Only one month has passed from my last post and life has slightly changed. One more time. One more time in July. Summer is probably a dead month for business; it’s definitely not a slow month for me, considering that all big changes of the last years took place in July. Anyway, back from a…
Category: M&A
2015 Brand2Global London
Just got final confirmation for my participation as speaker at the Brand2Global Marketing Conference. It will take place here in London, at the end of Sept 2015. There will be lots of coverage from marketing and branding-related media. Including Brand Quarterly, which I am currently cooperating with. Speakers from these companies have confirmed: Topics I…
When Global beats Local
This is so sad. Global beats Local, one more time. Hopefully @SABMiller will preserve the little jewel @MeantimeBrewing. @SABMiller enters UK craft beer market acquiring @MeantimeBrewing (hopefully they’ll preserve this little jewel…) http://t.co/0YOAeHcPva — Giuseppe Caltabiano (@giusec) May 15, 2015
Megamergers
Interesting piece from the FT about the super-acquisitions of the last six months. Not counting last rumours about SalesForce.com. After the financial crisis, so this counter-narrative goes, companies suspended payouts to investors and looked inward to aggressively cut costs. Even as balance sheets improved, executives remained timid and turned to share repurchases and dividends to…
8th Strategic Marketing & Branding Forum
Conference is over. Beautiful Location. Great presentations and speakers. Presentation from Generali’s CMO was one of my favourite. Overall, very interesting experience. My presentation can be already found here, via SlideShare. Some more details about the Forum, here – photos are included. I do not think presentations were recorded. All files should be uploaded sometime…