May 25, 2023 The new squeeze by retailers on consumer products companies By Rob Sterner Harrison Pappas Jessie Gertz To boost profits in the current environment, many retailers are becoming more aggressive in taking deductions under existing policies –...
May 25, 2023 Moral hazard – it’s not just for insurance anymore By Rob Sterner Steve Cobrin It’s an overlooked driver of new product introduction failures Somewhere between 50% and 90% of new consumer products launches fail,...
May 15, 2023 Disruption Discussions: Balancing long-term disruptions with short-term demands By Simon Freakley Lisa Donahue David Garfield Rob Hornby +1 more... Show less In this video series, AlixPartners CEO Simon Freakley, Co-head of Asia & Americas Lisa Donahue, Head of EMEA Rob Hornby, and Head of...
May 15, 2023 How Midsize Companies Can Make the Most of Disruption By David Garfield Midsize companies face the same level of disruption as their larger rivals, but they are more likely to see themselves as disruption’s...
May 10, 2023 Podcast: What Really Matters - Private Equity: Consumer Products and Inflation By Mark Veldon Andy Searle Julian Short With the impact of inflation and the cost of living crisis on consumer decisions, where do the value creation opportunities lie for...
May 10, 2023 Smart Factory from AlixPartners By Abhinav Agrawal Rob Sterner Steven Hilgendorf Parmesh Bhaskaran Jochen Gottschalk Nicolas Franzwa Anna Del Mar Kate Boddington Barb Schultze +6 more... Show less Connected technologies that drive P&L and ESG impact on the plant floor
May 03, 2023 Supply chain disruption: Proactive moves to make as e-commerce continues to grow By Raj Konanahalli Thomas Kohler Josh Hubbard Albert Sang +1 more... Show less During the early stage of the pandemic when people were cooped up at home, demand for at-home workout equipment went through the roof,...
Apr 19, 2023 Disruption in Consumer Products: Why Building a “Change-proof” Organization is Essential in China By Steve Dyer Britton Russell An Age of Disruption Seen Through the Eyes of Business Leaders What keeps business leaders up at night? It’s not just one roadblock...
Apr 04, 2023 Inventory planning is critical when cash is king: What’s your plan? By Akshay Balachandran Ryan Nelis Rebecca Nolan Leaner inventory has been a key topic across several consumer-facing industries—including automotive, retail, consumer products, and...
Mar 30, 2023 The digital marketing game has changed: 3 things CP companies must do to adapt By Raj Konanahalli Thomas Kohler Fabrice Deroubaix The COVID pandemic saw an overnight shift in demand from instore to online: in Q2 2020, e-commerce sales grew 44% y/y, and consumer...
Mar 27, 2023 The precarious state of consumer spending By Andrew Csicsila Michael Hunter Tim Barrett The pandemic produced distinct winners and losers across consumer product categories as it upended the choreography of daily life....
Mar 17, 2023 La France doit-elle anticiper un « mur de l’inflation » ce printemps ? By Olivier Salomon La France viendra-t-elle à bout des hausses de prix dans la grande distribution ? Le ministre de l’Economie Bruno Le Maire a annoncé le 6...
Feb 14, 2023 Driving growth through accountability - the role of the Chief Growth Officer By Bernardo Silva Michael Hunter The role of the chief growth officer (CGO) has become a hallmark of consumer products (CP) companies attempting to reignite growth since...
Feb 07, 2023 Sustainable packaging comes with a lot of bells and whistles: Here’s what comes out in the rinse By Libra Balian Emily Halperin Fei Rong Gary Tong +1 more... Show less The path to smarter design without greenwashing Creating a recyclable lid capable of squirting the right amount of ketchup in a single...
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 Pulse, from AlixPartners' Consumer Products Corner newsletter, offers a monthly snapshot of data, insight, and opinion from our...
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...