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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The pandemic forced grocery online; Ocado's automated warehouses scaled where rivals couldn't, lifting FY2020 core earnings 69%.
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Lire le casDubai'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
Lire le casAfter a seven-year US hiatus, FUBU relaunched via a Century 21 deal and a wave of licensing categories
Lire le casAkio Toyoda took over a loss-making, recall-hit Toyota in 2009 and steered it to Japan's first-ever ¥5 trillion operating profit.
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Lire le casAfter 2017 emergence, Avaya shifted from on-prem hardware to OneCloud subscriptions; recurring revenue rose 275% and it logged five growth years.
Lire le casAfter 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.
Lire le casThe 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.
Lire le casThe North Face straddled outdoor gear and streetwear, adding loyalty and data, and hit $3.2B sales with 33% global growth in its best year.
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Lire le casFCA 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.
Lire le casFalguni 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.
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Lire le casProvenge, the first FDA-approved cancer immunotherapy, drowned under its converts. A court-run sale to Valeant ended with Sanpower paying nearly double in 2017.
Lire le casBasic Fun became Care Bears' master toy licensee in 2019, betting on a heritage property with over $1B in peak toy sales.
Lire le casAnu 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.
Lire le casHiroshi 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.
Lire le casAlibaba 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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