Barbour's designer collabs made the 129-year-old wax jacket cool for Gen Z.
Barbour hit record sales by partnering with Gucci and Ganni; revenue rose nearly 20% to £343M, and a Japan licensing deal targeted ¥10B in five years.
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Barbour hit record sales by partnering with Gucci and Ganni; revenue rose nearly 20% to £343M, and a Japan licensing deal targeted ¥10B in five years.
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Lire le casA hobbyist paired commenter prompts with ChatGPT scripts and Midjourney images; the TikTok account reached 27,000 followers and a video hit 1.7M views.
Lire le casDerivatives losses wiped out Gulf Bank's capital in 2008; a CBK-ordered rights issue with a KIA backstop and new management brought it back to profit by 2011.
Lire le casHasbro rebooted its faded pony line as a story-driven cartoon in 2010; it drove a 21% girls-sector revenue jump in 2014 and turned 'bronies' into a market.
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Lire le casAfter 25 years of mediocre Sonic games, Sega gave the mascot to indie fans from the ROM-hack scene; Sonic Mania was the return to form.
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Lire le casAfter 18 months without a Series B or clear monetization, Attic Labs moved Noms into Salesforce's Quip collaboration platform while keeping it open source.
Lire le casFacing a regulator-owner conflict, Australia sold 100% of health insurer Medibank in a November 2014 IPO that raised A$5.7B and went 60% to retail investors.
Lire le casThird-generation Andrea Illy led illycaffè from 29 to 140 countries and grew revenue by over 130%.
Lire le casStefan Fuchs took over the family lubricant maker in 2004 at 35, flanked by a senior deputy CEO; market value later passed €5 billion.
Lire le casFord revived the 1990s Puma coupe name in 2019 as a compact crossover; it became the UK's best-selling car and passed one million units by 2026.
Lire le casDaimler walked away after recall coverups; Mitsubishi Motors took a ¥540bn group rescue, rebuilt around Asia and new models, and was profitable again by 2007.
Lire le casAfter the pandemic nearly killed it, GuruHotel used GPT-4 to cut hotel-profile production from seven days to 60 minutes.
Lire le casDana Gas refused to redeem a $700m sukuk in 2017, settled with creditors, fully redeemed the debt, and swung to a record $317m 2021 profit.
Lire le casWhile rivals cut marketing in the downturn, Priceline kept boosting online spend behind Booking.com and grew international bookings sharply.
Lire le casWith a 17% stake, Oasis Management replaced three Fujitec outside directors with four of its nominees; the new board then unseated the chairman.
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