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John Gapper

John Gapper

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The luxury industry is falling from its elevated heights

Labels from Gucci to Burberry are struggling as aspirational shoppers pull back from extravagance

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Hollywood on Thames is a prize for the UK economy

The rejection of a film studio scheme near Marlow bodes ill for the future of creative industries

14.06.2024 8

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Imperial leads the triumph of technology universities

Global science institutions are becoming more powerful as Silicon Valley takes over business

07.06.2024 9

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The Baillie Gifford boycott does more harm than good

Campaigning against the asset manager has shallow logic and will make the literary world poorer

31.05.2024 10

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London’s junior lawyers deserve their £150,000 pay

US law firms in the City of London have raised the benchmark for newly qualified professionals

24.05.2024 50

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Wegovy is becoming too essential for its elite price

As the health benefits of anti-obesity medicines widen, pharma companies need to rethink what they charge

17.05.2024 30

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British pubs are recovering from years of closing time

A revenue revival and the reopening of some locals show that an old institution is adapting

10.05.2024 20

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The strange new economy of all-you-can-eat buffets

Red Lobster is in trouble but luxury feasts with unlimited steak and champagne are thriving

03.05.2024 20

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Diamonds won’t be forever unless miners make them sparkle

The natural jewels have lost their old mystique because carbon crystals can be grown in labs

26.04.2024 50

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The non-dom is dead. Long live the foreign resident

The UK needs a fair and attractive tax regime for wealthy newcomers to replace an imperial anachronism

12.04.2024 10

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Rolex has ended up in a Peruvian pile of bling

A scandal involving president Dina Boluarte shows the drawback of mass luxury Swiss watchmaking

05.04.2024 10

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Donald Trump pioneers the leveraged financial donation

The former US president gained billions on paper this week when his Truth Social media business went public

29.03.2024 20

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Fake Magnum ice cream is too upsetting for Unilever

The consumer goods multinational is separating its ice cream business amid competition from all sides

22.03.2024 10

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Fleet Street’s rotten borough has seized the Telegraph from Abu Dhabi

Conservative politicians and journalists joined forces to block a £600mn acquisition of the news organisation by RedBird IMI

16.03.2024 40

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Elon Musk is in the great tradition of feuding entrepreneurs

Tesla’s co-founder reveals a common nature by picking a legal fight with Sam Altman of OpenAI

08.03.2024 8

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The old empires of cocoa, coffee and tea are fragile

Climate change and attacks on ships in the Red Sea are disrupting supplies of drinks from the global south

23.02.2024 30

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Convenience stores should make more of themselves

Japan is a pioneer of combining retail outlets with pharmacies and support services for ageing shoppers

16.02.2024 20

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WeWork’s distress is an opportunity for Adam Neumann

The financial crisis for office buildings has lured back the prophet of flexible working

11.02.2024 10

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Tesla’s board took a holiday from managing Elon Musk

Company’s directors behaved slackly in giving CEO a $55.8bn pay package and Delaware’s chancery court has rightly intervened

02.02.2024 10

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Succession at LVMH will test the Arnault family’s bonds

The clan that controls the luxury and fashion group is drawing closer to having to make a difficult choice

26.01.2024 40

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The black box that could ease your car insurance problems

As the price of cover rises, more people will adopt technology to watch them driving carefully

19.01.2024 4

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Boeing is not responding to its 737 Max change of course

The near-disastrous accident on an Alaska Airlines flight shows the aerospace company still struggles to improve safety

12.01.2024 9

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Mickey Mouse should help other characters to escape copyright

The hero of Walt Disney’s ‘Steamboat Willie’ has entered the public domain but others deserve their freedom, too

05.01.2024 70

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Rejoice that Santa Claus gives prime delivery to everyone

Macy’s is right to recognise that express lanes and priority fulfilment are not in the Christmas spirit

23.12.2023 6

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Google and Apple’s app stores are cash machines

This week’s antitrust victory for Epic Games may disrupt two lucrative digital outlets

15.12.2023 6

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