McDonald's pitches big burger

Article Abstract:

The article discusses the French unit of McDonalds' marketing of a new burger called "Le 280 Grammes," a burger that is twice the size of a Big Mac. The company wants to bring the burger back to France after a countrywide scare last fall about a batch of potentially tainted meat on supermarket shelves. The firm's French beef sales increased roughly 9% in the first quarter, versus a year earlier.

Eating places, Food Services and Drinking Places, Geographic, Restaurant industry, Restaurants, McDonald's Corp., MCD

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Gucci's business model faces test as its stars quit: without de Sole and Ford, is fashion house capable of changing its stripes?

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Industry leaders are watching the House of Gucci to see whether the departure of chief executive Domenico de Sole and designer Tom Ford would impact the luxury clothing company's business structure. Ford and de Sole left the firm after a power struggle with Pinault-Printemps-Redoute, Gucci's majority owner.

Strategy & planning, Production management, Executive changes & profiles, APPAREL AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS, Planning, Officials and employees, Company business planning, Luxuries

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Gucci launches makeover of its designer strategy: no-name team to succeed fashion celebrity Tom Ford; can the brand alone sell?

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Pinault Printemps Redoute S.A., the majority owner of Gucci Group NV, has shifted creative control to an as-yet unknown team of designers, banking on the brand's customer loyalty rather than celebrity employees.

Netherlands, Personnel administration, Human resource management, Company personnel management, Gucci Group N.V.

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