David Vardy

Brands. Retail and FMCG. Clarity and consistency between strategy and activation. 30 years client and agency-side experience.

[David Vardy @vantedgebrand]

@GWRHelp @MikeyC74 Twyford

[David Vardy @vantedgebrand]

Not too shabby! ⁦@jamieoliver⁩ #5ingredients

[David Vardy @vantedgebrand]

@hwallop Carlos Criado Perez at Safeway?

[David Vardy @vantedgebrand]

Great thread here. I love one of the replies: “If customers wanted meal kits like this, I have a feeling grocery stores themselves would have figured this out decades ago.

centuries maybe.” How true!

[adam keesling @adam_keesling]

Blue Apron IPO'd in June 2017 at a $2bn valuation

Yesterday, it closed at a stock price of $9.01, representing a market cap of just under $120mm

What happened and what can we learn?

[New Era Group Limited @NEGLimited]

So nice to meet David from @vantedgebrand at the @RetailIndAwards , super fella and great company. Thank you for the picture 👍

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Meet the 99-year-old grandmother fighting for her home against a $2.6B Vietnamese coal plant.

[David Vardy @vantedgebrand]

@ScalaRadio Rhapsody

[David Vardy @vantedgebrand]

@RetailDive They opened a store in Central London last year. Just off Oxford Street. Same format.

[David Vardy @vantedgebrand]

Rather a lot of Seabrooks Fire Eaters to shift #middleaisle

[David Vardy @vantedgebrand]

Looking forward to being part of this tonight ⁦@foodnetworking⁩ in Wandsworth 6pm onwards The foodies’ networking event: Meet your peers, grow your business - Wandsworth Enterprise Month https://t.co/VrE7yNeLNB

[David Vardy @vantedgebrand]

Woolworths to sell fuel business for $1.7 billion https://t.co/QVNl4yJafg

[Financial Times @FinancialTimes]

UK online 'fast-fashion' retailers have been called before parliament in response to environmental concerns and evidence of illegally low wages in parts of the industry.

This follows an investigation by the FT this year on garment factories. https://t.co/75d7iNtlcQ

[David Vardy @vantedgebrand]

#QFA18 Well done ⁦@SaclaUK⁩ ⁦@QualFoodAwards⁩ two awards!

[David Vardy @vantedgebrand]

At this stage of the competition, it’s increasingly difficult to tell who is the professional and who is the celebrity. Could it be ⁦@Faye_Tozer⁩ , ⁦@pernicegiovann1⁩ or my 82 year old mum-in-law? Thanks ⁦@TeamGandT⁩ for the photo and best wishes for the weekend

[David Vardy @vantedgebrand]

A larger San Fran store than hitherto and more local suppliers
Amazon Go makes California debut https://t.co/WPA9W0Fefi

[David Vardy @vantedgebrand]

@BeansJust 7th August

[David Vardy @vantedgebrand]

JD not hanging around with its growth plans - 1,000 c-store openings per day quoted and a new team of ex-7-Eleven execs! 1m c-stores by 2021.. https://t.co/YKA52WgfRL

[David Vardy @vantedgebrand]

The big question is will Aldi need to adjust it’s Softly range naming system too? #KleenexMansize #softlyverylargetissues ⁦@LisaMHancox⁩

[David Vardy @vantedgebrand]

@Natalie_Berg Smart idea isn’t it?

[David Vardy @vantedgebrand]

Very busy in the planning areas - every station occupied with dreaming couples