Books relating to Retail, FMCG and general business

Business Book: Pocket World in Figures 2016

I use this book as a reference tool when required. The 25th annual edition of this perennial favourite from The Economist.

Business Book: What they teach you at Harvard Business School

I read this book before undertaking my own MBA at Warwick University and it was worth the time invested. I would still suggest considering a MBA for the right reasons, but enjoyed this book.

Business Book: The 48 Laws of Power

This was part of a negotiation course provided a while back by The Gap Partnership. Definitely worth a read for those interested in the topic.

Business Book: Priceless the hidden psychology of value

I am really interested in consumer psychology and this book focuses on how to influence one of the most important variables in retail and business: price.

Business Book: How to read the financial pages

This is a useful reference book for interpreting and understanding financial data.

Business Book: What they don't teach you at Harvard Business School

Interesting book to read but not the same value gained as an actual MBA of course!

Business Book: Thinking, Fast and Slow

This is a best selling book about how and why we make the choices we make - I first picked it up whilst travelling and then again as part of my MBA.

Business Book: Rules of Thumb

Written by the co-founder of Fast Company magazine, this book is informative and entertaining in equal measure.

Business Book: The Director's Handbook

Good reference book for anyone considering becoming a company director from the Institute of Directors (IoD).

Business Book: Pre-suasion

Robert Cialdini's latest book after over 30 years since his hugely popular book 'Influence' published in 1984. A must for those interested in the psychology of persuasion.

Business Book: DFNI Database & Directory 2016/2017

If interested in Global Travel Retail (GTR) channel - this is a great reference book released and updated annual by the people behind DFNI - Duty Free News International

Business Book: Oversubscribed

I listened to this as an audiobook read by the author, entrepreneur Daniel Priestley. Interesting views on how to create demand for your services or products and what action to take to create the same for yourself.

Business Book: The World in 2018

This is the 32nd edition of the book from the team at The Economist. Their writers and other contributors such as leaders from business, politics, science and the arts have added their ideas for 2018. It looks ahead to a World Cup in Russia, mid-term elections in America, tourists taken around the moon, plenty of poignant anniversaries—100 years since the Armistice ended fighting on the Western Front, 50 years since the assassination of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy, 10 years of Apple’s App Store—and a host of powerful ideas about the future, not least driven by technology: it will be a big year for drones and geoengineering.

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