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...additions; Heineken, the Dutch brewer, and Scottish & New Castle, a British pub operator (try to guess why); Canon, the Japanese imaging company, because "worldwide media attention" means fans will want to record the event; Fuji Photo, a Japanese film company (see Canon); Coca-Cola, one of the main sponsors; Tesco, a British takeaway-food retailer; InterContinental Hotels; Puma, the German sports-shoe company, because of "higher-than-average brand awareness" as all sports equipment gets a lift; and Beiersdorf, a German personal-products manufacturer. It seems clear that you could substitute, say, Anheuser-Busch for Heineken or Kodak for Fuji...
...which it hails as one of the world's most enticing growth markets. In January, the Indian government gave upscale retailers a further boost by allowing foreign companies to own a controlling interest of 51% in joint ventures operating "single-brand" stores. Although multinational chains like Wal-Mart and Tesco remain effectively barred from India, the move is expected to make the country more appealing to retailers like Nike and Cartier that sell their brands in exclusive outlets. "I am very, very optimistic about India," says Xavier Bertrand, India general manager for Chanel...
...Sound at the Brit Awards in London last week). But the digital tide has hit - not only in the form of Apple Computer's iPod, but also through mobile-phone features, including ringtones, ringtunes (the actual songs) and ringbacks. Everyone from mobile-phone operators to supermarket chains like Tesco to coffee purveyors like Starbucks is offering online music services. In a recent report titled Digital Rocks!, Bryan, Garnier & Co. analyst Alexander Ivanovitch wrote: "We believe this amounts to a second digital revolution for the music industry, akin to the 1980s transition to CD." Such optimism was unthinkable just...
...Sunday sermons from the raised stone pulpit in the church, preferring instead to speak from a lectern that's at the same height as the congregation. But "there's a tension between what I will and will not do," Christie says. "We are not a religious version of Tesco," the British supermarket chain. That means Whitney Houston songs at funerals are acceptable, but New Age drumming groups in the church hall or Buddhist marriage vows are not. "We're out there competing with everyone else for trust and respect," Christie says, "and that's a good thing on balance." Respect...
...either. Why are so many venerable stores struggling? The reason is that Europeans are changing the way they shop. Once loyal to a single local store, they are becoming avid, American-style comparison-shoppers, sniffing out bargains and variety from a large number of competitors. Stores like Britain's Tesco (which now pulls in half of British shoppers every month) and ASDA (owned by the world's No. 1 retailer, Wal-Mart), and Germany's Aldi (the powerhouse of discounters) use their size as a potent weapon in dealing with suppliers. That in turn enables them to continue lowering prices...