Jan 31, 2023 The grocery industry is ready to get back to basics By Marco Di Marino Adam Goodliss Matthew Hamory Justin Ramahlo Joel Rampoldt +2 more... Show less …but there is debate over what that means In 2022, groceries grew to 8.9% of e-commerce spending, and curbside pickup accounted for 20%...
Jan 27, 2023 Telcos: Powering through the rising energy cost challenge By Sherwin Godinho John Miles Jasdeep Batra For an industry grappling with flat revenue forecasts, and rising operating expenses, the rising energy costs has created further...
Jan 25, 2023 Insider threats: Practical steps to prevent a costly breach By James Habben The term “insider threat” is commonly used within the cyber security and information security industries, referring to a risk posed by...
Jan 25, 2023 Consumer Products Corner – Consumer Pulse: Will the rising debt-to-income ratio rattle consumer demand? By Randy Burt Brett Meyer Ben Roers Chieh Yin +1 more... Show less Consumer sentiment may have hit a low point in Q4 2022 and is now beginning to trend up, though still down 16% YOY, as the average...
Jan 24, 2023 What is the Metaverse? By Mark Endemano Grace Lee Francesco Barosi Jeff Goldstein Filippo Guidotti Mori +2 more... Show less Does the prospect of a shared virtual world provide your business with a transformational opportunity? Or does the Metaverse represent an...
Jan 24, 2023 Will current macroeconomic headwinds drive change to altnets’ rollout of FTTx? By Stuart Cockburn Chris Duffy Jasdeep Batra At the end of 2021, we examined the dynamics of the red-hot fibre market, analysing the aggressive expansion plans by both incumbents and...
Jan 23, 2023 The $6.5 billion margin challenge in consumer products By Read DuPriest Patrick Houston Bernardo Silva Brett Meyer Jack Donahue Ryan Marek +3 more... Show less Consumer products (CP) companies have been on a roller-coaster ride since the beginning of the pandemic. The latest post-pandemic twist...
Jan 20, 2023 Dealmaking in 2023 – what really matters to PE leaders in the ‘age of disruption’ By Mark Veldon In a relatively short time, we’ve all become very accustomed to disruption. Since the middle of the last decade the world seems more...
Jan 20, 2023 Post-Merger Value Creation: Five imperatives for safeguarding shareholder value & overcoming the winner’s curse By Marco Golic Stefan Ohl Lennard Weghoeft Research shows that many mergers and acquisitions (M&A) fail, i.e., do not increase shareholder value. The main reason is that those...
Jan 20, 2023 Hospitality Market Monitor – 2022 closures eclipse those of COVID-hit 2021 as cost pressures mount By Graeme Smith Craig Rachel Unprecedented inflation in energy bills and other costs has led to a net decline of 1,611 licensed premises in the fourth quarter of...
Jan 20, 2023 Once bitten, twice shy? Perhaps not By Tim Roberts A number of studies and recent news events point to a surprising lack of effectiveness in remediating compliance failures following fines...
Jan 20, 2023 From the squeeze to the crunch: What really matters in retail By Oli Freestone Matt Clark Dan Coen Brian Kalms Clare Kennedy +2 more... Show less If 2022 was the year of the ‘squeeze’… 2023 is almost certainly going to be the year of the ‘crunch’. Against the background of an...
Jan 19, 2023 Smart factories: Easy-to-implement technology can have a rapid impact on your P&L By Abhinav Agrawal As world leaders gather in Davos for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum to discuss a business environment that is so...
Jan 18, 2023 Doing diligence right: How to protect and drive deal value in disrupted M&A markets By Brian Major Pilar Tarry Sean O'Flynn The deal-making boom of 2021, which drove both deal numbers and valuations to new highs, faced significant disruption in the latter half...
Jan 18, 2023 The tension between convenience and risk By Paul Brabant Mark Chesher of Addleshaw Goddard recently shared a useful update that provided examples of e-disclosure mishaps that led to unfavorable...
Jan 18, 2023 2022: A review of foreign sanctions and export control developments involving China By Colum Bancroft Jiayan Xu Cliff Lam Kalu Chen +1 more... Show less In the world of sanctions compliance, the main focus of 2022 was the Russia-Ukraine war. G7 policy makers continue demonstrating a strong...