Debate: Was Asos right to pass over Topshop’s physical stores? February 3, 2021 Digital retailer Asos has picked up Arcadia’s principal brands – but they didn’t bother with the physical premises. A good decision? Mike Colling of the Kite Factory says yes: To bring great brands back to life you often have to cut away dead wood. The news that ASOS has bought Topshop & Miss Selfridge has [...]
Debate: Should Primark open an online store? January 13, 2021 Overnight opening hours, queue-management systems and lashings of promotions – Primark did everything it could to keep its customers happy amid a year of on/off lockdown restrictions. But with parent company Associated British Food’s trading update out this week, is it time for the High Street phenomenon to go digital, too? Kam Phullar, Lead Strategist [...]
The City View: The Summer Statement July 9, 2020 Subscribe to The City View Podcast: Apple / Google / Spotify / RSS Today Andy Silvester is joined by City A.M.‘s very own Rachel Cunliffe to digest the Chancellor’s summer statement. They touch on whether there might be dissent brewing on Tory backbenches, the scale of the spending plans, and whether it’ll be enough to fire up the UK economy. In association with ETX [...]
The City View: Edwin Brenninkmeyer on private aviation July 8, 2020 Subscribe to The City View Podcast: Apple / Google / Spotify / RSS Today Andy is joined by Edwin Brenninkmeyer, Chief Executive of Oriens Aviation – a firm based out of London Biggin Hill Airport which operates and sells private jets. Edwin talks about the increased interest in business aviation after the Covid-19 crisis, his views on the future of travel as [...]
