Jul 27, 2023 Follow the money: Why cost and access to capital are what you should be watching By Simon Freakley For well over a year, we have been discussing whether or not the global or regional economies will enter a recession. Now we know that...
Jul 27, 2023 Consumer Products Corner – Consumer Pulse: Consumer sentiment continues to climb, but what will the rest of 2023 bring? By Randy Burt Brett Meyer Ben Roers Sentiment continues to climb compared to this time last year, buoyed by slowing inflation and a strong jobs market. The latter are...
Jul 11, 2023 Certain moves in an uncertain world By Joff Mitchell Jim Mesterharm Eric Koza Simon Appell Axel Schulte +2 more... Show less Insights from AlixPartners 18th Annual Turnaround and Transformation Survey
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 09, 2023 It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad world By Simon Freakley Last month, notwithstanding the rescue of First Republic over the weekend, markets seem to have caught their breath, following a March...
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 Newsletter: 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...
Apr 24, 2023 Consumer Products Corner – Consumer Pulse: Will consumers remain resilient? By Randy Burt Ben Roers Brett Meyer Michael Hunter +1 more... Show less Key indicators show that U.S. consumers have been remarkably resilient over the last year, even as they confront the triple-threats of...
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 27, 2023 Consumer Products Corner – Supply Chain Check-Up: Which will fall fastest? Inflation or the economy? By Randy Burt Brett Meyer Michael Hunter Ben Roers +1 more... Show less Declining consumer demand – largely driven by pressure from rapidly rising household debt-income levels and ongoing consumer price...
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,...