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At BDO we know it takes time to stay up to speed on the rapidly changing Retail & Consumer Products industry. That’s why we’re doing the leg work for you in our new BDO podcast, 60-second Retail. We’ll keep you in-the-know on events and trends impacting your bottom line in just a few short minutes, so can spend your time where it counts most –running your retail business.
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2024 Retail CFO Outlook Survey: Consumer Challenges Set Up a Game of Pricing Limbo for Retail
While spending over the holiday season was higher than expected, all signs point to consumers tightening their wallets. With this trend underway, what challenges can the industry expect to face in the year ahead? Can retailers successfully raise prices even though consumers are actively seeking out deals and discounts? And what can retailers do to stay resilient in 2024?
Tune into this episode of our 60-second Retail podcast, as David Berliner, Partner & National Leader of Business Restructuring at BDO USA, answers these important questions for us as we continue our discussion of the key findings in the 2024 Retail CFO Outlook Survey.
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2024 Retail CFO Outlook Survey: Key Insights Central to Success in the Year Ahead
Haven’t had a chance to read the 2024 Retail CFO Outlook Survey yet? The next few episodes of our 60-second Retail podcast are dedicated to reviewing some of the most important findings coming out of this annual report that can help sharpen your strategic edge.
In this episode we examine what might be causing the gap between where retailers expected to be, compared to where they are on the thriving spectrum, and what can be done to close this gap. We also reveal some ways retailers can fortify their business’s financial health in the year ahead.
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Future Proof Retail Series: Returns & Waste Management Are the Way of the Future
ESG efforts are quickly becoming key to winning over the next generation of consumers and building brand loyalty today. But forward-thinking retailers have realized a plethora of benefits in leveraging these efforts to enhance supply chains, improve sourcing programs, minimize waste, and reduce returns.
How are they doing this?
Tune in to this episode of our 60-second Retail podcast where we unveil what returns and waste reduction might look like for the retail industry of tomorrow, and how retailers are capitalizing on new technologies to rocket their ESG efforts into the future. -
Future Proof Retail Series: From Likes to Sales – Influencer Marketing & Social Commerce Boost Business
Social commerce sales in the U.S. were estimated at nearly $64.8 billion dollars in 2023 and are projected to grow to $150 billion by 2028. But boosting your bottom line isn’t the only benefit to earmarking dollars in your marketing budget for these strategies.
So, what other benefits do retailers stand to reap with implementing social commerce and influencer marketing? What tools exist to aid in identifying where to focus efforts? What role will these strategies play in reaching customers in the not-so-distant future?
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Future Proof Retail Series: Scenario Modeling is Essential to Supply Chain Efficiency
While there are many strategies being tested across the retail industry to improve supply chain efficiencies and forecasting, one has quickly come to forefront – scenario modeling. What is scenario modeling and how can it be leveraged to improve a retailer’s inventory turnover, continuity plans and product distribution? What technologies exist to aid in implementing scenario modeling and improving outcomes?
Don’t miss this exciting episode of 60-second Retail as, R.J. Romano, Managing Director, Management Consulting & Supply Chain Advisory Practice Leader at BDO USA, reveals why scenario modeling is now essential to supply chain efficiency and adaptability and how this approach will fuel future success. -
Future Proof Retail Series: Tailoring Success with Localized Product Assortment
There are a slew of benefits retailers stand to reap by implementing a localized product assortment strategy. What exactly is this though? And why might it be key to successfully propelling your business into the future?
Tune into this intriguing episode of our 60-second Retail podcast as, Kirstie Tiernan, Principal, Data & AI at BDO Digital USA, unveils some tactics retailers can implement to move towards this forward-thinking strategy, and ruminates on where advancements in technology might take this approach in the future.