This week, the “Elevate & Expand” CEO Lunch, hosted by the A+ Agency, brought together some of the most dynamic Nigerian fashion designers ready to scale their brands globally.

It was more than a networking event—it was a catalyst for bold action, candid conversation, and transformative partnership...

Thank you for visiting our website and we are looking forward to sharing our experience with you and in exchange we want to learn from you.

We have a mission to transform the fashion industry and support the designers and brands.
Our promise is simple: we wil assist you to set up and scale up a more...

Are you an emerging designer, start up or somebody committed to scaling up your fashion brand successfully?

This 3-day retreat is the opportunity to learn from 100's and 1000's of case studies depending on the area of fashion. 
We will have a 360 deep-dive inside the fashion brand.
The content will b...

A we were working with a client, it became more obvious that we should highlight in this blog 2 key points:

1. Networking benefits
2. Required skills for great networking

 Let's discover the benefits first.

1. Opportunities for Career Advancement
Networking can lead to new job opportunities, promotio...

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
...

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...

In this ever changing world, most people feel overwhelmed. It is quite natural especially as the rate of change is accelerating exponentially.

How can we cope? How do you cope?
Share your comments below and win one of the 2 free advice sessions on offer this week.

We need to build mental strength....

We have recently attended an internal meeting at a client's place and we were surprised not to have received the agenda. Despite being a good company, we were further surprised when we realised that the time was badly used (often arguing) and they could not come up with a single decision that would ...

As we were doing some retail visits with a client including visiting a large Department Store, we saw several sales executives with a 100% focus on their mobile phones.

Why is that happening?
Is it really benefitting the business, the individual and the clients? We do not think so.

George Orwell to...

As sustainable fashion is the new black, how do you ensure to keep updated in this field and more generally how to you manage personal development for the Team and yourself?

To start on the sustainability agenda, please read the Fashion United article on several existing certifications that may be ...

Discover 6 words that Fast Company has identified as preventing you getting people to work with you.

1. No problem

2. Hope

3. Can't

4. Pissed off

5. Whatever

6. It is what it is

Read the full article in the link below.

GFM Founder, Thierry Bayle, is sharing 2 of his business quotes which may...