Client insights

March 6, 2023

Stef van Hout (Nobian) on transitioning to a sustainable future with one of the biggest PE firms as major shareholder

Stef van Hout is the Strategy & Transformation Director at Nobian, and last year Sweav had the privilege of assisting Stef with his energy reduction strategy.

Written by Joeri Schouten & Stef van Hout

Co-founder @ Sweav

March 20, 2023

Balancing innovation with tradition: A conversation with KNLTB's Pascal Kamp

Pascal Kamp is Senior Manager at the KNLTB. We sat down with Pascal to talk about the big changes in tennis and what it's like to be a forward-thinking and progressive person in a traditional organization.

Written by Joeri Schouten & Pascal Kamp

Co-founder @ Sweav

January 16, 2023

Client story: Data-driven value creation in B2B manufacturing @ ZND

ZND manufactures and supplies fences all over the world. At the Olympics and the Tour de France, for example. And big chance if you walk past a construction project, there’s a ZND fence around it. In 2017, Rivean took a stake in t

Written by Maarten Steinfort

Expert Partner B2B Digitization @ Sweav

February 16, 2023

The challenging but rewarding B2B digitization journey

After years of lagging behind, B2B digitization is finally gaining momentum. The numbers don't lie – currently, the global B2B e-commerce market is now more than five times larger than the B2C market. This should not come as a surprise since the digital transformation of analogue B2B companies has many advantages. By lowering cost to serve, automating processes, and collecting more detailed customer data, B2B digitization is making organizations more efficient than ever before.

Written by Maarten Steinfort

Expert Partner B2B Digitization @ Sweav

January 16, 2023

Expert article: How Inflation Killed Three Common Pricing Practices

2022 will go down as the year in which pricing got on virtually every CEOs agenda. Extraordinary inflation rates forced all companies to be proactive – even those that had been reactive about their pricing thus far.

Written by Jonathan van Spijker Baan

Expert Partner Pricing @ Sweav

February 7, 2023

Why private equity invests in padel

Have you ever thought about who financed the padel court you're playing on? Probably not. Chances are high it's a private equity firm.

Written by Joeri Schouten

Co-founder @ Sweav

January 16, 2023

Client story: Supporting Otrium's lightning speed growth

Otrium is the online fashion marketplace for outlet fashion: they sell premium brands such as G-Star, Reiss and Scotch & Soda with discounts that can’t be found anywhere else. Milan Daniels and Max Klijnstra founded Otrium in

Written by Thijmen Kaster

Co-founder @ Sweav

January 16, 2023

Expert Article: Two ways to fix a broken e-commerce model

The past decade were the golden years of e-commerce. During the world-wide COVID pandemic, online shopping rocketed to its absolute peak. More recently, however, it seems like this never ending grow-and-flourish period

Written by Thijmen Kaster

Expert Partner E-commerce @ Sweav

Stef van Hout (Nobian) on transitioning to a sustainable future with one of the biggest PE firms as major shareholder

Written by Joeri Schouten & Stef van Hout