May 11, 2023 Unlocking SSG&A Cost Improvement Potential in Disruptive Times By Manuel Szerencses Lennard Weghoeft Laura Bracht Sebastian Weisshaar +1 more... Show less Capitalizing on untapped SSG&A levers As companies grapple with a series of crises (e.g., COVID-19, war in Ukraine) and disruptive...
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 08, 2023 Is leadership PE’s most powerful value creation lever? By Clark Perry Global economic conditions in 2023 seem custom-designed to cause sleepless nights for private equity. Slowing economic growth plus the...
May 03, 2023 Charting the CFO’s shift from “number cruncher” to corporate navigator in a disruptive environment By Lennard Weghoeft Michael Tyroller In a short space of time, the CFO agenda has changed dramatically, and with this a wealth of new requirements have been added to the job...
May 02, 2023 Hospitality Market Monitor – 4,600 venues lost in 12 months, but closures slow in early 2023 By Graeme Smith Craig Rachel Britain has suffered a net decline of 4,593 licensed premises in the last year to March 2023, the new Hospitality Market Monitor from...
Apr 28, 2023 UK Turnaround and Restructuring - A Downturn of Multiple Dimensions By Simon Appell Esben Christensen Stuart Cockburn Chris Duffy Jasdeep Batra Anthony Place +3 more... Show less We're pleased to share with you the latest instalment of our AlixPartners UK Turnaround and Restructuring newsletter of 2023. In this...
Apr 24, 2023 Beware the double whammy By Eric Koza Jim Mesterharm Joff Mitchell Navigating the end of free money and low inflation Inflationary pressures and higher interest rates are now front and center of the...
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 16, 2023 Facing down the storm By Jason McDannold Saurabh Singh Madalyn Miller Ramzi Ayyad +1 more... Show less How some companies are turning disruption into opportunity
Feb 24, 2023 Rethinking China? A resilient EMEA footprint could run through North Africa By Thilo Wallenstein Nicolas Franzwa Marcus Kleinfeld Many businesses are rethinking Chinese production strategies, weighing everything from a decoupling to an outright departure. However,...
Feb 22, 2023 Recession Readiness, part 2: Cash—the key to resilience By Jason McDannold Ramzi Ayyad Madalyn Miller Saurabh Singh +1 more... Show less When markets decline, cash is king. It can carry you through a storm, protect you against unexpected shocks from markets or lenders, and...
Feb 15, 2023 Retailers need a stronger supplier plan as margins go under the microscope By Young Hu Amit Mahajan Clark Riess David Bassuk +1 more... Show less Retailers relied on pricing to solve a lot of their problems last year. Staggering input costs, including those related to energy,...
Feb 14, 2023 Recession Readiness: How good is your financial warning system? By Jason McDannold Ramzi Ayyad Madalyn Miller Saurabh Singh +1 more... Show less The economy has slowed. Many regions and industries are headed for a recession, or at least a downturn—and 35% of executives surveyed by...
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 05, 2023 Will the New Year signal an inflection point for Hospitality operators? By Graeme Smith Craig Rachel While the men’s football World Cup and the festive season may have provided welcome boosts for the UK’s hospitality sector, the need to...
Jan 03, 2023 Should pubs look to the skies in 2023 for profitable drinks pricing in an inflationary cycle? By Julian Short Steve Braude Craig Rachel For many in the hospitality sector in the UK and EU, things are looking anything but up right now for 2023. The continuing rise in fixed...