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The future of AI disruption
The second half of our Leadership Summit with Signal AI and Tortoise Media brought together global experts in AI. Structured across two panels, entitled The Global AI Race and AI Disruptors, this section of the event...

Investment at the core: the evolving centrality of captive…
The consumer sector looks set for a flurry of investment and acquisition activity. As we move into the next phase of Covid-19, large businesses across the consumer sectors will re-evaluate their portfolios, and begin...

Lessons from the East: Asian tech and talent
In the third installment of our Asia series, we turn to perhaps the most dynamic of all the sectors in Asia: technology. Just a quick look at Alibaba’s global HQ epitomises the wealth of innovation and talent that is...

Uber: the winding road from Paris to NYSE
It’s perhaps difficult to remember a time before the now-ubiquitous whirring sound of Toyota Prius hybrids shuttling busy people around the world’s cities, but in reality Uber is just 10 years old. The company,...

A Direct to Consumer future for the FMCG industry?
Waves of innovation are fundamentally reshaping the dynamics of the sectors we serve. Scaling tech-led challenger brands and transforming corporates are converging on the benefits of Direct to Consumer business models....

Tech Q&A: GoCompare CEO Matthew Crummack on the future…
In the latest edition of the Tech Q&A series, MBS’s Stephen Rosenthal talks with Matthew Crummack, CEO of GoCompare.com Group plc (‘GoCompare’), the Newport-headquartered tech company behind disruptive brands...

Tech Q&A: Channel 4 Chief Human Resources Officer Caroline…
In the latest in his Tech Q&A series, MBS's Stephen Rosenthal sat down with Caroline Ross, chief human resources officer at Channel 4 to discuss how technology is changing the way human resource directors can...

Tech Q&A: InView chair Nick Markham on digitising a…
On the back of our recent focus on the rise and rise of content, coupled with ever-increasing broadband and mobile network speeds, this edition of Tech Q&A looks at the impact streaming and On Demand content is...

The week streaming came of age – and what…
July 2018 – and specifically the past seven days – will, I believe, go down in history as the fundamental moment in which streaming established itself a dominant global technology. A bold prediction perhaps, and...
Latest Digital News
Google completes Fitbit acquisition Following regulatory scrutiny, Google has announced that its acquisition of the healthtech firm Fitbit is complete. The deal valued Fitbit at $2.1bn. Read more.
Sales slide at N Brown The online retail group, which owns brands including JD Williams, Simply Be, Ambrose Wilson, Jacamo and Home Essentials, has posted a 8.8% decline in group revenue for the 18 weeks to 2 January. Read more.
Sosandar posts 6% rise in quarterly sales Revenue at the online retailer increased 6% to £3.98m from £3.8m a year ago and came in spite of the £1.61m (66%) reduction in marketing spend. Read more.
Boohoo increases full-year guidance following strong Christmas Revenue at the fast fashion site soared 40% to £660m in the four months to 31 December 2020. Boohoo has said it saw growth across all brands and geographies. Read more.
Just Eat Takeaway sees order growth of 57% Just Eat Takeaway has enjoyed its third consecutive quarter of growth, with a 57% spike in sales in its fourth quarter. The company said that UK delivery orders increased nearly five-fold. Read more.
Global sales surge at Asos In the four months ended 31 December, total group revenue surged 24% to £1.36bn, with UK retail sales rising 36% and EU retail sales rising 18%. Asos has said that its active customer base increased by 1.1 million people to 24.5 million. Read more.
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