Articles
Monday 16th August 2021
Investing in the News: opportunities in a challenged market
The news industry – and TV news in particular – is a strange place to invest on face value. Nevertheless, there are opportunities...
Monday 28th June 2021
The luxury of choice: 5 keys to success on multi-brand online platforms
From plucky upstarts to fixtures of the mainstream shopping scene, online retail platforms have become a growing pillar of sales for premium and luxury...
Thursday 8th April 2021
Opinion: Never again should we accept the notion of non-essential workers
It took a global pandemic to prompt society to reflect on the importance of work performed not only by healthcare and home care providers,...
Friday 26th February 2021
Four sustainability myths: are they holding your business back?
The Covid-19 crisis has elevated the importance of sustainability, but we must banish old thinking to build back better, writes Deidre Sorensen
Thursday 29th October 2020
B2B digital disruption: A quiet revolution
Digital has been on corporate agendas for years, and the impact of Covid is only accelerating this, with businesses rushing to bring forward investments...
Thursday 13th August 2020
Opinion: The new channel split is buying vs shopping
Online retail took a big step forward during lockdown but it still cannot capture the experience of shopping, while physical retail faces its own...
Tuesday 7th July 2020
B2B Pricing with COVID-19
Lockdowns have had huge immediate impact on business activity with great uncertainty on when “normality” will return, combined with the prospect of a longer-term...
Thursday 4th June 2020
Return to the road
As the world cautiously ventures back outside after weeks in lock down, vehicles are starting to return to previously empty roads. But rubber returning...
Tuesday 12th May 2020
(re)Starting with a clean sheet
As many businesses try to plot their way out of the Covid 19 nightmare, they are focusing on the practicalities of how to reopen,...
Tuesday 31st March 2020
No-one in mobility is set up to win the 2020s auto battle — yet
Forget autonomous vehicles and car sharing—the auto industry’s real opportunity lies in giving consumers access to cars without the hassle of ownership and risk
Monday 30th March 2020
How to win the retail sustainability game in 2020
Consumer attitudes to ethical consumerism are unrecognisable from a decade ago. In 2010, the public agenda was just beginning to shame the likes of...
Wednesday 25th March 2020
It’s the uncertainty not the hardship that’s so difficult
It's hard to find the right hyperbole to describe these extraordinary times that we find ourselves in. Today more than a quarter of the...
Tuesday 24th March 2020
Opinion: Coronavirus accelerates us to a retail tipping point
In a crisis as big as this one, acting on the immediate challenges is critical. Thinking about the longer term may seem impossible, or...
Tuesday 24th March 2020
The meat of the matter
It’s no secret that in the past few years the meat free industry has experienced a huge boom as consumer attitudes have continued to...
Thursday 19th March 2020
COVID-19 – crashing car rental
It seems hard now to believe that just a few weeks ago major car rental companies were announcing record results for 2019
Thursday 20th February 2020