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The British Founder Disrupting U.S. Home Services

Joseph Schwarzmann took a different path. After studying at Cambridge, consulting at Bain & Company on private equity deals in the home services sector, and enrolling at Harvard Business School, he became fixated on the gap between the technology available to office staff and what field technicians had access to.

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Fashion’s big reset: Can the new guard bring back the good old days?

Fashion’s big reset: Can the new guard bring back the good old days?

With revenues falling, accusations of ‘greedflation’ and labour scandals, panic has hit the ateliers. Will fresh talent and strategic U-turns help the luxury labels turn the tide, asks John Arlidge

Evening Standard

Exclusive: Bain and Greylock bet $42 million that AI agents can finally fix cybersecurity’s messiest bottleneck

Exclusive: Bain and Greylock bet $42 million that AI agents can finally fix cybersecurity’s messiest bottleneck

Cogent Security boasts an all-star AI team—and is promising to close the gap between finding software flaws and actually fixing them.

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Even wealthy shoppers are ‘trading down’ to cheaper brands — especially in two types of luxury goods

Just like in politics, the luxury world is experiencing a period of extreme polarization

The Independent UK

Worried About an AI Bubble? Here’s What You Need to Know

Though AI is a transformative technology, it’s worth paying attention to the rising economic and financial risks. Here’s some guidance to navigate AI’s future.

AI buildouts need $2 trillion in annual revenue to sustain growth, but massive cash shortfall looms — even generous forecasts highlight $800 billion black hole, says report

A new report by Bain & Company says AI’s compute appetite will require more than $500 billion per year in global data center investment by 2030.

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I'm chief legal officer at a billion-dollar IT security unicorn and I've got Gen Z advice for leaders looking to reimagine entry-level work in the age of AI

Heavily leveraging AI while human workers at all levels lack the training and skills to manage it appropriately — that is a recipe for significant risks.

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Gen Z's job ladder isn’t breaking because of AI—but it’s evolving, says LinkedIn COO

Gen Z's job ladder isn’t breaking because of AI—but it’s evolving, says LinkedIn COO

LinkedIn COO Dan Shapero told Fortune in Cannes: “Navigating the transition to an AI economy is probably going to be the issue of the next decade."

Tariff threats, wars will slow but not collapse global luxury sales in 2025, new study shows

Tariff threats, wars will slow but not collapse global luxury sales in 2025, new study shows

Global sales of personal luxury goods are projected to slide by 2% to 5% this year

The Independent UK

Virgin Australia is coming back to the share market. Here’s what this new chapter could mean

Virgin Australia is coming back to the share market. Here’s what this new chapter could mean

It is finally happening. After five years of being a private company, Virgin Australia will relist on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) on June 24. The company is expected to raise A$685 million through the initial public offering (IPO).

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Palantir Scores First $1 Billion Contract; Is It Priced In?

Palantir Scores First $1 Billion Contract; Is It Priced In?

Palantir's first $1 billion contract is the latest example of how the company has managed to silence its naysayers, but may be priced into PLTR stock

Private equity giant Bain mulls bid for London-listed software firm Craneware

Private equity giant Bain mulls bid for London-listed software firm Craneware

Any potential takeover deal would make Craneware the latest listed firm to leave the London Stock Exchange.

Evening Standard

Luxury Bubble Bursts as Middle Class Abandons High-End Spending

Luxury Bubble Bursts as Middle Class Abandons High-End Spending

The luxury bubble bursts with a 2% market drop in 2024 as middle-class shoppers abandon high-end purchases amid economic woes.

International Business Times UK

Japan's Seven & i sells retail business to Bain Capital for $5.4 billion, plans IPO

Japan's Seven & i sells retail business to Bain Capital for $5.4 billion, plans IPO

Japan's Seven & I, the parent company of the Japanese 7-Eleven convenience store chain, says it is selling its supermarket store assets to Bain Capital for about $5.4 billion

The Independent UK

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Manny Maceda on succession at Bain & Company

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The corporate exodus from China is gaining momentum, study says

The share of companies that are moving operations out of China jumped to 69% in 2024 from 55% in 2022, a Bain survey said.

50 million people have stopped buying luxury brands like Dior and Burberry after 'broken promises' to customers

“A fabulous ice cream sundae is boring by the time you have it the fifth time,” a retail analyst told Fortune.

The Independent UK

A study says the global luxury goods market will shrink in 2025. Trump tariffs could make it worse

Global sales of personal luxury goods are forecast to shrink next year for the first time since the Great Recession in 2008 and the COVID-19 pandemic

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Surging AI Power Demand Meets America's Largest Electric Utility Stock

Bain expects data centers to make up 44% of all electricity demand growth through 2028, as companies rush to develop the next generation of AI. NextEra Energy CEO John Ketchum says that he expects an almost 40% rise in U.S. power demand over the next two decades, compared with just…

Japan's Biggest Motorcycle Retailer Just Got Bought By Bain Capital, Oh Great

If you've purchased or ridden a motorcycle in Japan, you're probably familiar with Red Baron Group. They offer used and new sales and service nationwide.

Tom’s Hardware

NAND Flash Maker Kioxia files for IPO at expected $10.3 billion valuation

Bain Capital hopes to raise $500 million from Kioxia's IPO, retain control over NAND flash maker.

Christope De Vusser is the first European to lead American giant Bain & Company—here's how he's leveraging AI tools to make consultants work 'smarter'

De Vusser shares his approach to achieving work-life balance, highlights his top art exhibitions and discusses the generative AI tools Bain employs to stay ahead in the industry.

New Bain global managing partner predicts when gen AI will reach its 'tipping point'

Gen AI is "not at full deployment where it impacts everything we do, and how workflows will be organized," says Christophe De Vusser.

The Independent UK

Study finds global luxury sales flattening amid self-inflicted creativity crisis and price hikes

The post-pandemic surge in global sales of luxury handbags, shoes and apparel is on pace to stall this year amid a creativity crisis and price hikes focused on the biggest spending customers

Bain Capital leads $35 million Series A for M^0, a network for minting digital dollars

With the funding, M^0 wants to create a global network for institutions to mint digital dollars that "all look the same, smell the same, are fully fungible."

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