Retail Fest

The office was in a festive mood as the steering committee relayed the news that Obinna Onunkwo had joined the advisory board of the Lagos Retail Festival. Mr Obinna is the managing partner at Purple Capital partners limited,    financiers of the Maryland mall, Bishopgate estate and the Art Hotel. He is a    seasoned securities specialist with a    rich background in investment banking, asset management, equities research and trading and has over the years being lead fund manager in many mergers, acquisitions, private equity investments, equity raising and valuations through the various capacities in which he has served. He has worked with Guardian Express Bank Plc, Spring Capital Markets Limited, Kedari Capital Limited. Alternative Capital Partners overseeing assets over # 20bilion naira He is on the Board of Law Union & Rock Insurance Plc. He holds an MBA from Lagos Business School and a bachelor degree in Economics. #lrf2018 #yes...

Thomas & Wright, a leading business advisory has teamed up with Green36 Concerts to produce the first Lagos Retail Festival this October across few locations, Their management have promised exciting times ahead. The collaboration was necessitated because Thomas & Wright has maintained a good track record of producing knowledge based events while Green 36 has from inception focused on quality entertainment. The festival director Mr. Dapo Ajeniya says the festival has large doses of both knowledge sharing components and entertainment, hence the collaboration was a natural one. #lrf2018 #yestomore

Both firms working on creating a visual identity for the Lagos Retail festival did an unveiling  of the logo at their Lagos office today. The duo of Mr. Tito Amuzuo and Mr.Kehinde Iluyomade representing 1:11 Inc and 5 o'clock media respectively together did the unveiling. Mr. Tito explained that the bag and its size was an obvious choice  to signify the various purchase options that will be available to attendees, as well as the family friendliness nature of the festival. The colorful 5 strikes represent the 5 fingers pulling the bag up as well as the diversity of cultures and races within Lagos state, which makes Lagos a pace setter cosmopolitan city for many African states. Mr. Iluyomade described the logo as one of the most exciting projects his firm had ever worked on and looked forward to translating this logo onto various design options the project may require in terms of merchandising and other brand assets that the retail festival will engage. He said , there ...