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Consumer Brands Horizons Summit

Join us at our Consumer Brands Horizons Summit, an exclusive half-day conference designed to inspire and equip professionals in the consumer brands industry.

25 September 2025 | 100 Liverpool Street, London EC2M2AT

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From Start-Up to Scale-Up: Strategies for Consumer Brand Success

We are delighted to introduce you to our speakers at our Consumer Brands Horizons Summit on Thursday 25 September. This is an exclusive half-day conference designed to inspire and equip professionals in the consumer brands industry.

Topics include:

  • Legal Essentials for Consumer Brands – Navigating IP, HR, and AI Risks in Fast-Evolving Markets
  • Omnichannel strategies for a Disruptive world 
  • Social Commerce and the Rise of TikTok Shop 
  • A Founder's Experience of Scaling a D2C Business from Start-Up to Exit 
  • Thriving in Turbulence: Business Strategies, Challenges, and Opportunities for Retail & Consumer Brands 

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Join us as we bring together industry leaders, innovators and their advisors to explore cutting-edge strategies, emerging trends, and solutions to tackle the challenges shaping the future of retail and consumer brands.

Anne Todd

Partner

Programme highlights

Omnichannel Strategies for a Disruptive World

9:05am – Jonathan Simmons and Jan Schneiderbanger, Retail Consultants, L.E.K. Consulting

  • How technology continues to reshape retail
  • Responding to cost pressures and margin squeeze
  • Adapting to a changing customer base with shifting values and expectations

A Founder’s Experience of Scaling a D2C Business from Start-Up to Exit

9:30am – Rob Grieg-Gran, Founder, Mindful Chef

In conversation with Harry Trick, Partner at Michelmores.

Thriving in Turbulence: Business Strategies, Challenges and Opportunities for Retail & Consumer Brands

10:20am – Panel from HaysMac

Featuring:

  • Natasha Frangos, Managing Partner
  • Sabina Burke, Director & Co-Head of Creative, Media & Technology
  • Per-Olof Ahlstrom, Head of RAAS
  • Lotte Williams, Head of Retail & eCommerce

Social Commerce and the Rise of TikTok Shop

10:50am

  • Matt Blay, CEO, Superb Media
  • Ashley Hoare, Head of Customer Success, Superb Media
  • George Meagher, Head of FMCG International, TikTok Shop

Legal Essentials for Consumer Brands

11:20am – Michelmores Partners, Anne Todd, Charlotte Bolton, Iain Connor and Robert Forsyth.

A practical session on navigating IP, HR, and AI risks in fast-moving consumer markets, featuring Michelmores lawyers Iain Connor, Charlotte Bolton, Robert Forsyth, and Anne Todd.

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Meet our speakers:

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David Thompson

Head of Consumer Brands, Michelmores

 

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Jonathan Simmons

Retail Consultant, LEK

 

 

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Robert Grieg-Gran

Founder, Mindful Chef

 

 

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Natasha Frangos

Managing Partner, HaysMac

 

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Matt Blay 

Founder & CEO, Superb Media

 

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George Meagher

Head of FMCG International, TikTok Shop 

 

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Date:  Thursday 25 September 2025
Time: 09:00 – 12:00. Refreshments will be available from 8:30.
Where: Michelmores, 100 Liverpool Street, London EC2M2AT

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