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...
Mar 02, 2023 Podcast: What Really Matters - Private Equity: Retail and the Economic Outlook By Mark Veldon Matt Clark Clare Kennedy In the current economic downturn, the retail industry is on the front line – but what are the real challenges that Private Equity needs...
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 06, 2023 Podcast: What Really Matters - Private Equity: Retail and Digital Transformation By Mark Veldon Brian Kalms Oli Freestone The two words DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION might be enough to strike fear into even the most forward-thinking retail leaders – but with Private...
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 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 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 11, 2023 As commodity markets shift, retailers should move to the offensive with suppliers By Young Hu Amit Mahajan Clark Riess With the world continuing to experience major disruption via ongoing war and an unsettled economy, there is an opportunity for retailers...
Jan 10, 2023 The $100 billion opportunity for U.S. grocers By Matthew Hamory Joel Rampoldt Marco Di Marino Adam Goodliss +1 more... Show less What would have happened to Hulu and Netflix had they not taken the leap from content distribution to content creation? Had they clung to...
Jan 09, 2023 Retail’s strategy to survive a rough upcoming year: Don’t hope, plan By Alexa Driansky Aabha Rathee David Bassuk Hope is usually the theme at the start of every New Year, but it will not be a good strategy for retailers going into what promises to be...
Dec 15, 2022 Brush off your holiday performance and take a real look at business By Alexa Driansky Russell Jones Sydney Lapeyrolerie Adam Pressman +1 more... Show less Early reports of holiday sales indicate that consumer spending is likely to overtake last year, but it is being propped up by record-high...
Nov 21, 2022 How are top retailers preparing for the disruptions of 2023? By Alexa Driansky Holiday shopping is in full swing, but by any measure, this has been a tough year for retail. As we get ready for 2023, retailers that...
Nov 09, 2022 Retailers can’t afford to wait for a cash crunch; here’s what to do now By Keith Verville Holly Etlin Kent Percy Deborah Rieger-Paganis David Bassuk Joel Bines +3 more... Show less Predicting a recession can be a fool’s game, but it would be foolhardy to not prepare for any kind of economic slowdown given the current...
Nov 08, 2022 How can retailers prioritise digital investments for a downturn? By Brian Kalms Oli Freestone Inflation, energy costs and labour shortages have coalesced, putting pressure on the margins of retail businesses. Technology is often...
Oct 31, 2022 Fashion in Focus Survey Report 2022 – Sourcing Journal By Murali Gokki Jon Langman Naomi Buie Jeremy Lambert Ryan Poole +2 more... Show less After a few turbulent years, the apparel industry is settling into a new normal that looks nothing like it did before. Rather than...
Oct 26, 2022 Double 11 keeps its sheen even as consumers hunt for larger discounts and more value By Justin Koh Britton Russell The Double 11 phenomenon may look a little different this year, but it will continue to hold sway on shoppers looking for a good deal....