The very first time that I went to China, one of my first ports of call was Lane Crawford, where the boutiques are world class, very forward thinking and respected across the industry. It was therefore to the President...

Businesses across Asia have been engulfed in managing responses to Covid-19 since early January. Now, months after the initial lockdown period started in the region, there are undoubtedly lessons to be learnt from our...

On a rainy Wednesday evening at London's Soho Hotel, the screening room is filling up with an audience of 75, populated by CEOs and chairmen across retail, consumer products, fashion, digital and leisure,...

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The MBS Group has now been appointing in the digital space for 16 years, advising a compelling range of businesses. We have helped entrepreneurs build management teams from scratch – such as Lovefilm, our first...

For growing European brands, the appeal of crossing the Atlantic is an obviously alluring one. The sheer market potential in a country with a population of 320 million and GDP per capita that comes in about 20% ahead of...

On Tuesday morning, just as the sun rose, my colleague Elliott and I drove together through the empty streets of central London to arrive at Fortnum & Mason. Let in by the side door, we wandered up each floor until...

For the past three years, the Fashion and Luxury team at The MBS Group has attended the Vogue Festival. Mostly, when consultants go to conferences, it is to network – we go to this one to listen to the incredible...

To the uninitiated, the prospect of a CEO role in a private equity portfolio company can be appealing and intimidating in equal measure. The potential for greater reward is real, but just as much is the risk of failure,...