ZEENAT MOORAD: Take Elon Musk with a grain of salt
The billionaire entrepreneur’s penchant for outlandish statements has reached a new high – or is it low?
ZEENAT MOORAD: Jumia's start-up to unicorn story
Is it really African if it was founded by two Frenchmen, is registered as a German company and has its headquarters in Dubai?
ZEENAT MOORAD: Retail giant Debenhams bows out
Another day, another department store on the brink of bust. Plans have been finalised for Debenhams to be handed over to its lenders
ZEENAT MOORAD: Kellogg rejigs and sharpens its focus
To sharpen its focus on just snacks and cereals, Kellogg has sold off a swathe of biscuit brands for $1.3bn
ZEENAT MOORAD: Denim icon Levi Strauss goes public
Levi’s has become cool again. Last Thursday its shares opened at $22.20, giving the company a market value of $8.6bn
ZEENAT MOORAD: Lessons from billionaire Barbie
Barbie is one of the most iconic toys in the world with a billion-dollar brand with $1.09bn in annual revenue
ZEENAT MOORAD: The great office dress-down
To cater to its younger workers and ones they’re trying to recruit, Goldman Sachs has instituted a firm-wide flexible dress code
ZEENAT MOORAD: Where there’s smoke
BAT, Philip Morris and Japan Tobacco ordered to pay damages of $12.8bn after losing an appeal of class actions filed by Quebec smokers
ZEENAT MOORAD: Kraft Heinz’s existential crisis
The global consumer group, one of billionaire Warren Buffett’s largest investments, last week released a barrage of news — all of it bad
ZEENAT MOORAD: Don’t touch my rooibos
There is a close relationship between food and national identity
ZEENAT MOORAD: Picking a fight with the wrong guy
In a stunning blog post, Amazon boss accuses the National Enquirer and its parent company, American Media Inc, of extortion and blackmail
ZEENAT MOORAD: Starbucks boss for president?
Howard Schultz, who’s taking the compassionate businessman stance, says that he will lead the country with people as the priority
ZEENAT MOORAD: What’s behind the dearth in mergers?
Locally there were fewer megadeals in 2018 thanks to the economy’s dismal performance and the risk-off sentiment towards emerging markets in general
ZEENAT MOORAD: The stubble bubble, beard trends and that Gillette ad
Gillette’s risky bet with its new ad referencing the #MeToo movement and ‘toxic masculinity’ is proof of the length to which brands will go to stand out
ZEENAT MOORAD: More to rise and fall of Carlos Ghosn than meets the eye
Ghosn categorically denies all the accusations against him and has been detained for 50 days in a cell measuring about 5m by 3m
ZEENAT MOORAD: Bigger, better, cashierless Amazon
The global powerhouse is said to be testing cashierless technology for bigger stores
ZEENAT MOORAD: Are millennials fussy, or just fishy?
According to a study, millennials are shunning cereal as a breakfast choice because it is ‘inconvenient’
ZEENAT MOORAD: Dolce & Gabbana’s racism debacle may cost it dearly
Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana this past week found itself embroiled in a racism debacle
ZEENAT MOORAD: Ghosn, going, gone
Nicknamed ‘Le Cost Killer’ after reviving French carmaker Renault, Carlos Ghosn’s story is a spectacular fall from grace
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