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Matt Scuffham

@MattScuffham

Reuters Company News Editor

 London, UK
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Joined February 2012
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Britain's Black Friday shoppers go second-hand in hunt for value reuters.com/business/retail-…
Britain's Black Friday shoppers go second-hand in hunt for value

Britain's Black Friday shoppers go second-hand in hunt for value

As Black Friday kicks off the holiday shopping season, retailers and manufacturers anticipate a growing number of British consumers will be hunting for refurbished and pre-owned bargains to save cash...

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Analysis: LVMH's caution points to Americans' waning lust for luxury @mimosa_spencer reuters.com/business/retail-…
LVMH's caution points to Americans' waning lust for luxury

LVMH's caution points to Americans' waning lust for luxury

Luxury shoppers in the United States are curtailing purchases of high-end fashion and leather goods, LVMH's first-quarter sales report showed, adding to evidence that a strong, months-long, post-pa...

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EXCLUSIVE: Snapchat kicks few children off app in Britain, data given to regulator shows

EXCLUSIVE: Snapchat kicks few children off app in Britain, data given to regulator shows

Snapchat is kicking dozens of children in Britain off its platform each month compared with tens of thousands blocked by rival TikTok, according to internal data the companies shared with Britain's...

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Exclusive: Snapchat kicks few children off app in Britain, data given to regulator shows reuters.com/technology/snapc…
EXCLUSIVE: Snapchat kicks few children off app in Britain, data given to regulator shows

EXCLUSIVE: Snapchat kicks few children off app in Britain, data given to regulator shows

Snapchat is kicking dozens of children in Britain off its platform each month compared with tens of thousands blocked by rival TikTok, according to internal data the companies shared with Britain's...

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Man United suitors jostle for biggest sports deal ever reuters.com/markets/deals/ma…
Man United suitors jostle for biggest sports deal ever

Man United suitors jostle for biggest sports deal ever

Manchester United will receive multiple offers when an initial deadline for bids expires on Friday, sources familiar with the process said, kicking off potentially the largest sports deal ever.

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A rare opportunity to join our global consumer & retail team covering a beat full of opportunities. jobs.thomsonreuters.com/job/…
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Adidas slumps as Kanye split triggers new profit warning reuters.com/business/retail-…
Adidas slumps as Kanye split triggers new profit warning

Adidas slumps as Kanye split triggers new profit warning

Adidas shares slumped as much as 12.6% on Friday after the sportswear maker warned it could plunge to a loss this year for the first time in three decades, in the latest downgrade triggered by its...

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Reuters is looking for a European alcohol & tobacco correspondent based in London. This is a cracking beat offering huge potential for a hungry business reporter. Feel free to DM me if you're interested. jobs.thomsonreuters.com/job/…
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A fascinating insight into Unilever's pricing strategy in India by @Richa_Writes reuters.com/business/retail-…
Focus: Unilever's dominance in India helps it raise prices, pinching rural poor

Focus: Unilever's dominance in India helps it raise prices, pinching rural poor

Unilever racked up strong sales growth in India last year on the back of sharp prices increases thanks to its dominant market position and pent up demand among middle-class shoppers.

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EXCLUSIVE Elon Musk reached out to EU chief to assure content policing compliance reuters.com/technology/exclu…
EXCLUSIVE: Exclusive: Elon Musk reached out to EU industry chief to pledge content policing...

EXCLUSIVE: Exclusive: Elon Musk reached out to EU industry chief to pledge content policing...

Elon Musk has assured the European Commission that Twitter will abide by tough European rules on illegal online content policing now that the social network has passed under his ownership, European...

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As if things weren't bad enough already - now it seems mobile blackouts might be on the way reuters.com/business/media-t…
EXCLUSIVE: Exclusive: Europe braces for mobile network blackouts

EXCLUSIVE: Exclusive: Europe braces for mobile network blackouts

Once unthinkable, mobile phones could go dark around Europe this winter if power cuts or energy rationing knocks out parts of the mobile networks across the region.

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Pepsi said in March it would suspend sales and production in Moscow...its drinks are still readily available in Russian supermarkets reuters.com/markets/europe/e…
EXCLUSIVE: Exclusive: PepsiCo ends Pepsi, 7UP production in Russia months after promising halt over...

EXCLUSIVE: Exclusive: PepsiCo ends Pepsi, 7UP production in Russia months after promising halt over...

PepsiCo Inc has stopped making Pepsi, 7UP and Mountain Dew in Russia nearly six months after the U.S. company said it would suspend sales and production after Moscow sent tens of thousands of troops...

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Quick-thinking online sellers see royal memorabilia sales soar reuters.com/world/uk/quick-t…
Quick-thinking online sellers see royal memorabilia sales soar

Quick-thinking online sellers see royal memorabilia sales soar

Laura Sheldon, 36, co-owner of the LulaandGray store on Etsy.com , had a busy weekend, fulfilling dozens of orders for Queen Elizabeth II keepsakes since she died on Thursday.

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Could we be seeing a new breed of oligarchs? reuters.com/business/retail-…
EXCLUSIVE: Exclusive: Russian McDonald's buyer to snap up another Western firm

EXCLUSIVE: Exclusive: Russian McDonald's buyer to snap up another Western firm

The owner of McDonald's former restaurants in Russia has offered up to 151 million euros ($151 million) to buy Finnish packaging firm Huhtamaki's local business, adding to his burgeoning empire,...

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Consumers are starting to be more price-aware...private label seems to be the answer reuters.com/business/retail-…
Insight: Private label ousting big brands as cost of living crisis grows

Insight: Private label ousting big brands as cost of living crisis grows

Tomasz Łuksza, who took over his father's Polish confectionary business just over a decade ago, has a problem he's not unhappy about: European supermarkets want more gummy bears and chocolate-covered...

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Exclusive: Europe eyes Musk's SpaceX to bridge launch gap left by Russia tensions reuters.com/world/europe/exc…
EXCLUSIVE: Exclusive: Europe eyes Musk's SpaceX to bridge launch gap left by Russia tensions

EXCLUSIVE: Exclusive: Europe eyes Musk's SpaceX to bridge launch gap left by Russia tensions

The European Space Agency (ESA) has begun preliminary technical discussions with Elon Musk's SpaceX that could lead to the temporary use of its launchers after the Ukraine conflict blocked Western...

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We are hiring for European Retail Correspondent, Reuters. Apply via the link or DM me for more details. jobs.thomsonreuters.com/job/…
Aluminium foundry fights for survival in European gas crisis reuters.com/business/energy/…
Focus: Aluminium foundry fights for survival in European gas crisis

Focus: Aluminium foundry fights for survival in European gas crisis

Shouting over the clanging of machinery, Gerd Roeders is reluctantly preparing for the temporary shutdown of his German aluminium foundry to survive Europe's growing gas crunch.

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FOCUS-Aluminium foundry fights for survival in European gas crisis reuters.com/article/ukraine-…
EXCLUSIVE Russia starts stripping jetliners for parts as sanctions bite reuters.com/business/aerospa….
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