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Which countries dominate the world’s dinner tables?
“THE DESTINY of nations,” wrote Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, an 18th-century French gastronome, “depends on how they nourish...
The Economist
Aug 23, 20191 min read


Investors bet on Peppa Pig bidding war after £3.3bn Hasbro offer
Shares in the owner of cartoon franchises Peppa Pig and PJ Masks on Friday soared above an agreed offer for the company by US toymaker...
Eric Platt and James Fontanella-Khan
Aug 23, 20193 min read


The story of Muji: how minimalist ethos focused on quality and simplicity spawned a global lifestyle
Muji began life as a range of simple household products, sold in Japanese supermarkets, whose name meant ‘no-brand items of good value’...
Julian Ryall
Aug 17, 20196 min read


Perhaps “Slowbalization” Is Exactly What the World Needs
A group of Italians started the Slow Food movement back in the 1980s. Stay away from fast-food restaurants, they urged: Eat local, focus...
John Feffer
Aug 16, 20197 min read


Hey! How would you rate our customer service?
Brands send emails. Brands send, by some estimates, more than half of all the emails that are sent worldwide. The cashier at Urban...
Kaitlyn Tiffany
Aug 15, 20198 min read


Mukesh Ambani’s new record: Reliance Jio now world’s 2nd biggest telecom firm
Just under three years of its operations, Reliance Jio has become the second-largest telecom company in the world, Chairman and Managing...
FE Online
Aug 12, 20192 min read


Why the US dollar is still seen as the world's currency
While there is officially no such thing as a world currency, the U.S. dollar still is the closest thing to being just that. It may no...
Felix Richter
Aug 12, 20191 min read


H&M and Zara Are Closing Stores to Get Ahead
Europe’s fast fashion giants may have been slow to wake up to the threat posed by e-commerce, but it looks more and more like they have...
Geoffrey Smith
Aug 11, 20194 min read


The Alibaba of India is armed with Modi's blessing and is poised to knock Amazon out of the subc
Amazon has a huge market opportunity in India. But government regulations and customer familiarity is favoring local giant Reliance...
Rachel Premack
Aug 2, 20194 min read


The “Zara of small-town India” is unfazed by Walmart and Amazon
Value retail chain 1-India Family Mart likes to call itself the Zara of small-town shoppers. The comparison with the Spanish fast-fashion...
Sangeeta Tanwar
Jul 24, 20194 min read
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