Duncan Painter
Ascential faces the questions
UK-based B2B information, analytics and events company Ascential Plc today (22 Sept) reported first-half revenues of £307.4mn (H1 2022:…
Solving the Ascential puzzle
Ascential Plc, the UK-based B2B information and events group, is expected to announce the buyer for its WGSN…
How WGSN became the Ascential star
Duncan Painter, the 12-year CEO of Ascential Plc, could be forgiven for wondering just how he could have…
Ascential events for sale
Private equity firms are planning to pre-empt the IPO of Cannes Lions and Money 20/20. The plan for…
Ascential sells Retail Week. What next?
In what might just be a preamble to a 2023-4 plan to de-merge its digital commerce analytics operations,…
Why Ascential breakup is inevitable
Ascential Plc, the UK-based information and events company, will be the perfect business school case study. Starting life…
What Ascential may do next
The pandemic will upend a lot of B2B strategies because the dislocation will change the shape of the…
Can Ascential make it?
Listed companies are tricky. Investors can be so fickle and quick to pick holes in well-worked strategies they…
How Ascential is changing shape of B2B media
Eighteen months ago, Michael Kassan, the owner of US advertising consultancy MediaLink, was interviewing WPP’s Martin Sorrell at…