Last month, Amazon became the second company in history to achieve a market capitalisation of more than $1tn. It did so because it provides customers ease, choice and value. It’s the same recipe that worked for...

Thirteen years ago I bought my first electric car from Steven Cain, now the CEO of Coles in Australia, which was the tiny little REVA G-Wiz, made in India. It was one of the easiest purchases I ever made – only for...

I, like many consultants, attend talks and conferences in the hope of being inspired. Over the years though I have mostly been disappointed and have found the talks at conferences to generally be ‘bog standard’: a...

Glossier, the direct-to-consumer beauty brand from Emily Weiss, did not begin with a product - it didn’t even begin with a firm plan to create a product. In Emily’s own words, she didn’t have “some huge...

Wimbledon and a World Cup - what more could you want from a summer? The Jules Rimet trophy would have been nice of course but I don’t think one can complain and (even as a Welshman) watching the country come together...

The best discussions are often also the most contentious! When something matters people are passionate, and so it was at MBS’s latest event, held in partnership with Livingbridge on the future of the high street....

Are you excited, confused or overwhelmed by the potential of data to transform your business? If the answer is “all of the above”, rest assured - countless executives who are racing to keep pace with the...

January is the month of Christmas trading updates, when we get to see how some of the country’s biggest retailers and high street brands performed over the festive season. So far this year we’ve seen a very mixed...

We’re living in a golden age of ‘challenger brands’ – those agile, fast-moving brand start-ups that are shaking up the norms of FMCG. From Fever-Tree in the drinks category, to Kettle and Propercorn in snacking...