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After bucking a long-standing trend in 2020, when Henkel benefited from booming bath and shower sales due to the heightened hygiene consciousness globally as a result of the pandemic, which saw the company outperform the overall beauty and personal…

Samsung continues to record strong sales growth in recent years, as the pandemic drove consumer focus shifts towards the home. The company has increased investment in product innovation, while its customer-focused strategy is centred around…

Mastercard Inc has stood as the third largest operator of payment cards for many years. The company, far from just a global player in the card space, has diversified to B2B and P2P payments, API integration, Buy Now Pay Later, and other realms.…

Discover Financial Services, based in the US, is one of the largest card network operators in the world. The company issues a variety of cards in its home market, while operating three separate types of networks: Discover Network, a primarily credit…

Stanley Black & Decker Inc, the global leader in power tools and garden equipment, is promoting electrification via cordless technology upgrades across the portfolio. M&A part fueled the company's rapid growth. The company has conducted seven such…

JD.com Inc is fourth largest retailer globally and second largest e-commerce companies in China. Sitting in the world’s largest e-commerce market, JD.com successfully rides the accelerated channel shifts from offline to online in China. Owning…

Fast Retailing (FRC) Co Ltd, the owner of Uniqlo brand, remains a leading fashion player globally, thanks to its strong foothold in Asia Pacific. FRC has managed to navigate the pandemic by capitalising on consumers’ shift towards more casual…

Serta Simmons Bedding is one of the precursors of the sleep ecosystem in North America. This ecosystem looks beyond the bed and into sleep behaviours and how to improve the consumers’ quality of life. The ecosystem allows for companies to partner…

ADM has extensive capabilities in producing ingredients from agricultural origination to distribution and a wide product portfolio in nutrition tapping into the latest consumer trends. This has enabled the company to position better in key growth…

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the gaming and digital entertainment arm of Sony Corp, formerly known as Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE). Sony has reorganised its business portfolio over time to better reflect how the company currently…