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Euromonitor International: Insight

• Japan Tobacco to Acquire Natural American Spirit Outside US

  

  Analyst Insight by Don Hedley - Contributing Analyst Reynolds American Inc. has announced that the international rights to the Natural American Spirit brand name and associated trademarks, along with the international companies that distribute and ma…
  - 1 Oct 15, 1:40pm -
• The Best New Retailing Concepts of 2015

  

  Analyst Insight by Michelle Malison - Retailing Research Associate The retailing team is very pleased to announce the best retail concepts as part of our ongoing research. The best retail concepts were nominated in four categories – grocery, non-gr…
  - 30 Sep 15, 4:00pm -
• The Best Cities for Startups

  

  Listen as MP3 According to the recently released Global Startup Ecosystem Ranking 2015 by Compass, the list of cities ideal for startups is dominated by North American and European cities. However, a few emerging cities cracked the list, including Sa…
  - 30 Sep 15, 1:00pm -
• From Nobel Prize-Winners to Navigating the B2B Digital Landscape

  

  Post originally appeared on IIN Europe website “Stay curious and keep learning. You don’t have to have all the answers all the time,” says Sarah Boumphrey, Head of Strategic, Economic and Consumer Insight at Euromonitor International. “Grasp…
  - 30 Sep 15, 4:00am -
• Generational Differences in Mobile Payment Preferences

  

  One of the most important things to consider when launching a mobile wallet is the end user, and a mobile wallet will rarely find success if it does not cater to the millennial generation. According to Euromonitor International Survey data, there are…
  - 29 Sep 15, 4:00pm -
• White Paper | Cómo entender el impacto del comercio ilícito en las industrias a nivel mundial

  

  Alrededor del mundo, un número cada vez mayor de bienes y marcas se ven afectados por el comercio ilícito, desde productos de consumo tales como vestuario, medicamentos, electrónica y bebidas alcohólicas hasta otras industrias como lubricantes y…
  - 29 Sep 15, 12:44pm -
• White Paper | How to Understand the Impact of Illicit Trade on Business Around the World

  

  Globally, an increasing number of goods and brands are affected by illicit trade, from consumer products like electronics, apparel, pharmaceuticals and alcoholic beverages to other industries such as vehicle lubricants and auto parts. The global valu…
  - 29 Sep 15, 10:00am -
• Introducing the Industry Forecast Model

  

  The Industry Forecast Model is an interactive and highly visual dashboard that places the client in the driver’s seat. The Industry Forecast Model can help your business plan for shifts in economic environments, pressure test strategic plans, measu…
  - 28 Sep 15, 12:56pm -
• Submerging or Emerging Economies?

  

  Follow @SarahBoumphrey Emerging markets may have been getting bad press in recent times but the factors that have underpinned their growth are still real. No one can deny a slowdown is occurring, but the situation is more nuanced than that and commer…
  - 28 Sep 15, 4:00am -
• O sucesso da Drinkfinity, da PepsiCo, no Brasil

  

  Recentemente, a PepsiCo lançou no Brasil o sistema de hidratação Drinkfinity, que inclui uma garrafa de água e cápsulas contendo sabores, vitaminas e nutrientes. O produto se diferencia no estagnado mercado de sucos concentrados no país, que at…
  - 27 Sep 15, 4:00pm -

Reuters: Global Markets

• Pfizer walks away from $118 billion AstraZeneca takeover fight

  

  LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pfizer abandoned its attempt to buy AstraZeneca for nearly 70 billion pounds ($118 billion) on Monday as a deadline approached without a last-minute change of heart by the...
  - 26 May 14, 11:55am -

The Economist: Buttonwood's

• Beware of performance figures

  

  Most funds fail to beat the index. But a lot of funds say they have. There is a simple explanation
  - 15 days ago, 4 Sep 18, 12:27pm -
• Hope I save before I get old

  

  Although we will probably spend 20 years or more in retirement, we don't think about it enough. The third in a series of farewell blogs
  - 15 days ago, 4 Sep 18, 12:27pm -
• The flaws of finance

  

  The sector is essential to the economy. But it is rewarded too highly and imposes wider social costs. The penultimate in a series of farewell blogs
  - 15 days ago, 4 Sep 18, 12:27pm -
• Why don’t foreign investors take fright more often?

