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British Airways | Step into Christmas: British Airways decks the halls with festive celebrations for a truly British Original Christmas
02 Dec 2024
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British Airways | La Dolce Vita: British Airways welcomes three new Italian routes to its network
26 Nov 2024
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British Airways | Taking luxury to new heights: British Airways unveils its brand-new First class
26 Nov 2024
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British Airways | British Airways makes multi-million pound aviation investment in Cardiff base
22 Nov 2024
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British Airways | British Airways opens applications for graduate and apprenticeship schemes 2024
08 Nov 2024
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British Airways | 25 per cent off to mark 25 years: British Airways celebrates its silver anniversary at London City Airport
05 Nov 2024
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British Airways | British Airways makes its return to Bangkok
30 Oct 2024
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British Airways | Shirley Ballas greets unwell children ahead of Orlando adventure with British Airways and Dreamflight
29 Oct 2024
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British Airways | HM ARMED FORCES VETERAN CARD TO BE ACCEPTED AS FORM OF ID ON BRITISH AIRWAYS’ FLIGHTS
08 Oct 2024
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British Airways | BRITISH AIRWAYS TO BECOME THE LARGEST PURCHASER OF CARBON REMOVALS IN THE UK* AS PART OF 2030 ENVIRONMENTAL DRIVE
23 Sep 2024
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Featured
Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
How Quaker Oats grabbed customers’ attention
By Kiron Kasbekar | 07 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats, the American food products giant that was created in 1901 through the merger of many older oat millers, and was acquired by a bigger foods giant, Pepsi, in 2001, has been an innovative company. One example of its innovativeness shows in its packaging – the cereal box it launched in 1915.
Company story – Cunard Line
By Kiron Kasbekar | 12 Jan 2024
The Cunard Line started its life in Glasgow in 1839 as the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company when Samuel Cunard was awarded the first British transatlantic steamship mail contract.
Samuel Slater – textile tycoon or traitor?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Dec 2023
Samuel Slater is a name that holds significant importance in the annals of American industrial history. Often referred to as the ‘Father of the American Factory System’, Slater's contributions played a pivotal role in shaping the nation’s industrial landscape.
Underwood Typewriter Company – an icon of the past
By Kiron Kasbekar | 21 Dec 2023
You’ve probably never heard of Underwood typewriters. For the company folded up in 1963 – 60 years ago. You may not even have seen and handled a typewriter, unless someone in your family owned one.
The rise and fall of Chrysler
By Kiron Kasbekar | 16 Dec 2023
A century ago, the American automobile industry was more crowded than a vegetable market on a Sunday morning, with such a wide variety of stuff on sale that buyers were spoilt for choice. Buyers could pick and choose, bargain, pay up and drive out with the newly purchased vehicle.
TRW – the tide turned
By Kiron Kasbekar | 13 Dec 2023
There used to be an American company called Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc. This company, which was a global supplier of automotive systems, modules, and components to car and truck manufacturers, started small, as most companies do. Then, as the automotive industry grew bigger, so did TRW.
The rise and fall of Nokia
By Aniket Gupta | 07 Dec 2023
My interest is stories about dominant companies that failed all of a sudden. These companies were once etched into people’s minds but have since become a symbol of nostalgia. One such company, which was the biggest in its industry before it failed catastrophically, is Nokia.
Yahoo!: The first king of the internet
By Aniket Gupta | 01 Dec 2023
The year is 1994. You go to the internet to search for a particular website, but there is no Google that could be used to search your desired website. What do you do? The answer is that you use Yahoo.
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