Mckinsey and Company

MAY 17, 2023

Persistent inflation and shifting consumer preferences will test grocery retailers across the region. Four imperatives—supported by investments in advanced analytics—could be critical to keeping pace.

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Retail Investments 241

Mckinsey and Company

MAY 18, 2023

Retail media networks are booming, but increasing innovation is spurring competition. Here’s how to unlock the true potential of retail media.

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Retail Sales Marketing 236

Mckinsey and Company

DECEMBER 7, 2022

With inflation at record highs throughout Europe, retailers are under more pressure than ever. Those that act quickly and follow a holistic playbook can be well positioned to thrive.

Retail 250

Retail Sales Marketing 250

CFO Dive

MARCH 9, 2023

The retail giant is focusing on in-store technology and logistics improvements and positioning stores as distribution points for online shopping.

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Retail CFO Technology 276

Mckinsey and Company

JANUARY 11, 2023

For retailers, service businesses represent a tremendous growth opportunity—and a way to start building ecosystems that satisfy more of consumers’ needs.

Retail 164

Retail 164

Mckinsey and Company

OCTOBER 6, 2022

A survey of more than 30,000 consumers and 100 grocery CEOs reveals the challenges—and opportunities—that grocery retailers face today.

Retail 252

Retail 252

Mckinsey and Company

MAY 4, 2022

Although the path to decarbonization remains unclear, retailers can prepare by better understanding how costs could be distributed along the value chain.

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Retail 246

Mckinsey and Company

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The current model of universal retail banking is unsustainable over the long term. To thrive, banks need to reinvent themselves, focusing on businesses where they can achieve and extend market leadership in the new digital world.

Banking 279

Banking Retail Leadership Marketing 279

CFO Dive

AUGUST 15, 2023

Surging borrowing costs and declining pandemic-era savings have not triggered a downturn in retail spending.

Retail 199

Retail Sales Marketing 199

CFO Dive

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Either way, retailers won’t quit talking about EBITDA. Is it the 'Wild West' of measures or a fair predictor of long-term success?

Retail 144

Retail 144

Mckinsey and Company

AUGUST 9, 2022

Sellers typically control what retail marketplaces charge for their products, but retailers have options to keep pricing competitive—and customers loyal.

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Retail Sales Marketing 233

Mckinsey and Company

JUNE 7, 2022

Retail media networks are transforming the advertising landscape and boosting top retailers’ bottom lines. Our latest survey helps debunk five mistaken beliefs about RMNs.

Retail 209

Retail Advertising Marketing Sales 209

Mckinsey and Company

JULY 19, 2023

Strategizing at the micromarket level can help companies win in the US automotive retail and aftermarket. We explain how to achieve this.

Retail 215

Retail 215

Mckinsey and Company

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Airline retailing could be worth $40 billion by 2030—a new report gives insight on how airlines can maximize this opportunity.

Retail 298

Retail 298

Mckinsey and Company

MARCH 22, 2023

As consumer spending shifts online, many traditional retailers have been caught flat-footed. Retail media networks hold huge promise— but retailers need to seize the opportunity.

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Retail Sales Marketing 132

CFO Dive

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Nordstrom’s CFO is stepping down as retail financial leaders battle profit pressures, a glut of inventory and rising costs.

CFO 232

CFO Retail 232

Navigator SAP

JULY 15, 2022

The retail industry is growing exponentially year-over-year, partially due to the substantial profit margins that attract investors.

Retail 221

Retail 221

Mckinsey and Company

OCTOBER 17, 2022

And retailers should take note. Our recent consumer survey found two important facts about American consumers.

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Retail Sales Marketing 272

Mckinsey and Company

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

As customers increasingly expect seamless, engaging digital experiences, consumer-facing organizations can follow six principles to perform like the most successful tech companies.

Retail 329

Retail 329

CFO Dive

APRIL 25, 2023

Walmart, Amazon and especially Target have already been taking market share from the struggling home goods retailer for quite some time.

