Guest Slot – Alan Giles questions vertical integration

Vertical integration is back in fashion. (we think so, as you can read here). Morrisons recently bought a fish processing plant in Grimsby, having purchased a flower wholesaler last year. Sports Direct’s Mike Ashley has been buying up brands – most recently Firetrap – almost as fast as his football team have been acquiring Premier…

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Back to the future with vertical integration

The brewing industry is a great example of how the vertically integrated model of doing business is making something of a return. The Bull in Highgate: returning to an old business model Where once there were lots of brew-pubs around the UK, there have been none for some time. But in recent years there has…

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