Cavalli is bang on trend
China-facing investors are looking for mid-market fashion houses now that Chinese consumers are becoming…
News round-up: Ambani, Cargill, Logothetis, Batista, Cho
India questions Reliance Industries' payments to politicians, while macadamia sales rocket.
Kwoks In The Dock, But Hong Kong Won’t Change
The conviction of Thomas Kwok on corruption charges is a big moment in Hong Kong, because its tycoons…
Interview: John Mills of JML
All of John Mills' children have worked for his business JML, but only one remains and the company is…
Angela Merkel won’t let tax kill the Mittelstand
There has been a lot of discussion over just how much a new law on inheritance tax will affect German…
Aldi reunited?
The death of Karl Albrecht, one of the brothers who founded Aldi, is leading to changes at the group
What exactly does Ingvar Kamprad own?
When the founder of IKEA disagreed with a Swiss magazine about his worth, it might have seemed a trivial…
News round-up: Koch, Pinault, Cho, Glazer, Mars
The Koch brothers get caught up in the Luxembourg tax scandal; "nut-rage" heiress Heather Cho resigns;…
Alberto Alessi, storyteller
Then Italian designed does more than make fancy corkscrews, he is an expert myth-maker too
When William Salomon died, so did family finance
Bankers are not as hated as they were in the aftermath of the financial crisis, but they are still few…
Who really controls a family business? Ask Sika’s managers
The family owners of Swiss engineering and manufacturing firm Sika have sold the business without asking…
Pinault proves the value of loyalty
When Francois Pinault, the head of the Kering group of luxury brands, appointed Patricia Barbizet as…