Across
- 1. Social media platform where influencers built careers through photos and reels
- 4. German car brand whose slogan promises “The Ultimate Driving Machine”
- 7. Fast-food brand whose golden arches generate billions in franchise revenue worldwide
- 9. Streaming platform that began as a DVD-by-mail service
- 11. The home country of electronics giant LG, whose name originally stood for 'Lucky Goldstar'
- 13. Global sportswear brand symbolised by the famous “swoosh”JAPAN East Asian country known for brands like Daihatsu and Isuzu
- 15. Neutral European country whose banks manage trillions in global wealth
- 17. Chinese-owned social media app that reshaped global digital marketing through short-form videos
- 18. Country whose luxury brands include Dior, Chanel and Louis Vuitton
Down
- 1. Swedish furniture giant whose stores require customers to assemble products themselves
- 2. Global e-commerce platform once run from Jeff Bezos’ garage
- 3. The coffee chain Starbucks took its name from a character in this famous Herman Melville novel
- 4. Cryptocurrency created by the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto
- 5. East Asian country known for brands like Daihatsu and Isuzu
- 6. Oil-rich federation whose cities include Ajman and Abu Dhabi
- 8. Country whose tech giants include Huawei, Tencent, and Alibaba
- 10. Electric car company whose name honours a famous Serbian inventor
- 12. App whose surge pricing model transformed urban transport economics
- 14. Asian city-state whose port is one of the busiest in the world
- 16. Chinese tech giant founded by Jack Ma that rivals Amazon in e-commerce