Dr. Martens £3 billion IPO symbolizes UK s past and its future Quartz 1/23/2021 © Provided by Quartz
Dr. Martens has come a long way from 1960, when the company’s boots started rolling out of a factory in a small English town. Its journey from provincial beginnings to global fashion symbol traces Britain’s history as it became a financial powerhouse. As the iconic boot company prepares to join the UK’s public market, it’s an open question whether the country’s financial sector can pull off a similar reinvention
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When Bill Griggs and his family bought the license for an air-cushioned sole for work boots, the British economy was thriving, though not quite as much as its peers in Europe. “European economies in general, including industry, had a boom period after World War II,” said Dr. David Chambers, a professor at the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge. “Growth, including industrial output, was fairly strong in most countries. The UK was o
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Fidelity Bank Plc yesterday announced new board appointments to replace some of its outgoing directors who recently completed their tenure on its board in accordance with its internal governance policies.
According to a statement from the bank, Mrs. Aku Odinkemelu, its Executive Director, South Directorate, who was appointed to the board on August 4, 2014, will be retiring by December 31, 2020, while Chief Charles Umolu, Non-Executive Director, has completed his tenure and retired from the board on December 16, 2020.
In addition, Mr. Michael Okeke, a Non-Executive Director, has completed his tenure and retired on December 18, 2020. He was a member of various board committees, including the Board Corporate Governance Committee, which he chaired from October 2018 to December 2019.
Degrowth will accelerate as consumers change companies should adapt now: Thomas Roulet
Thomas Roulet
Synopsis
A degrowth economy can certainly inspire innovation in companies and it should, if firms want to come out on top of the competition once this change in consumer patterns becomes a norm.
Thomas Roulet teaches organisation theory at Cambridge University’s Judge Business School and is deputy director of its MBA programme. The prominent management specialist shares his insights with ET Evoke on why degrowth will only accelerate in the West and how companies can keep up:
There are clear trends showing how consumers in the West are now driving degrowth. This movement does not mean the end of consumerism it means consuming
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