In BIG PICTURE NEWS, we see a world without nuclear arms control, who is raking it in from enacting Trump's plans, India tariffs get slashed, France passes a budget and oil and precious metals are all over the place. In BUSINESS, EMPLOYMENT & CONSUMER NEWS, American brands lose their lustre, UK manufacturing growth accelerates, the US jobs report gets delayed, London gets increasingly out of reach and UK house prices rose in January. In M&A NEWS, SpaceX buys xAI and Devon Energy is to buy Coterra. In MISCELLANEOUS NEWS, Disney slides, Ikea proceeds with its China strategy, China bans Tesla-style…
A look back at the news from the week commencing Monday 26th January 2026...
Thoughts for the week ending June 13th 2025...
Facebook Dating and Chetwood
AB InBev/Tilray and Altria/Juul
Apple in India, John Lewis and Angling Direct
Asos and UK retail
Challenges facing US and UK retailers
Superdry and Revolut
Christmas for UK retailers and China car sales
US retailers and Superdry
Driverless cars and electric scooters
The weekly roundup…
Huawei and Waymo
Wickes and department stores
Altria/Cronos and Ted Baker
G20 and electric driverless trucks
Neflix and Ikea
John Lewis and big tech in healthcare
Pubs and WPP
Black Friday and Loungers
Ikea and Foxconn
Weak oil and weaker retailers
Tencent and Ghosn gone
FAANGs and ciggies
Europe and department stores
B&M and Juul
BAT and Beyond Meat…
Juul and SoftBank unicorns…
Samsung’s bendy phone and Sophos’ shocker…
UK fashion retailers and Papa John’s
More on Trump’s tariffs and UK services…
Trump’s tariffs and Vitality…
Next and Coca-Cola
Amazon Wardrobe and Sports Direct/Evans Cycles
Merkel/Germany and Hitachi Chemical
Brazil and Epic Games/valuation
Europe and Debenhams
US/UK manufacturing and electric cars
Asos and airlines
French cabinet reshuffle and UK supermarkets…
The Saudi Arabian stitch-up and Bitcoin…
Saudi Arabian drama and Uber Eats…
Falling markets and a new Ikea
Bakers and gadgets
Italy vs the EU and Facebook’s Portal
UK real estate and French Connection
Argentina, the IMF and Comcast
Argentina and Next
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