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Retail Fashion Trends 2023

As we move closer to the middle of the year, SMEs from across 4C Fashion & Luxury Goods Sub Sector have come together to share insights and explore the challenges the sector faces in 2023 and beyond…

A Platform for Sustainable Change in Biopharma

As severe weather causes illness, injury, and death worldwide, it is impossible to ignore that the health of our communities and our planet are intrinsically linked. This fundamental truth puts the healthcare industry in a unique position: to align its purpose—enhancing societal health and preserving life—with the sustainable practices needed to mitigate environmental catastrophe.

Why diversifying your supply chain is a commercial imperative

How can a partnership with non-traditional suppliers help your business to unleash the benefits of supply chain diversity?

The Case for Change: Procurement Annual Report 2023

In last years’ Procurement Annual Survey we discussed the unprecedented procurement and supply chain challenges facing organisations and provided a series of recommendations on how to reimagine and to reinvent procurement for the future. Whilst supply chain resilience issues caused by the pandemic linger, other challenges have emerged with recent political and macroeconomic events significantly impacting energy and input...

Interview: Innocent Drinks’ strategy for success as B Corp leaders

When B Corp launched in the UK, it gained attention in the business industry with organizations seeking to gain certification that independently endorsed their credentials. Being certified distinguishes those companies who are simply using savvy marketing and greenwashing rhetoric, from those genuinely committed to driving positive social and environmental change.

Budget Reinforces Sourcing Playbook opportunities!

Karl Marx anticipated the Boom Bust cycle in the 19th Century …..it could be said that in 2023 the Budget of His Majesty’s Government has missed the opportunity to benefit from the experience of those that have gone before us and survived the cycle.

The Impact of Direct and Indirect Spend in Hospitality and Leisure

The Hospitality & Leisure (“H&L”) industry faces an uncertain year ahead. The New Year brings with it a double-edged sword: a global recessionary environment where high-interest and inflation rates threaten consumer spending & H&L revenues, coupled with energy uncertainties that continue to hike the direct and indirect costs of service delivery (hotel shower gels to raw food and utility...

Consumer Products: The End-to-End Supply Chain

In our ever-chaotic world, supply chains are under increasing pressure from a relentless number of factors. Brexit rolled into Covid-19 which rolled into the Ukraine War, each with its own unique challenges that have a direct and indirect impact on supply chains. For consumer products, the most obvious visual of these pressures is the empty shelves in our stores.

The Historic Acquisition of Credit Suisse and Using Procurement in Acquisitions of Distressed Assets

Over the last few weeks, we have seen a number of major acquisitions. None larger than the historic ‘shotgun-acquisition’ of Credit Suisse. UBS will pay 3 billion Swiss francs (£2.644 billion) for 167-year-old Credit Suisse Group AG and assume up to $5.4 billion in losses. The acquisition makes UBS a significantly more powerful on the global stage, with a pro-forma c.$5 trillion...

Is Loyalty Dead?

When I worked in Retail Buying between 2001 and 2013, we worked hard to secure, and harder to keep customers.