Hearts on fire, Arsenalify and squeezing the last of the toothpaste from the tube
Planet Business: A good week for emojis, a bad week for vowels
Dalata appoints independent director to board
JD Wetherspoon director Elizabeth McMeikan takes up role
‘Sometimes it just takes that one client to really believe in you’
Inside Track: The Pudding founder Gillian Horan on growing her creative brand agency
That new car smell and other consumer enigmas
Ever wondered how sun cream works or about the curious noise made by an ATM?
Nestlé in talks to sell skincare business for €9bn
Chief executive Mark Schneider is focusing on coffee, water and pet food for growth
Kraft Heinz replaces CEO after $15bn writedown
Bernardo Hees departs as group faces SEC investigation and questions about strategy
Business This Week (April 22nd): results, indicators and meetings
Owner of Penneys and Primark brands to report interim results having previously anticipated first-half revenue growth in all its businesses
Heated razors to smart toothbrushes: Big brands fight back
Household goods makers are having to innovate to win back shoppers from upstart rivals
Colgate predicts lower profits in 2019 as strong dollar bites
World’s biggest toothpaste-maker says net sales likely to be ‘flat or modestly higher’ compared to 2018
Your business week: Davos returns, Ibec ponders future of work
Intel, Ford and Starbucks to report; euro-zone consumer confidence flash also due
TV View: Hitch your bandwagon to McClenaghan’s Pommel Horse
Gold medal performance from Irish gymnast steals the show on Sunday
Colgate’s sales disappoint despite price cuts
Even though Colgate spent nearly 13% more on advertising and cut prices in Europe and North America, organic sales stagnated
CRH results likely to be affected by poor weather
Business This Week: results, indicators and meetings
The major business events coming up in the week ahead
For Your Diary: EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards; CPL AGM; Irish retail sales
European traders soothed as Spanish crisis eases
Global shares fluctuate ahead of release of minutes for federal reserve’s policy meeting
The best travel beauty products: ‘I haven’t been stopped yet’
Two lipsticks, one moisturiser – and no, foundation stick is not a paste
Museum of Failure dofs its cap to brave innovators
Businesses spent $20 billion on R&D in 2016 – but success can prove elusive
From Colgate lasagne to Crystal Pepsi: visit the Museum of Failure
Swedish museum has taken the most abject commercial failures and put them on show – we can all learn a lesson from Zune, Apple Pippin, TwitterPeek and Nokia N-Gage
The major business events happening this week
For Your Diary: McDonald’s results; Irish Times tax summit; retail sales; AbbVie results; marketing conference
U2 earn $55m in 12 months, according to Forbes
One Direction the highest paid European celebrities, taking in $110m despite hiatus
When it comes to customers, it pays to get emotional
Innovators know success is not just about solving problems – context matters
British feared Irish takeover of Australia in 1916
Loss of conscription referendum in late 1916 led to panic over ‘rebel Irish and syndicalists’
US fourth-quarter GDP growth revised up; profits dive
GDP increased at a 1.4% annual rate instead of the previously reported 1% pace
Back to the future: beating bonds by going for equities
Defensive consumer franchise stocks can provide consistent, reliable growth
North and South: a tale of two grocery bills
It might be time to break for the Border again: as our comparisons show, shoppers in the Republic pay much more for groceries than those in the UK
One Direction: What makes them beautiful
They went from X Factor also-rans to the world’s biggest boyband in the space of three years, but how did they do it? We chart the rise of Liam, Louis, Harry, Zayn and Niall from giddy teenagers to chart-topping superstars ahead of their Croke Park gigs
US regulators raise concerns about antibacterial soaps
Long-term usage may have negative effects, says FDA
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