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Strategy

A strategy is brand’s master plan how to evolve its business successfully. A strategy can be worked out one or several functional areas of a business. Common functional strategies are a marketing strategy, a sourcing strategy or a retail strategy.Global lifestyle brands easily distribute to 80 markets, with each up to 10 different distribution channels. That provides many opportunities to grow and add complexity. While jumping on each market may prove lucky, growth can easily go very wrong. For that matter, it is good to have a well-planed brand growth strategy.In this section of our blog we share strategy views and best practice examples of key brands, and analyse what you can learn for your own brand strategy.

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Driving Brand Growth with Private Equity

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Brand private equity investments have increased, but not all have been success stories. How can PE and brands work together successfully?

Over the last couple of years, brand private equity (PE) investments have increased strongly. Brand investments were very attractive, PE investors had a positive influence, but not all PE investments have been success stories. From my experience as a CFO in that environment, I’d like to share some learnings on how brands can grow successfully with private equity. (more…)