Commercial Awareness with Watson’s Daily business and financial news

In this episode, Amy and I talk about Apple supporting a potential disrupter in the music industry and Deliveroo’s less-than-stellar performance on its first day of trading on the LSE...

In this episode, Amy and I talk about Spotify’s purchase of Locker Room as part of its wider content strategy and whether Foxconn’s diversification into automotive platform assembly will actually work...

In this episode, Amy and I talk about the effect that influencers have in China and whether that will come over here in addition to the reasoning behind Cazoo heading over to the US for an IPO.

In this episode, Amy and I talk about how sudden takeaway drop-off could be avoided as lockdown lifts and we also discuss the future possibilities for what3words.

In this episode, Alisa and I chat about what’s behind the H&M/Nike backlash in China and why Legal & General said that it won’t be taking part in next week’s Deliveroo IPO.

In this episode, Alisa and I talk about John Lewis’ latest decision and whether it is turning into M&S in addition to considering the implications of the current Chinese authority crackdown on Ant Group.

In this episode, Watson’s Daily ambassador Gaby Kaza and I chat with Paul North, Director at Volteface, a drugs-focused think-tank. We exchange views on what the current situation is on legalisation in the UK and what would need to happen for the UK to emulate the US and Canada in terms of the availability of products containing CBD. We also speculate on what commercial and economic implications could be of further regulation. If you would like to know more about Paul’s organisation, please visit https://volteface.me/ . This is a new theme-focused format for Watson’s Daily, so please tell us what you think! Many thanks! This will be in addition to the existing format that you have already become accustomed to!

In this episode, Alisa and I discuss the proliferation of NFTs as well as what the implications might be for Goldman Sachs following the recent “leaked” report from disgruntled analysts.

In this episode, Alisa and I talk about when Audi reckons it’ll be able to get EV and conventional car margins on a par and why travel shares are sliding...

In this episode, Alisa (along with Georgie!) and I talk about what’s going on re Europe and the vaccine as well as the potential thinking behind Sunak’s delay on implementing a digital services tax...