Saturday, 21 December, 2024
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    Cereal consumption has been on a slow, soggy decline

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  • Friday, 20 December, 2024
    Starbucks Corp
    Starbucks baristas strike in big US cities as contract talks falter

    Workers launch 5-day protest in Chicago, Los Angeles and Seattle as union and coffee chain remain far apart on pay

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  • Friday, 20 December, 2024
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    ‘Big man to big man’: how the luxury industry is preparing for Trump

    US is biggest market for sector which exports vast majority of products from France and Italy

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  • Friday, 20 December, 2024
    Boohoo.Com PLC
    Boohoo shareholders reject Mike Ashley’s attempt to join board

    Billionaire sportswear tycoon had called for overhaul at fast-fashion retailer

  • Friday, 20 December, 2024
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    British retail sales rebound falls short of expectations

    Supermarkets performed well in November but clothing stores had tough month

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  • Friday, 20 December, 2024
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    China’s Xi urges gambling hub Macau to diversify

    President visits territory to mark 25th anniversary of handover from Portugal

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  • Friday, 20 December, 2024
    Asia-Pacific companies
    Toys R Us Asia celebrates ‘kidult’ Christmas as birth rates in region fall

    Retailer taps nostalgia to sell toys to ageing market and counter falling demand for kids’ products

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  • Friday, 20 December, 2024
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    Cost of UK Christmas dinner up 20% since pre-pandemic

    Price of mince pies and turkey jump driven by energy crisis and supply chain disruption

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  • Thursday, 19 December, 2024
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    Walmart pushes back climate change targets

    World’s largest company by sales acknowledges progress is delayed and it expects to miss its 2030 goals

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  • Thursday, 19 December, 2024
    Life & Arts
    What to watch, listen to and play this Christmas

    The best films, TV, albums and games of 2024 to catch up with over the holidays

  • Thursday, 19 December, 2024
    Soho House Ltd
    Soho House shares surge on offer to take it private

    Approach follows years of stock price struggles for the members’ club

    Andrew Carnie, Soho House’s chief executive
  • Thursday, 19 December, 2024
    Manchester United PLC
    Ratcliffe’s Ineos invests $100mn in Manchester United

    Capital injection completes billionaire’s pledge to invest $300mn into English football club

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  • Thursday, 19 December, 2024
    Wearable technology
    Smart ring start-up Ōura raises $200mn as valuation leaps to $5.2bn

    Finnish company’s growing popularity has led to its sales more than doubling this year

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  • Thursday, 19 December, 2024
    John Gapper
    The great Guinness shortage has lessons for Diageo

    Consumer companies should beware neglecting historic brands in favour of celebrity start-ups

    People enjoy drinking Guinness outside a pub
  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2024
    Shoe Zone Ltd
    UK footwear chain Shoe Zone blames Budget for shop closures

    Shares plunge 40 per cent after retailer halves profit forecast and suspends dividend

    A general view of a Shoe Zone shop in Croydon
  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2024
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    London’s Groucho Club given permission to reopen

    Private members club and media haunt was forced to close by Westminster City Council last month

  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2024
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    Jana Partners should not get its hopes up for a quick exit

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