Articles
Friday 24th January 2020
Hidden technology growth engines
It is hard to imagine that somewhere deep in the UK are 50 companies, who have created 25,000 jobs and some £10bn of increased...
Monday 20th January 2020
The perils of short-term reward
The blindingly obvious statement that many established retailers have failed to react decisively enough to structural shifts in the industry risks overlooking a more...
Tuesday 10th December 2019
Is the auto industry wasting money on mobility / autonomy / electric?
This week we released the findings of research surveying more than 10,000 consumers internationally (USA, UK, France, Germany and China) about how they really...
Wednesday 6th November 2019
The next generation of FM – will tech cannibalise or enhance business models?
The facilities management (FM) industry has long been reliant on the unending demand for labour. It was good for everyone. The slow and steady...
Monday 14th October 2019
The new kid on the block – Blockchain
Blockchain seems a notch less hot than it used to. As per Crunchbase data, investments in 2019 are estimated to be $3.38 billion, which...
Monday 7th October 2019
Economic fog – OC&C Food & Drink Top 150 2019
Our latest Top 150 report, produced in partnership with The Grocer, shows the UK food and drink industry under pressure
Sunday 29th September 2019
What’s in store for retail analytics?
At OC&C we’re increasingly deploying our big data analytics capability in Retail. As we support retailers with analytics, we’re looking at what’s new and...
Thursday 19th September 2019
7 step brand planning in a big data world
I’ve spent half my career working in advertising, and later brand strategy consulting. Brands were my first love. But how we think about building...
Friday 30th August 2019
What does COSTCO’s successful debut in China tell us about today’s retail market?
So far China has been a very challenging market for global retailers. As our China retail expert and partner Jack Chuang commented - it...
Tuesday 27th August 2019
Making plus size profitable
Plus sized clothing is one of the fastest growing sectors in UK fashion retail, but it is not without challenges
Wednesday 21st August 2019
Opinion: Stores can beat online by avoiding tyranny of choice
Bricks-and-mortar retailers who want to beat the online giants could do worse than listen to the wisdom of philosophers like Kierkegaard – or Homer...
Tuesday 20th August 2019
Unlock the keys to the future of car ownership
Buying and running a car is not the set of discrete transactions it once was: drivers no longer buy a car from one place,...
Tuesday 13th August 2019
How SheIn cracked the Gen Z online fashion market
The Chinese online fashion store SheIn is a phenomenon in the UK, rocketing from 500,000 to 4 million unique monthly visitors in just six...
Tuesday 13th August 2019
Speed only matters if you’re headed in the right direction
The retail world has changed from one where a once captive customer now has effective and instantaneous choice: for the average consumer, the number...
Tuesday 6th August 2019
Aggregators in fitness: helping operators stay in shape or causing injury?
From the rise of low-cost gyms to the growth of new fitness concepts such as hip-hop spin and yogalates, the fitness industry has evolved...
Thursday 25th July 2019