User talk:Manzees

WikiProject Investment
Hey there! I just re-launched the WikiProject Investment. Anyone can join!

Feel free to check out the project and ping me if you have any questions.

Cheers! WikiEditCrunch (talk) 08:38, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Global Fashion Group
Dear Manzees, I am getting in touch because I noticed that you have edited the Global Fashion Group (GFG) entry in the past. My name is Marshall Manson and I currently work for the communications advisory firm Brunswick. I am acting today on behalf of our client GFG. And I wonder if we overlapped at Ogilvy, where I was the original signatory of the agency commitment on Wikipedia editing, which I see you’ve referenced in your profile as well. Assuming that you don’t currently have any COI issues with the GFG entry, I was hoping you might be willing to consider and perhaps address some factual points that we’ve noticed. There have been some changes in the company, including the recent sale of Namshi, meaning some of the information is no longer accurate. I’ve listed them here, and included citations in case that’s helpful. 1. The recent sale of one of the regional businesses has some impact on the accuracy of the page as it stands. The introductory paragraph states that ‘GFG operates across 24 countries’. As the number of markets changes reasonably often, it might be easier to say that 'GFG operates across 4 continents.' This is confirmed on the GFG website here. To add clarity and consistency, this should also be updated in additional sections on the page, e.g. in the Geographical operations and presence section changing from five regional companies to four, removing Namshi from the summary box, and moving the partnership on Namshi with Emaar Malls from the Strategic Partnerships section to the Divestments section.

2. The first paragraph features Patrick Schmidt as the current CEO for the Iconic. This is no longer accurate, as Erica Berchtold was appointed as CEO last October. A source for this can be found here. Patrick Schmidt is the Chairman of THE ICONIC. Please find the source for this here. Patrick Schmidt is no longer based in Singapore, he is currently in Sydney. Unfortunately, we do not have a citation for this.

3. In the Geographical operations and presence section, the number of active customers could be updated to 11.4m to reflect 2018 figures, cited here.

4. Also in this section, the entry states that the company is headquartered in Singapore and London. The firm is registered in Luxembourg but doesn’t have a global HQ per se. We don't have a strong citation for this one, but suggest we simplify it just to say registered in Luxembourg.

5. The section on Business Figures could also be updated to reflect the latest financial results. In February, GFG reported net revenue of €1.15bn with a revenue increase of 18.9% (source). The chart in the business figures section goes up to the FY 2017 figures, so with the data in above, you could update to reflect FY2018. Also, the reported EBITDA margin improved on a proforma basis by 4.6 percentage points to negative 4.3 percent. (Source)

6. We also suggest updating the number of brands GFG works with from 3,000 to 10,000. GFG have also reported to have over 10,000 employees. Here we lack a good third-party source for these points, but the figures for employees and brands can be found on the corporate website.

7. In the call out box on the right, we think it would be clearer and more accurate to say that GFG was founded in 2011.

8. Finally, lamoda is a proper brand name with a lowercase 'l,' so would it be possible to change instances in the entry where is appears 'Lamoda' to 'lamoda'? I very much appreciate your considering this request. I hope it comes across clearly that we offer these only as suggestions in the spirit of making the entry more accurate and, in one or two cases, a bit clearer. Please do let me know if you have any questions. Tmmanson (talk) 11:23, 9 May 2019 (UTC)