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17 Mar 21

Updated: 18 Mar 21

Starbucks 50yrs
Anniversary blend

Johnson: "50%+ beverage
sales are ice cold varieties"

This month Starbucks reached its 50th Anniversary. To celebrate its birthday, ceo Kevin Johnson announced a limited-edition coffee blend with some breathtaking packaging. Meanwhile, it continues to adapt its personalised beverage service to suit its international, ubiquitous customers, including rapid business delivery

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17 Mar 21

Updated: 18 Mar 21

Würth's wager
wave on safety

Industrial supply giant
stakes triple US play

Germany's $15Bn international industrial supplies giant, Würth confirmed the acquisition of a third and its largest safety supply distributor in the US over the past 6 months.  CEO Dan Hill outlined progress and plans...

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17 Mar 21

Updated: 17 Mar 21

Cintas' resilient
Covid comeback

Health & Safety Services
growth lessens impact

Cintas, the uniform & business services specialist, posted commendable Q3'21 results during Covid and progressed with ceo Scott Farmer's 'Ready for the Workday' strategic direction shift at higher profitability....

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17 Mar 21

Updated: 17 Mar 21

Bytes beats best
growth forecasts

Trading update for new
LSE quoted software firm

Leading UK software house Bytes, that made its London Stock Exchange debut in December, is set to beat market expectations in its full-year trading update to 28Feb'21. CEO Neil Murphy commented on its remarkable progress & new contract wins...

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17 Mar 21

Updated: 17 Mar 21

Samsonite sinks

as travel tanks

US market growth hit by
tariffs, scandal & Covid

Global luggage leader Samsonite reported a spectacular fall in demand as travel bans were enforced across the world. Moreover it was damaged by an internal fraud investigation aftermath and affects of US tariffs on imported products. Can new CEO Kyle Gendreau it turnaround?

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17 Mar 21

Updated: 17 Mar 21

Computacenter

compounds growth

Positive sales outlook for
corporates inc.WFHome

Leading international IT solutions reseller Computacenter reported FY'20 results "substantially ahead" with demand for services strong through Covid. CEO Mike Norris confirmed the value of its personal service teams to WFH & corporate executives

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16 Mar 21

Updated: 16 Mar 21

Diversey dressed
up for $6Bn IPO

Owner Bain Captl active in
hygiene mkt capitalisations

Private Equity powerhouse Bain Capital with ownership positions in hygiene product distributors Imperial Dade & Veritiv is planning an IPO for its cleaning solutions maker Diversey (ex-Sealed Air) with a $6Bn+ valuation

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16 Mar 21

Updated: 17 Mar 21

Kodak collapses
deeper & deeper

Covid accelerates demise
in trad & digital printing

Eastman Kodak continued to report rapidly declining results in Q4'20. Opportunist ceo Jim Continenza appointed in Feb'19 has achieved little to rescue the core business and was notoriously embroiled in the suspicious $765m govt loan to convert facilities into making dodgy drugs

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16 Mar 21

Updated: 16 Mar 21

Preeminent 2021
Packaging trends

Consumer designs lean
into sustainability & nature

Which trends will dominate packaging design in 2021? asks Equator Design director Howard Wright, who then explains those trends that will harness the groundswell of new product innovation and refocused messaging of 2020.

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16 Mar 21

Updated: 17 Mar 21

AMZN Business
sales understated 

Classification excls Direct-
to-User supply since 2006

Amazon Business recenty released annual sales numbers trending at $25Bn worldwide. Based on PPSources we believe these figures hugely underestimate total business supplies GMV inc Micro/SMB's, since it started back in 2006.

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