Starbucks’ stumble on Black Lives Matter shows rising stakes for brands in addressing race
Public support of Black Lives Matter has spiked in the wake of mass protests over the police killing of George...
Month: June 2020
North Face, Patagonia, REI boycott Facebook after calls from civil rights groups
Brief: Outdoor goods retailers North Face, Patagonia and REI joined a boycott of Facebook organized by civil rights groups that...
Deutschland despairs as Wirecard becomes ‘the German Enron’
“The last place we expected something like this to happen was Germany,” Peter Altmaier, the German economy minister, said this...
Andrew Bailey struggles to resist the pressures for monetary financing
He refused to vote for the Bank of England’s latest £100bn dollop of quantitative easing. And now Bailey says that...
What will Britain look like if working from home is forever?
“I often can't believe the difference in our mental health and productivity,” says Sara Elsam. “I have lived in cities...
‘Should I leave more in my will to the child that has looked after me in lockdown?’
I am 80 years old and have two children, my daughter who lives close by and my son who lives...
‘We live minutes away from the mansion of the man who lost our money, Neil Woodford’
Struggling B&B owners who lost tens of thousands of pounds investing in Neil Woodford’s failed fund have said living just a three-minute...
Surge in restaurant and hotel bookings as lockdown lifted
Martin Williams, chief executive of Gaucho, added: “There is clearly a groundswell of people who over the last two to...
How the economics of inequality is holding back the UK
A virtuous circle can be created by elevating the position of women in society, evidence suggests. Research by the World...
P&G’s new video ‘The Pause’ addresses LGBTQ bias
Dive Brief: Procter & Gamble is honoring Pride Month with a new 60-second video titled "The Pause" that debuted on...
