I think I can finally delete the Harvard Business Review from my list of regular reading. I’ve always been rather depressed by its clunky resort to management metaphors. But the most recent issue descends into boxing and Mohammed Ali as metaphor during the present economic downturn. I have to draw the line. The FT’s Lucy [...]

I recently led a discussion with European colleagues on the prospects for DIY and home improvement retailing. Apart from the opportunity of reviewing some of the demand side data, we also considered both operational and strategic responses to the economic downturn in different North American and European markets. What was particularly interesting was that I [...]