Nov 29, 2023 Consumer Products Corner - Financial Fitness: Which companies will emerge from this upcoming holiday season as winners…and which will be left behind? By Randy Burt Brett Meyer Ben Roers YoY revenue trends by CP sector have been mixed, and overall median EBITDA is trending downwards, except for Food and Beverage. In the...
Nov 29, 2023 Six ways generative AI can transform corporate operating models By Johannes Kraemer Amelia Green Amidst all the buzz about generative AI – from apocalyptic warnings about its threat to humanity, to predictions it could render work...
Nov 29, 2023 What Really Matters: Under pressure – Tighter regulations for the UK gambling sector By Tim Roberts Steve Braude Yalini Pathy The UK Government’s 2023 gambling white paper, High stakes, sets out sector reforms considered to be the most comprehensive since the...
Nov 28, 2023 ‘Streaming Bundle Wars’ Have Arrived as Consumer Need for Simplicity Grows, says AlixPartners 2024 Media & Entertainment Industry Predictions Report By Jeff Goldstein Grace Lee Mark Endemano Lexie Perrotta Rachel Geffner +2 more... Show less Five major trends to emerge next year as overall streaming growth deceleratesand willingness to pay for premium content peaks....
Nov 28, 2023 Generative AI’s Second Act By Jeremy Lehman Mike Crisanti Generative AI has evolved rapidly since the release of ChatGPT. What's different a year later, and what is the practical meaning for...
Nov 27, 2023 Are you late for the same-day delivery revolution? By Steve Scales Alison Ponder Andrew Talerico Consumers expect faster delivery for free, but leaders in the same-day space are still operating at a loss. When Amazon launched its...
Nov 22, 2023 Five realities facing online retail – and five ways to pursue greater profitability By Constanze Freienstein Maximilian Albrecht Tim Thiele This year’s Black Friday deals and the ensuing shopping frenzy might be only a few days away, but online retail is waking up to a...
Nov 22, 2023 So günstig wird es nie wieder – Die Autoversicherungsbranche vor disruptiven Veränderungen? By Christoph Lueer Leidet die Autoversicherung an “late Covid”? Während der lange Covid-Lockdown noch vor kurzem die Schadenfrequenzen in der...
Nov 21, 2023 Mining Viewpoint: Four Ways to Win as the Energy Transition Reshapes Demand for Critical Metals By Vance Scott Steven Lepine Alex Lee James Bridgers Mayank Murarka Erik Cunha +3 more... Show less Demand disruption is having current and continuing profound economic consequences that require new capabilities and strategies for mining...
Nov 21, 2023 Lean Mean Green Telco Machine By Andrej Danis Fernando Carvalho Kanishk Raghuvanshi Joey Cofrancesco +1 more... Show less Telco operators are at a crossroads. Over the last two decades, growth ambitions have largely failed or faded over time. To make matters...
Nov 20, 2023 How to counter rising G&A costs when time is of the essence By Kristina Isakovich Markus Mantwill David Hill Johannes Kraemer +1 more... Show less Ballooning G&A costs are a frequent consequence of multi-period business growth, where large, inflexible overhead structures can evolve....
Nov 20, 2023 Customer service 2.0 will lead the software industry out of its down spell By Joseph Edwar Andrej Danis After a period of pandemic-driven growth, software companies now confront a harsh reality. Demand is down, interest rates are curbing...
Nov 17, 2023 Jingle Hell: A ‘Not-So Merry Christmas’ for UK Retail? By Matt Clark The UK retail scene is setting the stage for a modern-day enactment of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol,' where the ghosts of Spending...
Nov 16, 2023 Expectations remain high for defense profit pool despite a challenging 2022 and 2023 By Eric Bernardini David Wireman Joe Shalleck Matt Zmuda Ben Brooks Jack Donahue +3 more... Show less Contractors must now accelerate profitable growth Although the defense industry’s pool of economic profit (EP)[1] experienced a sharp...
Nov 16, 2023 Making hay while the sun shines By Joff Mitchell Jim Mesterharm Eric Koza How to make the most of resilient capital markets and an extended runway Overall, the U.S. economy has performed stronger than many...
Nov 16, 2023 AlixPartners 2023 Digital Disruption Survey By Narry Singh Catherine Sherwin Richard Wallace Angela Zutavern Beth Musumeci Paul Kelly Jochen Gottschalk Sanjay Verma Paula Walworth Mike Crisanti Aman Shah +8 more... Show less In today's economy, digital disruption emerges as a unique force – unlike many other external factors that are often beyond a company's...