Retail 175

Retail Marketing 175

Navigator SAP

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The past couple of decades have seen massive transformations in the retail industry—from purely brick-and-mortar stores to online shopping, to dynamic and innovative customer experiences in both online and physical spaces. And as society and technology evolve, things will continue to change in the retail landscape.

Retail 130

Retail Planning Technology 130

Mckinsey and Company

MARCH 28, 2023

What does purposeful growth look like in the retail sector? Two former Nike executives share the company’s secret formula for serving customers with its shift to digital, direct-to-consumer model, and sustainability.

Retail 154

Retail Sales Marketing 154

Mckinsey and Company

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Despite significant investment in omnichannel expansion, retailers in China are struggling to convert this into improved financial performance.

Retail 173

Retail Investments 173

Mckinsey and Company

JULY 5, 2022

Traditional retailers can join the boom in online shopping and digital commerce through retail media networks—a fast-growing profit stream.

Retail 197

Retail Sales Marketing 197

Mckinsey and Company

AUGUST 17, 2022

Almost half of US frontline retail employees and two-thirds of frontline managers say they are thinking about leaving their jobs in the next few months. What’s a retailer to do?

Retail 176

Retail 176

Navigator SAP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

However, advancements have allowed small businesses access to these benefits, including small retail software like SAP. ERPs—Enterprise Resource Planning solutions—were first created as tools to manage inventory and quality control in large manufacturing organizations.

Retail 130

Retail SAP Manufacturing Planning 130

Mckinsey and Company

MARCH 22, 2023

Retailers should take note. Korea’s emerging Gen Z consumers want food that’s convenient, varied, and ethically and environmentally friendly.

Retail 158

Retail 158

Mckinsey and Company

JANUARY 27, 2022

Here’s what you need to know about the changing face of demand, dynamics and disruption in the sector, and the implications for retailers and consumer-packaged-goods players alike. The grocery market in India has evolved considerably in the past decade.

Retail 163

Retail Marketing 163

Mckinsey and Company

DECEMBER 12, 2022

More energy retailers are transforming their digital platforms to cut costs and to stay competitive. We explore approaches to platform transformation and key questions to consider before embarking on a transformation journey.

Retail 168

Retail 168

Mckinsey and Company

MARCH 6, 2023

Retailers must become more consumer-centric, experiential, sustainable, and diverse than they’ve ever been, says the department store veteran and former managing director of Selfridges.

Retail 161

Retail 161

CFO Dive

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Consumers will be relying on credit cards, their savings and heavy discounts in what is shaping up to be an uncertain season for retailers.

Retail 130

Retail Sales 130

Navigator SAP

JULY 9, 2022

For instance, consumer product organizations can use SAP Business ByDesign in Retail. While you can get a system with essential features right out of the box, you can also tailor it to fit your business based on the industry that you’re in.

Retail 130

Retail SAP Sales Planning 130

CFO News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

General trade remains the mainstay of FMCG sales in India, despite the surge in ecommerce in the past three years since the outbreak of Covid-19 and high growth of modern trade led by retail chains such as Reliance Retail and D'Mart.

Retail 52

Retail Sales eCommerce 52

CFO Dive

APRIL 25, 2022

As some retailers extend lead times and amass inventory to manage delays, they're also building sourcing relationships beyond China and Vietnam.

Retail 130

Retail 130

Mckinsey and Company

MARCH 30, 2022

Retailers must be prepared to take bold actions and keep investing in key areas such as online, new profit pools, analytics, sustainability, and people.

Retail 152

Retail Investments 152

Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

It’s Black Friday and you know what that means: Lots of promotional sales and lots of holiday retail spending forecasts. Holiday retail sales have averaged an increase of 4.9% The post Grinch: Ignore Black Friday Retail Forecasts appeared first on The Big Picture. billion and $960.4 Last year’s holiday sales grew 13.5%

Forecasting 118

Forecasting Retail Sales Accounting 118

VCFO

JUNE 2, 2023

Navigating a New Era of Retail – Three Financial and Operational Factors The market and operating environments of retail businesses have undergone dramatic transformations since the turn of the millennium; transformations that accelerated significantly more with the outset of the COVID pandemic.

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Retail Finance Leverage Technology 68