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Aeroplan
Aeroplan isn’t a loyalty program—it’s a licensed data-and-redemption conduit owned, sold, and reacquired for CA$450 million.
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Grupo Modelo
A national monopoly built on Spanish immigrant capital became a global beer leader only after surrendering its biggest export market to a third party.
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Louis Vuitton
Louis Vuitton · 1854
Louis Vuitton is a French luxury fashion house founded in 1854. It merged into LVMH in 1987. It earns revenue from globally distributed, monogrammed luxury goods sold via 460+ owned stores. Its valuation rose from US$25.9bn (2012) to US$28.4bn (2013), alongside US$9.4bn revenue that year. It is repeatedly named the world’s most valuable luxury brand—but never discloses margins, unit costs, or subsidiary-level financials. Legal actions, WWII collaboration, model mistreatment, UNESCO site damage, and cultural appropriation claims are documented—but none appear in its financial reporting or governance disclosures.
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ABB
Charles Eugene Lancelot Brown · 1988
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