Diageo plc

Pernod Ricard SA

Davide Campari-Milano N.V.

Brown-Forman Corporation

Remy Cointreau SA

The five largest publicly traded producers - Diageo, Pernod Ricard, Campari, Brown-Forman and Rémy Cointreau - have combined stocks of aged spirits at $22 billion, the highest level in 10 years, the Financial Times <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/9e6f024c-63b5-493f-bb35-6c1c05e90e55">wrote </a>.

People are drinking less. How alcohol producers are dealing with this 

Amazon.com, Inc.

Walmart Inc.

Alphabet Inc.

On January 15, China's Alibaba <a href="https://www.alibabagroup.com/en-US/document-1948497434959151104">announced</a> that it has begun integrating its online shopping and travel services into its Qwen AI app to create a unified platform for its 100 million users. The new features are available for public testing in China. The company has also launched an invitation-only "task assistant" feature for more complex tasks such as booking trips or building web applications.

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Dollar Tree Inc. R

Dollar General Corporation

Five Below, Inc.

In early December, several US fixed-price and discount retail chains reported growth in quarterly sales.

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Roblox Corporation

On December 3, Russian authorities <a href="https://istories.media/news/2025/12/03/rkn-zablokiroval-roblox/">banned</a> access to the game platform Roblox. They also <a href="https://bes.media/news/vlasti-kazahstana-prosyat-app-store-i-google-play-udalit-roblox/">want to</a> block it in Kazakhstan. Access to the platform has already been <a href="https://www.ynetnews.com/tech-and-digital/article/h1agagqkxx">banned</a> in Oman, Qatar, China, Bahrain and <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/turkey-blocks-roblox-access-over-abuse-concerns-justice-minister-says-2024-08-08/">Turkey</a>.

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Costco Wholesale Corporation

Restaurant Brands International Inc.

Yum! Brands, Inc.

Chewy, Inc.

Johnson & Johnson

Abbott Laboratories

UnitedHealth Group Incorporated

Marriott International, Inc.

Luxury brands can no longer ignore Generation X shoppers, WWD <a href="https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/gen-x-and-luxury-study-publicis-luxe-opinionway-1238352392/">wrote </a>Nov. 19, citing survey data from research firm OpinionWay for Publicis Luxe. For a long time, those who are now 45-60 years old have <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/gen-x-1-4-trillion-171305936.html#:~:text=%D0%92%20%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5%20%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B9,%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%8E%C2%BB%2C%20%2D%20%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%20%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD.">been</a> in the shadow of baby boomers and millennials in terms of consumption. Brands paid less attention to them. Perhaps for nothing.

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L'Oreal S.A.

The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.

Unilever PLC

Shiseido Company, Limited

Amorepacific Corporation

The popularity of decorative and care cosmetics among men is on the rise. It is especially noticeable in TikTok, wrote <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-10/men-s-makeup-influencer-bach-buquen-could-lead-the-way-for-gen-z-bros?srnd=homepage-europe&amp;embedded-checkout=true">Bloomberg</a>.

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Meta Platforms, Inc.

In October, Jimmy Donaldson, aka Mr. Beast, a global YouTube star with 450 million subscribers, launched <a href="https://www.vyro.com/">Vyro</a>, a new platform for clipping, i.e. producing short videos. The videos "masquerade" as user-generated fan content, but in reality they are elaborate advertising campaigns paid for by sponsors.

Short clips for stars began to bring in millions. Mr. Beast

Novo Nordisk A/S

Eli Lilly and Company

Danish Novo Nordisk will release its quarterly report on Nov. 5.

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Trump Media & Technology Group Corp.

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

Shane Coplan, the 27-year-old founder and CEO of event betting platform Polymarket, has become the youngest self-made billionaire, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-08/polymarket-founder-is-youngest-self-made-billionaire-on-ice-deal">wrote</a> Oct. 8.

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Alexander Puhov

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