Yet Brazil's Havaianas brand took the humble flip-flop to new heights. The company behind them was sold earlier this week for $1bn (£780m). Selling about 200 million pairs every year, it had ...

Here, we look at all the companies needed to tend to an aircraft and send it on its way. Havaianas flip-flops are the unofficial national shoe of Brazil. Since 1962, textile manufacturer São Paulo ...