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Vertical Integration: back to the future?
Going back several decades, many retailers across apparel, food, footwear, health, beauty and home owned their own production facilities. In many cases, manufacturing prowess preceded retail stores: shops were simply...
Clubhouse: the risks and rewards of democratic advocacy
I suffer from a serious case of FOMO, and I get anxious if there’s anything trending that I don’t know about. So a month ago, when the Founder of Secret Cinema Fabien Riggall offered me one of his five...
“It’s about delivering magic”: in conversation with Andrew Fisher…
Not many sixteen-year-olds spend their free time interviewing business leaders. But Andrew Fisher, today a plural NED and one of the UK’s most innovative digital minds, was one such sixteen-year-old. “I’ve...
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...
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