Dive Brief: WPP entered an agreement with Instacart that provides clients early access to the online grocery platform’s latest ad formats and other perks, per an announcement from the agency. Through the deal, WPP serves as Instacart’s first Analytics API partner with the ability to utilize special analytics and data […]
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Questor: Harworth is a long-term bet on a changed post-Covid world and is worth holding
Update: Resolute Mining/Centamin Sometimes this column really does think that gold miners are more trouble than they are potentially worth. Our view on gold is still being borne out, as the precious metal trades at around $1,900 an ounce, drawing support from ever more frantic calls for fiscal stimulus (and […]
Sports marketing is no longer the safe bet, but bolder brands could win out
With the cancellation of most major events earlier this year, the return of live sports — albeit with some of the “live” parts absent — was supposed to be a lifeline for marketers. Recent weeks have shown that sports, historically one of the safer media bets, are anything but free […]
Itochu’s big bet on China’s Citic puts profit target in jeopardy
TOKYO — While other Japanese trading houses grapple with plunging resource prices, Itochu faces a different sort of risk through its business ties to China, whose economy has just begun to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Itochu in 2015 acquired a roughly 10% interest in Citic, China’s largest state-owned conglomerate, which operates in […]
times could get worse before they get better, but CLS is a solid long-term bet
In keeping with many investors, this column has suffered its share of dividend cuts, deferrals or cancellations, but there have still been some welcome inflows of cash to satisfy the needs of income seekers. CLS Holdings, the FTSE 250 property company, has reaffirmed its plan to pay its 5.05p-a-share final dividend […]