Marcel Bens

Marcel Bens

Marcel co-leads Emil Capital’s investment activities. He started his career in the world of Automotive, serving in various key operational roles at Daimler AG in the United States, Germany and South Africa. Before joining Emil Capital in 2011, he worked at a multi-billion dollar distressed private equity firm in New York City, and at a strategic and financial advisory firm in Sydney, Australia. Marcel holds a joint master’s degree in mechanical engineering and economics from the Technical University of Berlin, Germany and an MBA from Columbia Business School in New York. 
Retail Resurgence: Why Brick-and-Mortar is Central to the Omnichannel Equation

For many, the 2008 recession marked legacy retail's first nail in the coffin. The Great Recession led to the collapse of countless storied names, many with decades-long histories. The growing popularity of online shopping and, later, the COVID-19 pandemic only accelerated this downward trajectory. And yet, despite this purported death spiral, legacy retail still lives…