Oct 23, 2020 With travel promising to get worse before it gets better, travel sector companies need to prepare for the long haul By Steve Braude With the somewhat chaotic approach to travel corridors during the summer, and COVID restrictions growing around Europe as a second wave...
Oct 22, 2020 Food for Thought: Polarity grows between value and premium, wellness and home comforts By Sanjay Bailur Andy Searle UK food retailers and consumers are facing continued economic uncertainty. Read our perspective on how the industry must adapt.
Oct 22, 2020 WEBCAST: Creating value from non-core businesses By Nick Wood Graeme Smith Philipp Marquardt The economic impact of COVID-19 is requiring corporates to focus on their core businesses now more than ever. Many will be reviewing...
Oct 22, 2020 The experiential Store of the Future By Brian Kalms Before the pandemic the commonly held view was that Stores would need to adapt to become showrooms and centres for experience and...
Oct 20, 2020 Equity - Important in so many ways By Bernd Brunke While companies are continuing to run the "juggling marathon" cash / liquidity is in many situations actually stronger than many thought....
Oct 19, 2020 Growth of in-store partnerships – a concession to changing consumer habits or the new age of the department store? By Dan Coen Another interesting move from Asda as it explores the value of brand relevant in-store partnerships. We have seen a number of these...
Oct 19, 2020 The EU is looking at banks' critical technology suppliers By Tim Roberts Financial regulators have been concerned for a few years now about the concentration of cyber and operational risk created by the...
Oct 16, 2020 Be prepared to focus: M&A Divestment Preparation Programme By Nick Wood Graeme Smith Philipp Marquardt AlixPartners: Due to the likely long-lasting economic impact of COVID-19, corporates need to focus on their core businesses now more than...
Oct 15, 2020 How much burden can we place on banks? By Tim Roberts How much can we rely on the banks to support the real economy, during and after COVID? Policy makers and regulators face some difficult...
Oct 15, 2020 Reinventing consumer experience in Retail - competing to win in a Digital age By Kate Boddington Before Covid-19 turned our world upside down, retailers were already arm-wrestling to grab - and keep - the attention of consumers and...
Oct 13, 2020 Abolition of Duty Free shopping poses a taxing challenge for airport retail and luxury brands By Olivier Salomon Airport retail is already suffering due to the dramatic decline in numbers of people travelling and the luxury sector is experiencing...
Oct 13, 2020 AlixPartners CGA Market Recovery Monitor: Slow recovery continues in the hospitality sector but significant challenges still loom By Graeme Smith Craig Rachel While four in five of Britain’s licensed premises have managed to start trading again, the increase in trading restrictions in Scotland...
Oct 12, 2020 Cyber risk 'has exploded' By Tim Roberts You heard it here first. The NSA's former head agrees with our view that the 'attack surface' has become massively larger since people...
Oct 09, 2020 The revenge of data on processes By Amir Hosseini For many years, in their transformation roadmaps, companies’ focus has been “business processes”. Within the implementation of large...
Oct 07, 2020 Google’s medical AI was super accurate in a lab. Real life was a different story. By Arif Harbott There is no doubt that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has a wide range of critical applications and benefits. However, the challenge is to...
Oct 05, 2020 WEBCAST: The resilience of the auto sector provides great opportunities for returns in private equity By Andrew Bergbaum Additional authors: Sean O'Flynn and Mark VeldonDespite the challenges facing the industry, it has consistently demonstrated its...