Elevate - for business leaders
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Business advice,
Retail sector
| Tags: business,
CEO,
advice,
insight,
interview,
leadership,
Elevate magazine,
stress,
Will King,
King of Shaves,
entrepreneur,
He went from redundancy in 1993 to razor-sharp entrepreneur after developing a shaving oil in his kitchen and founding the King of Shaves company. CEO Will King talks to Nick Huber about his pivotal career moment, leadership style, stress tactics and his next big ambition.
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Friday, September 03, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Retail sector
| Tags: business,
entrepreneur,
CEO,
interview,
online,
retail,
Nick Robertson,
ASOS,
e-commerce,
shopping
Since internet fashion retailer began 10 years ago,
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Thursday, August 26, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Retail sector,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: innovation,
business,
survey,
report,
data,
business models,
retail,
analysis,
comment
Retailers desperately need to review or renew the way they do business in order to survive profound changes in the market and the economy – that was the finding of our recent
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Thursday, August 12, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Economy,
Retail sector,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: innovation,
survey,
report,
data,
business models,
retail
…and suggests that it is time for retailers to move beyond cost-cutting as the main thrust in their business models. Read on for details of the full report.
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Financing ,
Retail sector
| Tags: business,
finance,
due diligence,
corporate finance,
Simon Davies,
hobbies,
disposal,
sale,
lead advisory,
deal,
entrepreneurship,
Warren Haskins,
HobbyCraft,
art and crafts,
Bridgepoint Capital
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Sunday, February 21, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
My big decision,
Retail sector
| Tags: entrepreneurs,
retail,
My Big Decision,
business leaders,
George,
George Davies,
Next,
GIVe,
per una
George Davies is big in women’s clothing – so to speak. He launched Next, George at Asda and per una at Marks & Spencer. But, says Britain’s ‘King of the High Street’ – the latest subject in Grant Thornton’s
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Media sector,
Retail sector
| Tags: business,
Alex Connock,
entrepreneurs,
links,
media,
Ros Simmons,
diary,
Ten Alps,
VIE at home,
retail,
VIE,
Entrepreneur’s Diary
This summer, the Elevate blog followed two leading UK entrepreneurs to find out what CEO life is like, especially during a recession. For three months, Alex Connock, chief executive of Ten Alps PLC, and Ros Simmons, head of VIE at home, posted a weekly
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Monday, September 14, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Retail sector
| Tags: recession,
entrepreneur,
Ros Simmons,
VIE at home,
direct sales,
flexible working,
e-commerce,
launch,
party plan,
consultant,
Virgin, women in business
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Thursday, September 10, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Retail sector
| Tags: entrepreneur,
Ros Simmons,
women in business,
VIE at home,
Virgin,
flexible working,
work-life balance,
launch,
consultant,
mobile phone
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Thursday, August 27, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Retail sector
| Tags: entrepreneur,
Ros Simmons,
women in business,
VIE at home,
Virgin,
teamwork,
Christmas,
direct sales,
presentations,
event management,
motivation,
organisation,
recognition
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Friday, August 21, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Retail sector
| Tags: business,
entrepreneur,
Ros Simmons,
women in business,
VIE at home,
Virgin,
Christmas,
event,
launch,
events company,
production company
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Friday, August 14, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Retail sector
| Tags: entrepreneur,
Ros Simmons,
women in business,
VIE at home,
Virgin,
recruitment,
Christmas,
customers,
Retail Week,
promotions,
campaign
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Wednesday, August 05, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Retail sector
| Tags: entrepreneur,
Ros Simmons,
women in business,
health,
VIE at home,
success,
Virgin,
fashion,
networks,
mentors,
Liz Warom,
beauty,
qualifications,
Felicity Hone,
mentoring,
London College of Fashion
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Friday, July 31, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Retail sector
| Tags: entrepreneur,
Ros Simmons,
international,
strategy,
women in business,
VIE at home,
expansion,
direct sales,
franchise,
Germany,
Entrepreneur’s Diary
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Retail sector
| Tags: entrepreneur,
Ros Simmons,
women in business,
diary,
Ten Alps,
VIE at home,
Virgin,
management buy-out,
Entrepreneur’s Diary,
Entrepreneur’s Diary Alex Connock
Inspired by
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Friday, July 17, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Retail sector
| Tags: entrepreneur,
Ros Simmons,
women in business,
VIE at home,
Christmas,
direct sales,
flexible working,
PR,
part-time working,
Avon,
press,
DSA,
Entrepreneur’s Diary
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Retail sector,
Women in business
| Tags: recession,
entrepreneur,
Ros Simmons,
women in business,
VIE at home,
recruitment,
maternity leave,
management buy-out,
downturn,
consultants,
commission,
Entrepreneur’s Diary
Steering a business through a recession can’t be easy. So we asked our female CEO,
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