The changing colours of Benetton
It's autumn and Benetton is turning over a new leaf--but will its new colours take sales from moody blues to sunny yellows? For a company that hurtled to increase its reach in the last three years--by mid-1999, Benetton aims to have a 100 stores, up from the current 86--Benetton suddenly finds itself in need of a strategic new fit.

US labour department gaffe on Net
The inadvertent release on the Internet of sensitive US economic data on Thursday, a day earlier than scheduled, was hardly the first snafu in cyberspace, but such mistakes remain the exception as the new medium instantaneously sends troves of information worldwide.

Aiwa sounds a warning to Sony; plans to be numero uno in audio segment
The Tokyo-based Aiwa Company Ltd intends to take on Sony in the general audio segment in an effort to reach the number one position in the audio market worldwide. The company is also looking at achieving turnover of $5 billion by year 2001. Aiwa is currently a leading player in the mini systems segment.