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09.55-10.10 (15 mins)
The financial landscape for brands and agencies
This presentation covers the state of ownership of brands, brand-owners, agencies and media owners. We'll find out where private equity (PE) money is going, and why, plus some wider context on the economic landscape. The session will explain the implications for everyone working in marketing, including what disruption tells us about the businesseses we work for, and the potential on our day jobs.
Presenters: Jim Houghton, partner, Waypoint Partners; Bob Sheard, founding partner, FreshBritain

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10.10-10.30 (20 mins)
Building the Booking.com of furniture
For over 100 years, McGettrick’s, a drapery shop in Ireland, was run by three family generations until it finally closed its doors two autumns ago. Now, London-based businesswoman Dierdre Mc Gettrick is carrying on the family’s interiors legacy into the digital age with ufurnish.com, which has quickly grown to become the UK's leading search and comparison website for home furniture and furnishings. Now eyeing up its next phase of growth, Rob Pierre, co-founder, and former CEO of Jellyfish, has joined the aggregator as an advisor and investor, to support with the media expertise necessary to scale the brand. In this session, you’ll learn about why it is a particularly interesting time for digital brands to lean into a rapidly growing digital commerce and retail media space, plus leadership lessons from two founders building an impressive new brand.
Panellists: Deirdre Mc Gettrick, CEO and co-founder, uFurnish.com; Rob Pierre, investor and exited founder, Jellyfish; Ella Sagar, Reporter, The Media Leader

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