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Ocado Retail mulls dry ice alternatives as costs soar
Date: September 13, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) -British online supermarket Ocado Retail is looking into alternatives to dry ice for its food cooling and storage needs as costs soar for the product, it said on Tuesday. The business, an equal joint venture between Ocado Group and Marks & Spencer, uses dry ice when transporting frozen goods to customers. However, the...
How China became big business for Twitter, from blocking to blue checks
Date: September 13, 2022
By Fanny Potkin, Eduardo Baptista and Tony Munroe SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) -Even as China bars 1.4 billion citizens from Twitter, its local authorities are splurging on global advertising on the site, helping make the country the platform’s fastest-growing overseas ad market and one of its largest non-U.S. revenue sources. A Reuters review of publicly available government...
Aldi overtakes Morrisons as UK’s fourth-largest supermarket chain
Date: September 13, 2022
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -German-owned discounter Aldi has overtaken Morrisons to become Britain’s fourth-biggest supermarket group, helped by its popularity during the cost of living crisis, industry data showed on Tuesday. Market researcher Kantar said Aldi’s sales increased 18.7% over the 12 weeks to Sept. 4, taking its UK grocery market share to 9.3%...
UK unemployment hits lowest since 1974 but jobs boom is fading
Date: September 13, 2022
By William Schomberg and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s jobless rate hit its lowest since 1974 but the drop was due mostly to a fall in the size of the workforce and there were other signs that the country’s jobs boom is petering out, adding to the Bank of England’s inflation headache. The unemployment rate...
How investing in diversity and inclusion pays off
Date: September 12, 2022
By Rachael Kinsella, Editor, Writer, Strategic Communications Professional at iResearch Services Investing in diversity and inclusion (DEI) is not only the right thing to do – it is paying off for banking and finance companies in 2022 as well as bringing major business benefits. Rachael Kinsella, Editor in Chief of leading thought leadership specialist, iResearch...
Leveraging Compliance to Mitigate Risk in the Face of Accelerated Transformation
Date: September 12, 2022
By Jason Dess, Senior Managing Director, Global CFO and Enterprise Value Lead for Accenture and Samantha Regan, Managing Director, Strategy & Consulting, NA Risk and Compliance Lead, CFO & Enterprise Value for Accenture Over the past decade, growing uncertainty in our business landscape has reinforced the need for identification and management of risk to meet...