  

  Currency moves can wipe out the returns from bond markets. But investors seem not to care
  - 15 days ago, 4 Sep 18, 12:27pm -
• Hope I save before I get old

  

  Although we will probably spend 20 years or more in retirement, we don't think about it enough. The third in a series of farewell blogs
  - 15 days ago, 4 Sep 18, 12:27pm -
• An update from Jeremy Grantham

  

  
  - 15 days ago, 4 Sep 18, 12:27pm -
• The best books on finance and economics

  

  A great book from the late Hans Rosling heads the list. The second in a series of farewell blogs
  - 15 days ago, 4 Sep 18, 12:27pm -
• Snap, chatter and pop goes the share price

  

  Can celebrities move share prices?
  - 15 days ago, 4 Sep 18, 12:27pm -
• Six precepts every investor should remember

  

  The first in a farewell series of blogs
  - 15 days ago, 4 Sep 18, 12:27pm -
• So long, farewell

  

  Three worries and three signs of hope in the final blog post
  - 15 days ago, 4 Sep 18, 12:27pm -

The Guardian: Nils Pratley on Finance

• newAldi and Lidl won't be scared by Tesco's new discount Jack's | Nils Pratley
  Supermarket giant is wise not to bet the farm on its ‘rough copy of Aldi’ – the real battle will be making a profitJack’s, Tesco’s answer to Aldi and Lidl, would have been a good idea 15 years ago. Back then, the German discounting duo, aft…
  - 15 hours ago, 19 Sep 18, 7:31am -
• newThe US-China trade war is unlikely to be settled soon | Nils Pratley
  Trump needs a quick result but is unlikely to get one without drawing in other nationsJack Ma’s prediction that the US-China trade war could last 20 years sounds plausible. At the very least, the Alibaba billionaire’s opening analysis is surely c…
  - 21 hours ago, 19 Sep 18, 1:01am -
• Unilever can't just expect UK fund managers to agree on going Dutch
  The firm wants to incorporate in the Netherlands, but UK shareholders have a duty to make their voice heard About time too. UK fund managers who will decide whether Unilever can go Dutch are starting to stir. David Cumming, the chief investment offic…
  - 2 days ago, 17 Sep 18, 2:16pm -
• John Lewis is far from in a flap, despite these lousy figures | Nils Pratley
  Back in the 1990s the partnership was in a mess. Today’s woes look tame by comparisonA crisis at the John Lewis Partnership? A plunge of 99% in first-half profits to just £1.2m looks terrible, but it’s not like the late 1990s. Back then, there w…
  - 6 days ago, 13 Sep 18, 2:41pm -
• Keith Hellawell's Sports Direct reign comes to a chaotic end | Nils Pratley
  Nobody expected him to tame Mike Ashley but they did expect him to show he was vaguely in the loopNobody would suggest that chairing a public company in which Mike Ashley is the controlling shareholding is easy, but Keith Hellawell, during his nine y…
  - 7 days ago, 12 Sep 18, 2:14pm -
• Unilever's decision to go Dutch should be shot down | Nils Pratley
  The consumer goods company’s case for incorporating in the Netherlands fails to convinceThe grown-up stance, supposedly, is to shrug one’s shoulders at Unilever’s proposal to dismantle its Anglo-Dutch model and incorporate in the Netherlands. W…
  - 8 days ago, 11 Sep 18, 2:01pm -
• Debenhams must be quicker in revealing what's in store | Nils Pratley
  Despite saying it is well equipped for choppy waters the board has to be prepared for fresh stormsPhew, there will be no catastrophe at Debenhams imminently. The department store chain was silly to wait until lunchtime, by which time its share price…
  - 9 days ago, 10 Sep 18, 1:56pm -
• Energy price cap could be a muddle that satisfies no one | Nils Pratley
  Think of the price cap as a command to companies to shed costs – meaning jobsLet’s be generous to the Ofgem chief, Dermot Nolan. He’s produced a respectable fudge, as he was told to. Parliament gave him the tricky job of setting an energy price…
  - 13 days ago, 7 Sep 18, 7:09am -
• Putting workers on the board is a bitter but necessary pill | Nils Pratley
  The IPPR’s proposal will not be popular among directors, but the idea is sound Many of the arguments in the IPPR’s prosperity and economic justice report would probably raise a cheer or two in big British boardrooms. Not every director is a wild…
  - 14 days ago, 5 Sep 18, 2:51pm -
• Keeping Mark Carney at Bank of England is the smart move | Nils Pratley
  Governor carries diplomatic clout and finding a replacement as Brexit approaches is an unwanted headache Mark Carney’s offer to stay did not sound like a desperate attempt to cling to office. In his big reveal to MPs on Tuesday, which came as no su…
  - 15 days ago, 4 Sep 18, 3:51pm -