@RBO_org | Leader @Orch_ofthe_City | Formerly Trustee & Vice Chair @OrchestrasLive | @Columbia_Biz MBA | @pembroke1347
London, England
Joined August 2009
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Anyone spending £250 on an advent calendar this year?
I shared my thoughts on advent calendars with @_aoifemorgan at @retailgazette 👇
Weekend read: Have we reached peak Christmas advent calendar? 🤍
retailgazette.co.uk/blog/202…
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We're recruiting new trustees. Find out from our current Vice-Chair @RetailDetail what it's like being a Board member for OL and how the Board supports our work
#OLTeaBreak #trustee #WomenonBoards
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John Lewis appoints CEO to "supercharge transformation" 👀
johnlewispartnership.media/n…
I'm speaking next week about the future of department stores at #pblondon run by @pro_beauty. Let me know if you're going!
During this period of growth in e-commerce and focus on D2C strategies, is there still value in department stores and retailers? Connect with Rebecca Saunders at International Manufacturers & Distributors Forum 2023 to find out: bddy.me/3YighBs #AMon #IMF2023 #Retail
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At least there's a winner. After the one-two blows of Pandemic/CoL crisis, it's...health & beauty, followed possibly by clothing & footwear, boosted by the cold snap. Online is giving up nearly all its Pandemic gains. The recessionary "lipstick effect" appears to be the victor.
Interesting move... Hush using and promoting John Lewis / Waitrose distribution via its own site and email 👇
"Every industry hits rock bottom eventually... the high street has reached that point" 👇
🇬🇧 M&S is leading Britain’s high street revival as online retailers careen into crisis bit.ly/3ZJaGpZ
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More retailers are charging customers to return holiday items this year. Sometimes they're even refunding the purchase price without asking for the item back. The message: You might not want the gift, but we don't either. trib.al/tDPGdz6
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Only 5 days into 2023 and we've had massive Amazon layoffs, a bankruptcy warning from Bed Bath & Beyond (though has been brewing for ages), 20% of staff laid off at Stitch Fix, Walgreens posting a $3.7bn quarterly loss, Victoria's Secret CEO exiting, Macy's announcing closures!
Such a significant drop in high street footfall - and with continuing train disruption this week and Royal Mail strike impact, even if consumers want to spend it's increasingly hard for them to do so before Christmas 👇
Agree with your analysis here @DeMelloRetail 👇
My views on @Etsy given cost of living increases - and my longer term prognosis for the business - in this @BBCNews article here: cutt.ly/h0OeQKT. Etsy need to focus back on their core (unique) business mode & international, and in doing so should continue to succeed.
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Interesting to look at today's UK retail sales & which channel shift to online has stuck, vs which was transitory. Apparel now back at pre-CV19 trend, household goods still a bit above, but reverting to trend. Food is the area where behavioural shift has held (up 2.5ppt on trend)
New job alert - after many years in independent consultant, I'm excited to have joined the Consumer & Retail Group at @alvarezmarsal: linkedin.com/posts/rebecca-s…
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🇬🇧 Next snaps up collapsed online furniture retailer Made.com for £3.5m bit.ly/3NRmFMH
Great to see more focus on value-add in VC👇
To compete in a market where good deals are competitive to get into, venture capital firms are bringing in expert talent in the form of venture partners. sifted.eu/articles/vc-funds-…
No doubt, retail is a particularly tough industry right now.
Made.com was valued at £775m when it floated on the London Stock Exchange in June last year.
16 months on, its market cap has just plunged below £4m and it is on the brink of administration.
Retail. Bloody hell.
It's 13 months since I gave @RishiSunak a hand massage at #BritishBeautyWeek run by @bbeautycouncil.
The message with the massage was about the value of UK beauty (c.£30bn) and the post-lockdown challenges the sector faced.
Fun fact: Rishi *had* used a jade roller before 😉
