China’s consumer market is no longer an easy growth story. As brands like Starbucks and Burger King partner with domestic private equity funds, success now depends on how well businesses can localise, scale quickly, and compete with fast-moving local players.

At a Luxury Industry Society guest speaker event, luxury journalist and LCF lecturer Elisa Anniss spoke candidly about what working in luxury journalism really looks like. In conversation with us, she shared how her career has been shaped less by glamour and more by curiosity, research, and persistence.

This summer, the Trump administration struck a deal with NVIDIA, allowing the company to sell its H20 chips to China, so long as the government receives 15% of that revenue. On paper, this might just look like another of Trump’s many business deals. In reality however, this deal quickly turned into a high-stakes moment in the US-China AI race.

The tech industry has rapidly embraced prediction market betting. As this trend grows in the finance world, questions and concerns have been raised over the ethics of this billion dollar industry.

Dishoom’s £300 million deal isn’t just expansion, it’s a bold bet that a brand built on authenticity can scale globally without losing what made it special. By partnering with L Catterton rather than giving up control, they’re proving that growth and integrity don’t have to be opposites. Their leap from London to New York could redefine how home-grown brands go global.

Big Data is reshaping financial regulation by turning slow, manual checks into real-time analysis. Regulators can detect risks earlier and base policies on clearer evidence. But this shift also brings issues like data privacy, biased algorithms, and rules that can’t keep up with rapid innovation. Big Data strengthens oversight, but it also raises new challenges that can’t be ignored.