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    John Gapper

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    John Gapper is business columnist of the FT Weekend. He writes a weekly column on business and society from a consumer perspective, and other features and interviews.

    He was formerly the FT's chief business commentator and opinion & analysis editor. He has worked for the FT since 1987 in London, New York and Tokyo, and has covered banking, media and technology and employment.

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    • Saturday, 18 March, 2023
      Luxury goods
      Investigators sniff out the hidden fragrance industry

      Luxury perfumes are popular but the companies behind many famous brands are now in the spotlight

    • Saturday, 11 March, 2023
      HTSIHTSI spring menswear special
      Could this jacket help prevent depression?

      Frahm outerwear is tough. But the brand’s founder wants it to unbutton our vulnerabilities as well

    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      Toblerone
      Toblerone can afford to abandon the Matterhorn

      European foodmakers guard their territories fiercely but they should be exposed to competition

    • Friday, 24 February, 2023
      Drug prices
      The painfully high price of Humira is patently wrong

      Specialist drugs sold by Big Pharma are so expensive that many patients are being excluded

    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
      FT Magazine
      This Joshua Reynolds painting is a national treasure. Why is Britain struggling to keep it?

      The fight to save the iconic work reflects a painful truth about the UK’s financial state

    • Sunday, 19 February, 2023
      Gustavo Dudamel
      Orchestras need maestros to make music profitable

      The New York Philharmonic hopes donors will be drawn to Gustavo Dudamel’s charisma

    • Friday, 10 February, 2023
      Retail & Consumer industry
      We should force companies to be honest about their hidden fees

      From concert tickets to hotel rooms and flights, consumers get charged extra when they are too weary to object

    • Friday, 3 February, 2023
      Toyota Motor Corp
      Toyota has a tragic flaw in the electric vehicle drama

      The world’s largest carmaker makes reliable hybrids but lags far behind in zero emissions technology

    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      Artificial intelligence
      Generative AI should pay human artists for training

      Painters and singers need legal protection from the revolution in algorithmic creativity

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      Investment Banking
      Morgan Stanley pulls the Pepsi trick on Goldman

      The Wall Street investment bank has outflanked its old rival by diversifying into wealth management

    • Saturday, 14 January, 2023
      Restaurants
      Noma is less sustainable than its reindeer ragout

      The planned closure of the Michelin-starred Copenhagen restaurant reflects the gruelling life of chefs

    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      FT Magazine
      Flying car, anyone?

      Inside the increasingly perilous quest to get battery-powered aircraft off the ground

    • Friday, 23 December, 2022
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      Wrapping is as valuable as the presents it conceals

      Gifts derive much of their emotional meaning from the personal attention they’ve been given

    • Friday, 16 December, 2022
      Visual Arts
      International plan to keep Reynolds masterpiece in Britain shelved

      Thwarted joint proposal to acquire ‘Portrait of Omai’ fuels debate around export of key British artworks

    • Friday, 9 December, 2022
      Artificial intelligence
      ChatGPT is fluent, clever and dangerously creative

      The natural language AI chatbot can write poetry and draft legal letters, but is not trustworthy

    • Friday, 2 December, 2022
      Balenciaga SA
      Balenciaga’s shock tactics look juvenile now

      The brand’s provocations have gone too far with an ad showing children holding teddy bears in bondage gear

    • Saturday, 26 November, 2022
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      Taylor Swift is perfect at the three-minute Spotify song

      The length of pop singles has fallen in recent times but Mozart and Puccini also charmed listeners with short arias

    • Friday, 18 November, 2022
      Family businesses
      How to succeed with a family business succession

      Red Bull appears wiser than Tyson Foods in deciding how to hand power to the next generation

    • Friday, 4 November, 2022
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      Adele shows why residencies are rewarding again

      Rising costs of touring and the ability to charge more for the best seats have revived an old institution

    • Friday, 21 October, 2022
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      Mbappé beats Prince at controlling his own image

      A legal dispute involving an Andy Warhol portrait shows why the French footballer values his likeness rights

    • Friday, 14 October, 2022
      Luxury goods
      Luxury’s grand illusion needs the wealthy to keep faith

      The product pyramids built by brands such as Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Hermès are about to be tested

    • Friday, 7 October, 2022
      Gaming
      Games that tolerate cheating gamble with their future

      Computer chess and online games are riddled with rule-breaking but the penalties are lax

    • Friday, 30 September, 2022
      City of London
      The City of London punishes the political rogue traders

      These days, the banks sound far more sober about financial risk than the government

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      Katherine Rundell: ‘Larger than the world’s chaos are its miracles’

      The bestselling children’s author and John Donne biographer on the need for wonder, the marvels of the animal kingdom — and the thrill of climbing tall buildings

    • Friday, 23 September, 2022
      Theatre
      Inflation ruins Broadway’s romance with the Phantom

      Rising costs and falling global tourism undermine the business of spectacular musicals

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