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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...

Why risk aversion to digital will be the death…
Last week, a fashion retailer told me that they’d had to complete a full digital transformation in the space of just four weeks. This feat is part of a wider trend: when it comes to innovation and truly embedding a...

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...

Naspers: the South African firm with an appetite for…
Perhaps it’s the clocks going back this weekend that makes me want to turn my attention to my home, South Africa. Or it might be the arrival of Naspers in our papers this week, the South African firm whose $5bn...

Artisanal Movements: Luxury watches in the age of ecommerce
Luxury, steeped in years of tradition, is a sector that has resisted the allure of ecommerce. However, the industry appears to be experiencing a change of heart. Disruptive technology has been rolled out by major brands...

London: Our great incubator of knowledge and disruption
June was a very busy and positive month in London on many fronts. London Tech Week 2019 featured four days of events centred around ‘uniting tech and talent in a world-class hub of innovation’. I kicked off the...

Looking ahead to Copenhagen in the Extinction Rebellion era
Last week, the UK became the first country to declare a climate emergency - one of the key demands put to the Government by Extinction Rebellion after haranguing London last month. But, the fact that it’s the 10th...

Robin Klein: A millennial over 70
One of the joys of moving to the UK from South Africa in the late ‘80’s were the newspapers. A frustration of living under the apartheid regime was the censorship of newspapers and the banning of certain books and...

Delivering satisfaction?
With over 1,000 restaurant companies filing for insolvency last year, dining businesses are going bankrupt at record levels. The reasons for this have been widely commented on and indeed have been explored by MBS in...
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