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Chanel profit tumbles as luxury industry downturn hits sales
Chanel profit tumbles as luxury industry downturn hits sales
[PARIS] Chanel profit plunged last year as the closely held company splurged on expanding its retail network and marketing to remain visible amid a luxury industry downturn. Operating profit...
CDL posts S.9 billion in Q1 sales revenue in Singapore property development
CDL posts S$1.9 billion in Q1 sales revenue in Singapore property development
[SINGAPORE] Property developer City Developments (CDL) posted sales revenue of S$1.9 billion for its property development segment in the Singapore market in the first quarter of 2025, driven by...
Guinness-owner Diageo plans cost cuts, asset sales to reduce debt
Guinness-owner Diageo plans cost cuts, asset sales to reduce debt
[BENGALURU] Diageo unveiled a plan on Monday (May 19) to cut US$500 million in costs and make substantial asset disposals by 2028, as the maker of Johnnie Walker whisky...
ByteDance aims to match Meta sales in 2025 as TikTok gains steam
ByteDance aims to match Meta sales in 2025 as TikTok gains steam
Its flagship Chinese video platform Douyin is grappling with waning consumption and advertising spending across the world’s second-largest economyPublished Fri, May 16, 2025 · 11:10 AM[HONG KONG] ByteDance is...
Geely profits surge on record sales as reshuffle underway
Geely profits surge on record sales as reshuffle underway
[HONG KONG] Geely Automobile Holdings, the Hong Kong-listed unit of billionaire Li Shufu’s sprawling auto empire, said that first-quarter profit surged as sales climbed and it continued on a...
April new home sales dip 9% month on month to 663 units, but are double year-ago levels
April new home sales dip 9% month on month to 663 units, but are double year-ago levels
[SINGAPORE] Developers in Singapore sold 663 private homes in April, down 9 per cent from the month before, but up 120 per cent from the 301 units a year...
Nissan is rolling out big cuts. Turning around sales will prove harder
Nissan is rolling out big cuts. Turning around sales will prove harder
[TOKYO] Nissan’s new chief executive Ivan Espinosa faces an uphill task turning around the troubled Japanese automaker with no guarantee it can reverse sliding top-line sales, analysts said, even...
US: Stocks mostly rise ahead of retail sales data
US: Stocks mostly rise ahead of retail sales data
Published Thu, May 15, 2025 · 06:12 AM[NEW YORK] Wall Street stocks finished mostly higher on Wednesday following a choppy session as markets look ahead to key US retail sales and...
Burberry to cut 1,700 jobs as sales drop
Burberry to cut 1,700 jobs as sales drop
[LONDON] Burberry Group plans to cut almost one-fifth of its work force as its new chief executive officer tries to turn around the British trench-coat maker, after its push...
BYD tops Singapore vehicle sales so far this year, replacing Toyota
BYD tops Singapore vehicle sales so far this year, replacing Toyota
In the first four months of 2025, BYD sold 3,002 cars, or 20% of total vehicle sales in SingaporePublished Wed, May 14, 2025 · 04:03 PM[SINGAPORE] China’s BYD became...