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Lactalis’s acquisition of Aspen’s infant formula division boosts its potential in Chinese market, says GlobalData

Following Lactalis’s €740m (US$860.1m) purchase of South African-based pharma giant Aspen’s infant formula division, Fiona Dyer, Consumer Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers her view: “After baby milk brands were tainted by a salmonella infection scandal earlier in the year, Lactalis is seeking to win over several-times-bitten Chinese consumers by acquiring […]
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Approval of Keytruda in Europe for first-line use with chemotherapy in lung cancer strengthens the use of PD-1 inhibitors as backbone therapy, says GlobalData

Following FDA approval in August, this week (wk comm 10th Sept) the European Commission (EC) also approved Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD)’s PD-1 blocking antibody, Keytruda (pembrolizumab), for use as a first-line therapy in combination with Eli Lilly’s Alimta (pemetrexed) plus platinum chemotherapy, for patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have no […]
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Oil & Gas, Metals & Mining, and construction are top performers in latest business sector performance analysis 2017, researched by GlobalData

In its latest research, leading data and analytics company GlobalData analyzed the total revenue and profit change of 10 core business sectors that it tracks, based on the performance of the top 25 publicly traded companies in each sector (2017 vs. 2016). Of the 10 sectors, oil & gas, metals & mining, and construction emerged […]
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JD Sports buoyed by expansion abroad, says GlobalData

Following today’s release of JD Sports H1 figures for 2018/19, Amy Higginbotham, Retail Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, comments: ‘‘Although international markets bolstered JD Sports’ performance in H1 2018/19 boosting total revenue to £1,846.3m, its resilient UK business delivered strong growth with sales rising 6.1%, accounting for 51.9% of group revenue. […]
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Prepaid wireless carriers will launch more promotional offers during 2018 than they did in each of the past two years, says GlobalData

Competition among U.S. prepaid mobile service providers has once again heated up. *2016 saw the top five prepaid carriers make numerous promotional service offers to attract new customers, but the total number of offers declined during 2017. However, increased marketing activity has set the stage for the overall number of promotional offers in the prepaid […]
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Over a quarter of consumers influenced by local gastronomy in their holiday destination choice, says GlobalData

Globalization, coupled with a shift in cultural and economic influence from West to East and the boom in travel flows around the world, is resulting in consumers becoming increasingly familiar with and enthusiastic about different food cultures, according to GlobalData a leading data and analytics company. GlobalData’s latest consumer survey for Q3-2018, reveals that 27.6% […]
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Debenhams reaction to press speculation fails to address concerns, says GlobalData

Following today’s (Monday 10 September) release from Debenhams in relation to media speculation over its future, Patrick O’Brien, UK Retail Research Director at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view: ‘‘Debenhams statement reacting to media speculation over its future has singularly failed to address investor concerns. While trying to give reassurance with […]
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