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JD.COM – building a scale advantage or just buying profitless market share?

The world seems to be in love with JD.COM. After the concerns about the possible headwinds from a slowing Chinese economy that had been dragging down sentiment and shares in rival Alibaba, JD.COM’s results assuaged many of these fears. As well as reporting a +52% YoY increase in Q3 revenues and +72% rise in gross profit […]

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WPP Q3 – still on track to beat FY13 guidance, albeit discounted by markets and valuation

WPP’s Q3 revenue numbers today were solid, but with few real surprises. Year on year organic revenue growth of +5.0% maintained the similar rate already reported for July while also being slightly ahead of rivals Omnicom and Publicis.  Scanning the numbers being reported there are four main points that stand out. 1) UK organic revenue […]

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