Lisa Coia

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Morgan Freeman said this about Black History month

[Lisa Coia @lisacoia]

Of course its the that woman gets suspended 🤬🤬🤬🤬Red Bull suspend woman who accused Christian Horner of inappropriate behaviour - BBC News https://t.co/oJAjo5OPkI

[Jim Down @JimDown8]

First paperback copies of LITB arrived today - thank you ⁦@jbirkett⁩ and the designers at ⁦@VikingBooksUK⁩ I love it. Out on Feb 28th available to order now. Please spread the word

[Jo Whiley @jowhiley]

Euston Station. 👌

[James @james_j_bailey]

Since he’s this year’s Christmas number one, here’s a reminder of the time George Michael sent £15k to a Deal or No Deal contestant to pay for her fertility treatment, and another £25k to a woman he saw crying in a café 💚

[Lisa Coia @lisacoia]

@alanbenzie I however feel quite at peace amongst the musky smells… #upwardlymobile

[Lisa Coia @lisacoia]

@JohnDower71 I binged it all Saturday. Wept more than once in episode one 👏👏

[Lisa Coia @lisacoia]

@imshanereaction That is genius - good on her really!!

[Lisa Coia @lisacoia]

@ZahraS_B So many congratulations Zahra..

[Lisa Coia @lisacoia]

This is amazing

[Howard_Alan_Treesong @h_a_treesong]

@bo66ie29 1970: VICTORIAN TEENAGERS reminisce | Yesterday's Witness | Voice of the People | BBC Archive
https://t.co/3i1vjcF9AL

[Ger @Gerof2001]

@tracey_thorn @PatricKielty spoke brilliantly at the end of the Late Late Show on Irish tv last night.

[Trung Phan @TrungTPhan]

Birkenstock IPO’d today at a ~$8B valuation.

Its CEO Oliver Reichert did a massive turnaround in the past decade: sales 5x’d from $125m in 2012 to $1.3B in 2022.

The wildest part: he has zero background in footwear or fashion.

Prior to taking over the top job in 2013, he was a crisis reporter in Africa and an exec at a German sports TV station.

Reichert was introduced to the Birkenstock family in 2009 via an art dealer friend and became an external consultant.

The brand was struggling because the Birkenstock family had three heir sons battling over strategy and control.

Reichert created a plan for two of the brothers to exit the business, which simplified the corporate structure.

Then he went to realize the full potential of the brand:

▫️NEW MODELS: The most iconic Birkenstocks retail for ~$130. In 2015, the company released a water-proof EVA rubber sandal at half the price, $50-60. This sandal now accounts for ~15% of the 30m Birkenstock units sold.

▫️DTC: The website Birkenstock dot com was launched in 2016 and the online channel has gone from 0% to 38% of sales in 7 years.

Birkenstock went wild during the pandemic (work from home boost) and 90% of interest is word-of-mouth (US Birkenstock owners have 3.6 pairs on avg).

He 3x’d the workforce to 4k+ and — even as sales grew 5x — expanded operating margin from 27% to 35%.

For the effort, he owns at least ~5% of Birkenstock (~$400m).

One of the better “consultant comes in and fixes business” stories I can remember.

Not bad for someone who said in an interview with The Cut in 2018, “I don’t give a shit about fashion.”

[Lisa Coia @lisacoia]

Broken Britain.

[James Nokise @JamesNokise]

I’m not quite sure how to explain what’s happened tonight, because it’s still happening - but here goes…

At 4:40pm I jumped on a train from London to Edinburgh..

It was comfy, it was quiet

In hindsight, too good to last…

[GlennyRodge @GlennyRodge]

BREAKING NEWS: Police forget the word trousers.

[Lisa Coia @lisacoia]

I’m off to Edinburgh for a week at the fringe. It’s always one of my favourite weeks of the year 🎭

[Lisa Coia @lisacoia]

@Paul_McGee @alanbenzie I’ll get to them some day…

[Lisa Coia @lisacoia]

@alanbenzie @Paul_McGee Matrix trilogy

[Lisa Coia @lisacoia]

@alanbenzie Yes Alan, it does

[Lisa Coia @lisacoia]

Just hearing the news.. so very sad.

[Patrick Dexter @patrickdextervc]

Nothing Compares 2 U. Heart broken hearing the news of the passing of Sinéad O’Connor, such an inspiration

[Lisa Coia @lisacoia]

@LisaMoorish That made me cry 😢 so lovely