Perspectives on retail and consumer goods, Number 3

December 1, 2014 – As the role of the brick-and-mortar store evolves, retailers will continually have to refine how they use their real estate.

July 1, 2015 – Our research points to five practices that have helped consumer-goods companies outperform their peers.

June 1, 2014 – Pierre-Yves Roussel oversees some of fashion’s best-known luxury brands. Here, he shares his views on creativity, brand evolution, and how the Internet is—and isn’t—changing the industry.

May 1, 2014 – The “right” digital strategy differs for every luxury brand, but the essential elements are the same: a strong mobile presence, a selective approach to social media, and a tight focus on carefully chosen metrics.

April 1, 2014 – New research suggests that the performance payoff from organizational health is unexpectedly large and that companies have four distinct “recipes” for achieving it.

June 1, 2014 – By embedding consumer insights into their merchandising processes, retailers can boost both like-for-like sales and profitability while creating smarter merchants.

June 1, 2014 – Too many consumer-goods companies decide how to run their supply chain without first defining what it’s supposed to deliver. Here’s a methodology they can follow instead.

May 1, 2014 – More companies can reap the benefits of supply-chain collaboration if they pay attention to six success factors.

May 1, 2014 – Chief procurement officers at the world’s largest apparel companies are facing higher costs, tackling knotty compliance issues, and exploring new sourcing markets.

December 1, 2014 – Christian Wanner, cofounder of one of Europe’s first and largest online grocery stores, talks about what works, what doesn’t, and what will change in food retailing as e-commerce continues to heat up.