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Investors tire of ‘copycat’ start-ups

Too many companies trying to emulate Airbnb business model

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Borsa Italiana reaches out to fashion

Chief aims to convince luxury groups to list on stock exchange

An employee loads bobbins of wool on to a creel machine at Axminster Carpets Ltd's factory in Axminster, U.K., on Tuesday, July 12, 2011. The price of wool has surged 35 percent this year, extending gains for a third year and joining rallies in other agricultural commodities from cotton to grains ©Bloomberg From RETAIL 10:50pm

Axminster looks to administrators

More than 400 jobs in East Devon are in jeopardy

From TECHNOLOGY Feb 19, 2013

Samsung bullish on premium TVs

Korean group forecasts 30%-40% market growth this year

From MANAGEMENT Feb 18, 2013

Global brands are now born everywhere

A new breed of emerging-market company is taking on more developed rivals, writes Dominique Turpin

Feb 15, 2013

Philip Green eyes bed chain Dreams

Retail billionaire among several parties through to second round

Feb 15, 2013

Japanese air purifiers are big in China

Sales shoot up amid mounting concerns over pollution

Feb 13, 2013

Reckitt gets taste for Chinese remedy

Oriental Medicine Company purchase helps group to diversify

From LEX Feb 12, 2013

Avon: cosmetic enhancements

Asian and US businesses remain in need of a makeover leaving new chief plenty to do

From LEX Feb 12, 2013

Michael Kors: high expectations

Wildly popular fashion brand risks becoming a victim of its own succes

From LEX Feb 12, 2013

L’Oréal: plain looking

Cosmetics group should be bolder in spending the €1.6bn on its balance sheet

Feb 12, 2013

Avon sees signs of stabilisation

Cosmetics seller sales tumble but income beats expectations

From LEX Feb 12, 2013

Olympus: climbing a mountain

Break-up of company last year would have been a good idea

Feb 11, 2013

Companies hit by Venezuela move

Currency devaluation to affect multinationals

Feb 11, 2013

L’Oréal to buy back shares as sales rise

Cosmetics group outperforms market with 17.6% profit increase

Feb 10, 2013

Lion Capital acquires GHD

Buyout group snaps up hair products company

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The private man behind Dell seeks greater control

Feb 7, 2013

Cartwright out in Burberry board shake-up

Finance director leaves and former BBC man becomes COO

From MEDIA Feb 7, 2013

Magazine sales suffer from the hard cell

Shoppers on mobiles ignore the titles beside the checkout

From LEX Feb 7, 2013

Japan electronics: inspecting gadgets

Sony, Panasonic and Sharp in better shape but far from fixed

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