Retailers are using experiences, not goods, to keep high street fashion on trend November 22, 2021 A short stroll along Oxford Street these days doesn’t necessarilly fill retail fans with confidence. A phalanx of American candy stores, souvenir shops of questionable quality and ‘to let’ signs have blossomed after the pandemic, and House of Fraser last week became the latest bricks and mortar flagship to announce it would be closing its [...]
Nintendo Switch is the UK’s most searched Black Friday deal November 22, 2021 The Nintendo Switch is the most anticipated tech for Black Friday in the UK, new research has revealed.
Chimp-trekking and clifftop archery in Rwanda November 19, 2021 I’m on my hands and knees, mud-caked and scratched to pieces, while a sticky-legged insect is meandering its way down the back of my neck. Somewhere in front of me I can hear the gentle snick snick of machetes slicing through corkscrew ferns and above me murky sunlight bleeds through the thick forest canopy. I [...]
Three reasons why your strategy isn’t working November 18, 2021 Why is it that while all firms have strategies, some are more successful than others? Certain firms do have a first-mover advantage in offering services and products to their customers and extracting value that competitors cannot. Others are able to reinvent themselves in a way that competitors are unable to match. Whatever the approach taken, [...]
Apple to sell spare parts so iPhone users can complete repairs from home November 17, 2021 Apple has announced plans to sell iPhone parts to the general public so that they can carry out their own repairs from home. At first the scheme will be rolled out to US iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 holders with the company confirming it has plans to expand the scheme to some Mac products and [...]
Celebrating the women in wine November 16, 2021 Only five per cent of the Chef de Caves in Champagne are women and Caroline Latrive of Champagne AYALA is one. Wanting to do something about this disparity, she partnered with SquareMeal to support the Female Chef Of The Year Award, a similar industry where male chefs outnumber women at a rate of over four [...]
UK government opens national security probe into Nvidia’s $54bn Arm deal November 16, 2021 The UK government has launched a a full-blown national security investigation into Nvidia’s planned takeover of British chip designer Arm, introducing another obstacle in the way of the $54bn deal. Digital and culture secretary Nadine Dorries has ordered a “phase 2” investigation into whether the deal operates against public interest, thus instructing the UK competition [...]
Tulipshare: the revolutionary activist investment platform November 16, 2021 Becoming an activist investor has never been easier. Founded by Antoine Argouges, Tulipshare is an online investment platform which uses shareholder activism to create change within large corporations. Our platform allows you to invest in companies, for as little as £1. We keep you updated throughout your investment process and give regular updates on the [...]
Reading financial news: The top 10 avoidable distractions November 16, 2021 If you’re like me, you’re bombarded daily by financial news that screams for your attention. But a lot of what we read is either irrelevant, shallow, or incomplete and hence misleading and distracting from an investment perspective. I’ve identified the top 10 distractions, the kind of stories that have no value or insight and can be easily [...]
Four Silicon Valley CAs on why its status as the world’s tech capital will remain unchallenged November 16, 2021 The pandemic saw many tech companies thrive as the world went more virtual. Despite talk of a drift away from Silicon Valley, local CAs tell Ryan Herman why its status as the world’s tech capital will remain unchallenged. This article first appeared in ICAS’s CA magazine. For Ninos Sarkis CA, there was only one place [...]