Ocado's robot warehouses proved themselves in 2020: core earnings up 69%
The pandemic forced grocery online; Ocado's automated warehouses scaled where rivals couldn't, lifting FY2020 core earnings 69%.
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2,000 VERÖFFENTLICHTE FÄLLE · REGELMÄSSIG AKTUALISIERTAther Energy localized EVs before India had an EV playbook
Ather made localization the answer to India’s missing EV standards and supply chain, reaching 90%+ local content by 2024.
Fall lesenEmirates NBD bought Turkey's DenizBank at a lira discount to build a pan-regional bank
Dubai's biggest lender bought Sberbank's Turkish unit as Russia retreated, renegotiated $400m off the price after the lira crashed, and closed in July 2019
Fall lesenFUBU's founders revived the defunct streetwear brand on licensing, not stores
After a seven-year US hiatus, FUBU relaunched via a Century 21 deal and a wave of licensing categories
Fall lesenToyota brought back the founder's grandson in 2009, and he led it to record profit
Akio Toyoda took over a loss-making, recall-hit Toyota in 2009 and steered it to Japan's first-ever ¥5 trillion operating profit.
Fall lesenNetflix and DreamWorks revived Voltron in 2016 as a bingeable series
The dormant 1980s robot franchise returned as Voltron: Legendary Defender, was renewed weeks after debuting, and got a Playmates toy line.
Fall lesenA Google engineer built Anker into a global brand from Amazon reviews
A Google engineer quit in 2011, spent a year prototyping batteries, and built Anker into a top charging brand via Amazon reviews — ¥17.5B revenue by 2023.
Fall lesenAvaya exited Ch.11 and rebuilt as a subscription cloud firm, with five growth years.
After 2017 emergence, Avaya shifted from on-prem hardware to OneCloud subscriptions; recurring revenue rose 275% and it logged five growth years.
Fall lesenNordex's turnaround reached a €9M 2024 net profit after 2022's €498M loss
After a €498M 2022 loss and -€244M EBITDA, price and cost discipline plus record €7.5B order intake brought 2024 net profit of €9M and a 4.1% EBITDA margin.
Fall lesenDrake & Scull wrote off 90% of its debt, settled 600 creditors, and relisted in 2024
The contractor behind Louvre Abu Dhabi lost Dh4.5bn in 2018, wrote off 90% of its debt and returned to the Dubai bourse after five years.
Fall lesenThe North Face crossed into streetwear and logged its best year, $3.2B in sales
The North Face straddled outdoor gear and streetwear, adding loyalty and data, and hit $3.2B sales with 33% global growth in its best year.
Fall lesenArnault gave his five children equal stakes in Agache while LVMH lifted his age cap to 85
The LVMH founder locked in equal inheritance among five heirs, extended his own tenure to 85, and left the one question open: who runs it next.
Fall lesenJeep revived the Gladiator pickup in 2019 and it sold out in a day
FCA brought back the 1960s Gladiator nameplate as a midsize pickup; the 4,190-unit Launch Edition sold out in one day and 2020 sales hit 77,542.
Fall lesenA 50-year-old banker's bet made Nykaa India's beauty giant
Falguni Nayar quit banking at 50, bet family money on beauty e-commerce, and rode vertical focus and own brands to a $12.9B listing in 2021.
Fall lesenFacebook kept spending through the 2008 recession and turned its first profit in 2009
Through the downturn Facebook kept hiring and expanding; revenue jumped from $272M in 2008 to $777M in 2009 and it posted its first profit.
Fall lesenDendreon sold its cancer drug in Chapter 11 for $415m; two years later it fetched $820m
Provenge, the first FDA-approved cancer immunotherapy, drowned under its converts. A court-run sale to Valeant ended with Sanpower paying nearly double in 2017.
Fall lesenCloudco licensed Care Bears to Basic Fun to relaunch the nostalgic brand
Basic Fun became Care Bears' master toy licensee in 2019, betting on a heritage property with over $1B in peak toy sales.
Fall lesenThermax's unprepared widow made sure her daughter would never be one
Anu Aga took Thermax over in 1996 with no succession plan and a rough ride; in 2004 she handed the chair to a daughter trained for 14 years.
Fall lesenA failing heir bet the family sake brewery on premium-only Dassai and took on champagne
Hiroshi Sakurai inherited a dying cheap-sake brewery in 1984, killed every line but junmai daiginjo, and built Dassai into Japan's top premium sake export.
Fall lesenAlibaba bought Trendyol for $728M — then rebuilt it into Turkey's e-commerce king
Alibaba took control of Turkey's top fashion marketplace (2018, $728M), added China-scale logistics and capital — and it became Turkey's first decacorn: $16.5B
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