Author: Gabriella
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Mexican GP Practice Analysis
Formula One returns to Mexico City and is greeted by fervent fans and a brilliant track. Analysis only of FP1 this week due to the Pirelli tyre test. Ferrari – A 1-2 in the first practice session is promising for Ferrari’s Mexico prospects with both drivers putting in strong lap times on throughout the session.…
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The dominance of Walmart (and a bit of Asda)
Walmart, the international retail conglomerate that shaped the face of US retail, creating the idea of a massive superstore as a go-to destination for all of your daily necessities. In the process, they made $572.8 billion in revenue last year (over five times that of Aldi) with over 10,500 stores across the world. Walmart are…
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Farewell Fiesta, what does this mean for the car industry?
Ford have announced that from 2023, they will cease production of the Ford Fiesta: one of the best selling cars of all time with 4.8 million units sold in the UK alone. Despite being a bastion of the small car world, Ford have decided that the Fiesta is no longer the type of car they…
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Red Bull founder Dietrich Mateschitz sadly passes away
Visionary Red Bull co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz has sadly passed away. The 78 year-old died earlier today (October 22) after a long battle with cancer. Mateschitz was an incredible entrepreneur who capitalised on the Indonesian energy drink Krating Daeng after his travels as a toothpaste salesman took him to the Asian nation. His marketing genius led…
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The meteoric rise of Amazon and their prodigious promotion
Amazon, the company that offers everything from A to Z and has had a seemingly unstoppable rise from a garage with desks made from doors to the technology and E-commerce giant they are today. Their visionary founder Jeff Bezos made decisions early on in the company’s journey which led to them becoming a behemoth of…
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The interesting story of Ben & Jerry’s…
Ben & Jerry’s: the hippie ice cream brand owned by Unilever that came from humble origins founded by Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield that grew to be a business with sales over $936 million. Before writing this, they weren’t a brand I knew a great deal about but the more I researched them, the more…
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Congratulations Max, sorry the FIA stole the spotlight
At the 2022 Japanese Grand Prix, Max Verstappen clinched his second world championship after a commanding performance in the wet. A fairytale ending it should’ve been; the only problem was, nobody knew he had won. It was just another one of a long list of instances where the FIA have made themselves look foolish, applied…
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W Series Season Curtailed
The 2022 W Series season will not continue due to a lack of funding. After many months of speculation and concern about the financial state of the W Series championship an announcement has been made today that the competition will end prematurely this season. There were to be three more races with one at the…
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