![]() ![]() The company was co-founded by Forbes 30 Under 30 inductees Lindsay Fisher and Matthew Wong, and Kevin Blackmore, who prior to Sparkbox was vice president of Customer Insights at Best Buy and a retail analytics partner at Accenture.Ĭollectively, the founding team has 50 years of global retail experience, including previous work with Arcadia and The Very Group. ![]() The business will use Praetura Ventures' investment to double its team and onboard further fashion, home and seasonal retailers. Wide reports are that fashion alone is responsible for up to 10 per cent of global carbon emissions. Sparkbox's approach to data also has the potential to aid brand sustainability goals by preventing retailers from over ordering stock. In a recent trial with a £500m plus fashion retailer, Sparkbox improved cash margin on markdowns by 34 per cent and paid back its client’s investment in just 34 days. Launched in 2019, Sparkbox has seen significant traction in the market to date. Sparkbox, which is trusted by River Island and, allows retailers to forecast demand, optimise their pricing and promotions and plan inventory to reduce waste and the need for big discounts. Sparkbox uses AI and in-depth data to help big brand merchandising teams make better stock buying and pricing decisions. Set a timer for that length of time and determine if you can actually finish the work in your “goal time”.Praetura Ventures has invested £1.5m into a Manchester-based AI start-up. If you have several things you need to accomplish in a day or a week perhaps consider how much time you would like each to take. I enjoy jumping between projects, but this doesn’t work for everyone. When the timer goes off I assess where I am at with the project and determine if I can move onto something else for an hour. Timers and lists are my best friends when it comes to staying productive! I will set an hour timer and jump into a job – prime the flower cut outs for the mural. If I want to get a few things done in the day … for example, right now I am working on a mural, preparing for a residency, and creating a collaborative woodcut (plus we have three artists with us) … I break things down with timers. Since there are any number of jobs to be done here at Spark Box this can range from working with residents, to running workshops, to writing blog posts, to making artwork … you get my point. Once these three daily tasks are done I plan the main focus of the day. I have a full idea schedule to help make this easier which I add to throughout the week with ideas, topics and links. I post to Instragram throughout the day via “stories” or a single image post. During this time I schedule what I want posted to Facebook and Twitter for the day. In my ideal world I could get through all my emails for the day in that time (this has never happened).Īfter these two jobs are completed I move onto social media. For this job I set a timer, because if I don’t it can take up the whole day. Then, I take my coffee to the office and do the next task that I don’t enjoy as much as being in the studio – emails. Generally, there is a coffee brewing on the stove while I wash dishes, sweep floors and generally tidy. It is not my favorite task of the day, so I do it right away, otherwise it is easy to let it slip. Since we run a residency and have guest artists with us 11 months of the year this is an important part of keeping the space clean. The first thing I do everyday is tidy the communal parts of the house. What works best for me may not work best for you, but I find it helpful to hear about how others face these challenges and add what I like about their processes to my own. So, I have to give myself systems to keep productivity up. Getting up everyday and being my own boss, setting my own schedule and making all the rules can sometimes lead to a day ( or three) of Netflix binging. Let me tell you about my day and how I stay productive: I don’t know about you but sometimes I find it hard to get my ass into the studio and produce. ![]()
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