An interview with Anthony Morris, ex Director of Data, Analytics and Insight at Dixons Carphone Introduction to Anthony Anthony Morris spent 10 years as a Management Consultant across a number of different businesses, supporting with different types of challenges from growth strategies and cost reduction to turnaround. This led him to Dixons where he spent […]
Author Archives: Clekt
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Aug
Aug
Founder Ian Cray ponders his own experience of introspection and exploring bias to make one of the most important decisions as CTO of Clekt – and why opting for the solution that wasn’t his initial preference yielded best results. The Importance of Internal Systems When I had the idea to start Clekt, I decided that […]
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Jul
Data is a key component of success for any company, in any sector. It offers valuable insight and a source of key information that can be employed to improve your offering (and your profit margins). But it can only represent true value for businesses when it is used correctly. One of the main barrier’s companies […]
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Jun
Jun
Head of Sales at Clekt, James Springham, reflects on his first exciting month at Clekt, albeit in unusual circumstances. Joining Clekt was a big career move for James after his 5 years experience at Poq but he’s already realised it was a great decision. It’s now been almost a month since I joined the team […]
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Jun
As Venture Capitalist, and Author, Tomasz Tunguz once said, “the best run companies are data-driven, and this skill sets businesses apart from their competition”. Becoming data-driven takes decision-making to the next level – the 16% of businesses who use data for their key strategic initiatives (as reported by Harvard Business Review) are the ones who […]
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Jun
Jun
The London College of Fashion have been nurturing creative talent for over a century, giving enterprising, gifted students the opportunity to launch their careers and reinvent the fashion industry from within. A total fashion ecology, they strive to get ahead of challenges and evoke the value from every situation. To do this, they need to […]
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Jun
Jun
“When can we reopen?” has been the question on every retail leaders’ lips ever since the 24th March. Well, the Prime Minister has announced that non-essential retailers can plan to open their doors and welcome back customers on the 15th June. This is undoubtedly welcome news for everyone; the retailers, their staff, their suppliers and […]
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Jun
Jun
Every company collects, processes, and stores data that they don’t use, this is referred to as “dark data”. Some might say that this is because the data has no use, but others, those who are more likely to be working in data driven companies, will say that ignoring dark data is a missed opportunity. The […]
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May
May
What was the last insightful thing you learned from your data? What did you do with this discovery to make a positive impact in your business? Hold on to that thought whilst you read on. If at the end you haven’t changed your mind, then you must be in the 31% of companies who identify […]
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May
May
Axminster Tools and Machinery, a family business with over 45 years industry experience, is a well-established UK supplier of quality tools, machinery and workshop consumables, comprising of over 17,000 product lines. To maintain their market-leader status, the company needs to continue to innovate. This requires an ever-increasing need for new data sources, further reports and […]
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