Are you serious about building your brand?

Do you agree that nobody knows it all? Often, we don't know what we don't know.

So what if you could have somebody by your side to help you to

1. Build a strong strategy
2. Implement the action plan WITHOUT making the mistakes that your competition has made
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What will break or make your business succeed is time and priority management.
How do you rate yourself?
Do you regularly procrastinate tasks which are important in the business?
Do you just focus on the easy ones?
Do you only focus on the ones you love doing or those which are urgent but not important?...

As GFM Founder was invited to speak at a Port Harcourt, Nigeria Export Conference, it is the right time for Thierry Bayle to re-highlight the importance to be Export Ready and Export Focused!

Export is this season’s hottest move and it is certainly your future El Dorado!

You know the score: you need...

For his 58th Birthday, Tony Elumelu has shared 58 quotes to ignite entrepreneurship and leadership in Africa.

This continent has the power, the creativity and resilience to reach out to the many globally.

If you want to go fast, go alone.
If you want to go far, go together.

Read Tony's 58 quotes h...

If you can put your hand on your heart and say that you’re totally happy with the profit your retail business is making, then congratulations, you must be one in a million!

We regularly run Retail workshops at GFM and we have delivered one every season for many years at Who’s Next in Paris*. The que...

As a Young Designer or as a Fashion start-up Brand, you know you are facing 3 critical challenges:

1. Getting the product right

2. Building a business and not a hobby 

3. Making sales and generating a profit

After 25 years in the business of fashion, we understand and we know all the efforts and...

As we were invited for lunch by a client for Diwali, we celebrated the victory of light over darkness and knowledge over ignorance.

Apart from eating delicious Indian food, we had the pleasure to enjoy many spices imorted directly from India.

As you know, we can easily have an experience in anythi...

Learning from our own mistakes and learning from the mistakes of others are both important ways to develop knowledge and skills. Here are some differences between the two approaches:

Timing: Learning from our own mistakes usually happens after the mistake has been made, whereas learning from the mi...

We regularly go to the Doctor's office or visit the dentist. We often send our paperwork to the accountant to finalise the balance sheet and profit and loss account.

However, let us ask you a few questions:

1. When did you last visit Doctor Fashion?
2. Who did a diagnostic on your Fashion Brand and w...

This event is a free webinar this week organised by Omnes Education, London Campus.

They had presented a successful panel discussion with Paola Masperi from Mayamiko and Geoff van Sonsbeeck from House of Baukjen Group/ Isabella Oliver on sustainability.

This week, the webinar topic is

Topic: Fash...

Discover several pages of interest whether inside our website or in outside resources.

Circular Fashion - Check our thoughts and concerns -

 GFM Founder Thierry Bayle - Interview on Clevenard TV -

How was your week?
Did you manage to remain focused on your priorities?
Are you on your way to reach your December 31st targets?

We are by your side to support you and the Team. Connect when you need a new perspective. 

Enjoy those leadership quotes. 

• "Remain focused on the ABC of Fashion succe
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