Here are the business stories making the headlines across Scotland and the UK this morning.
The Fifa Men’s World Cup is set to be the biggest betting event of all time, with more than $50bn (£37.4bn) in wagers placed globally.
The tournament will see punters place bets worth around $500m per match, according to a forecast by financial services firm Macquarie.
The expected $50bn total would be a major increase from the $35bn of wagers placed during the 2022 World Cup, which was held in Qatar.
Aberdeen’s Waterstones has had such a large sales boom that Bon Accord Centre bosses “questioned whether the figures were correct”.
Speaking to The P&J about the mall’s recent successes, centre manager Lee Austin-Winters sang the praises of the book store, describing their figures as an “eye-opener”.
The high street chain has been thriving in the Bon Accord Centre, with plans now in place to remove the cafe to make way for more shelf space.
President Donald Trump has said he “loves the inflation” as US prices rose last month at their fastest rate in three years.
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) figures showed prices went up by 4.2% in May from a year earlier. The increase, from 3.8% in April, was driven by rising energy costs in the wake of the US-Israel war in Iran.
“I love it. The numbers were great. You know what I really love? I love the inflation,” Trump said at the White House.
The chief executive of Unilever has said he will not support brand principles that “are not anchored in consumer needs” after investors previously accused the group of having a woke agenda.
The FTSE 100 company is focused on building its health and wellbeing arm as part of a streamlining and mega-merger of its food business under Fernando Fernández.
Unilever has faced criticism under previous leadership for its “ludicrous” focus on purpose and “virtue-signalling”.
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