You Deserve a Little Treat: The tiny economy of getting through the day
You know the feeling. It is a Tuesday, the morning was heavier than it should have been, and somewhere between the bus and the desk a small voice suggests that…
Funflation: The economics of a good time
A World Cup seat now costs a median of $900. The world's top tours gross 60 percent more than they did in 2019. And in Bangladesh, the official price of…
The Long Game: Gulf’s Bet on The AI Stack
On the evening of 11 June, bankers at Goldman Sachs priced the largest initial public offering ever attempted. SpaceX opened on Nasdaq the following morning at $135 a share, raised…
The Illusion of Value in Modern Talent
Lately, I find myself thinking about how we define value at work — and more importantly, how we try to prove it. There is an increasing reliance on visible markers:…
The New Boardroom Conversation: Sustainability Is No Longer About Compliance. It’s About Competitiveness.
A few years ago, sustainability occupied a predictable place in most board meetings. It appeared near the end of the agenda. Usually after finance and sales. Sometimes after HR. It…
What the Hormuz crisis continues to cost Bangladesh
In May this magazine argued that the Hormuz crisis had not created Bangladesh’s vulnerability but revealed it, and asked what it would take to be less exposed. The strait has…
The Collab Economy: Why Every Brand Suddenly Wants to Wear Another Brand’s Logo
Coca-Cola is selling Crocs, Nike is co-branding with Kim Kardashian, and Louis Vuitton opened 2025 by reviving a twenty-year-old partnership. Behind the strange pairings sits a trade that has become…
The Skill Nobody Lists on a CV but Everyone Notices
The thing that gets you trusted, kept, and promoted never makes it onto the page, and everyone sees it anyway. There’s one skill that decides who gets trusted with real…
The “Soft Launch” Generation
How Gen Z reveals things slowly, and what that quiet strategy means for work and brands. You can tell your colleague is up to something. A vague “big things loading.”…
The Executive Burnout Problem Athletes Solved
The modern executive has never been more optimised. There are sleep trackers on the wrist, magnesium by the bed, an ice bath in the garage, and a standing subscription to…
Deep Work in a Notification Economy
As AI makes shallow work cheap and notifications make focus scarce, the ability to concentrate has become a real competitive edge — and the antidote to a workforce burning out…
Akij Board Introduces Bangladesh’s First SYNCHRO Melamine Board
There are numerous boards available that replicate the look of natural wood. But what if a board could go beyond visual resemblance to deliver the authentic look and tactile character…
BATA BANGLADESH EXPANDS RETAIL FOOTPRINT WITH TWO NEW STORES IN DHAKA
Bata Bangladesh, the No. 1 global footwear brand in Bangladesh, has further strengthened its retail presence in the capital with the opening of two new stores at Baridhara and Satmasjid…
China Maxxing – Why Shein, Temu, and TikTok Stopped Hiding Their Chinese Roots
For a decade, Chinese brands chased global success by hiding where they came from. Now Shein’s reclusive founder is thanking his suppliers on a Chinese stage, Americans are flocking to…
From presence to dominance: de-risking Bangladesh’s next digital advertising growth curve
Bangladesh's digital advertising market has outgrown the credit it's been given. At Roar Global, we've spent the past year advocating for it. Now we're pushing for its next stage of…