Two business school professors unpack what brands get wrong when they try to expand their customer base and how to avoid their mistakes. There is a type of business story that has become nearly cliché: A legacy brand is facing stagnating growth. Loyal customers are aging out, and new customers aren’t taking their place. So…
Chris Hemsworth is incredibly sceptical of his new generative-AI assistant in a new advertisement aired during Super Bowl LX. Starring alongside wife Elsa Pataky, who has fully acclimatised to the use of Amazon’s new Alexa+ system in the pair’s family home, Hemsworth is not as quick to trust the new model. In the commercial –…
Stocks climbed on Monday as investors cheered a result seen as a mandate for the prime minister’s high-spending economic agenda.
A magical year for Mike Vrabel’s New England Patriots came to an end in Santa Clara on Sunday night with a 29-13 loss in Super Bowl LX. For Vrabel, the message to his team afterwards was simple. “I’m proud of everything they did. I’m disappointed, just like they are,” he said. “I reminded them that…
The vibrant celebration, banned for two decades, brightened the eastern city of Lahore, where residents face alarming levels of air pollution and political restrictions.
February 4, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Why bits of continents keep turning up in the middle of oceans It turns out that continental breakups are just as messy as human ones, with the events leaving fragments scattered far from home By Evan Howell edited by Andrea Thompson Zabargad Island in…
When a startup announced plans last fall to recreate lost footage from Orson Welles’ classic film “The Magnificent Ambersons” using generative AI, I was skeptical. More than that, I was baffled why anyone would spend time and money on something that seemed guaranteed to outrage cinephiles while offering negligible commercial value. This week, an in-depth…
9 February 2026 Ben Affleck reunited Friends stars Jennifer Aniston and Matt LeBlanc for his latest Dunkin’ donuts advert. Ben Affleck featured in a star-studded Super Bowl ad The Hollywood actor – who has been the face of the brand for last few years – recruited 1990s sitcom stars including Friends alum Aniston and LeBlanc,…
This report is from this week’s CNBC’s “Inside India” newsletter which brings you timely, insightful news and market commentary on the emerging powerhouse. Subscribe here. The big story “It’s easier said than done,” is a phrase I have now heard several times from different experts as we discussed the feasibility of the terms of the U.S.-India…
Walker racked up 161 yards from scrimmage in Seattle’s 29-13 win
