The beauty sector may have reached peak saturation. Over the past few years, it has seemed like everyone – from online influencers to top-tier financiers – has staked their claim in the market, launching brands,...

In recent years, our luxury team at The MBS Group has done as much work in interiors and homewares as it has in apparel and accessories. Since the pandemic, businesses from right across the fashion and luxury arena have...

Private members’ clubs have been a feature of major cities for many centuries. In London, the first gentleman’s club – White’s – can be traced back more than 300 years. In New York, The Union Club became...

I’m always fascinated by company origin stories: how the world’s most innovative brands are created, and how a founder’s vision is realised. The Dorchester Collection has become one of the hospitality sector’s...

Last April, I wrote a column on the changing face of sports. In whichever direction you look, the industry is transforming: fan habits are evolving, games are getting more diverse, and sports media is being reimagined....

To most people, the chocolate and toilet paper categories have little in common. But to Ben Black, and to the team at Verlinvest, the areas are in fact closely linked – not by their product offering, but by the...

August is a big month for football. The English Premier League kicked off last night, and in Australia, the quarter finals of the Women’s World Cup take place today. Against this backdrop, it feels like the right time...

In the past ten years or so, there has been a notable shift in the perception and power of Chinese brands. I grew up in mainland China, and I can still recall the excitement that swept through my school when Nike Air...

At MBS, we’ve been advising founders and hiring into challenger brands for nearly thirty years. In that time, it’s been impossible not to notice a shift in the industry: when once the consumer goods and grocery...