Market Intelligence

The post-2021 inflation era has given way to a new normal of hyper-volatility in 2026, with commodity prices experiencing extreme and unpredictable shifts driven by forces across geopolitics, supply chains, climate, and technology. As procurement functions transition from efficiency-first to agility-first operating models, business leaders must navigate increasingly divergent cost movements across categories while AI simultaneously drives infrastructure inflation and unlocks service opportunities.

Europe's automotive industry faces structural challenges including halved margins since 2021, a 35% cost disadvantage against Chinese competitors, and 2.5 million units of underutilized assembly capacity. AlixPartners and Berylls examine the strategic decisions European OEMs and suppliers must make now—from footprint rationalization to battery cost optimization—to remain competitive through the 2030s.

Business anthropologist Oliver Sweet joins the Mishcon Academy to examine the invisible cultural forces shaping organizational behavior and societal change. Drawing from research across 35 countries...

For two years, the legal profession has faced predictions that AI will make lawyers obsolete, but this narrative fundamentally misunderstands the relationship between technology and legal judgment.

Corporate AI implementation requires far more than technical expertise to deliver real returns. This analysis explores why companies remain trapped in "pilot purgatory" and what comprehensive transformation approach is needed to move from impressive demonstrations to measurable business outcomes.

It sounds like a seasonal horror film premise, but it reflects a serious question now being discussed in the AI community: what happens when large numbers of AI agents collaborate? These so-called ‘agentic swarms’ could achieve outcomes that would be difficult or impossible for a single agent acting alone.