retail — ThinkSet Insights

Avoiding Retail Bankruptcy: Overloaded with Debt, Retailers Must Focus on Cash Management and Cost Takeouts

Five best practices for retailers to manage cash, cut costs, and stay afloat as debt comes due

Performance Improvement, Corporate FinanceThinkSetJuly 23, 2024debt, retail, management

Six Ways the Retail Industry Is Preparing for Consumer Demand This Holiday Season

Keith Jelinek and Elizabeth Arnold write about how retailers are preparing for the busy holiday shopping season.

Rising COVID Cases Could Impact the Holiday Shopping Season. Here’s How the Retail Industry Should Prepare.

As consumer confidence plummets with the rise of the Delta variant, retailers need to stay flexible and ready for the busiest time of the year.

Corporate FinanceKeith JelinekOctober 13, 2021retail, covid, holiday, shopping

How the Fitness Industry Can Recover from COVID-19

Fitness operators struggling to make sense of their business models amid COVID-19—and now the Delta variant—should embrace hybrid models.

Corporate FinanceMark LaberSeptember 2, 2021retail, digital, covid, consumers, Q and A

What Lessons Did Retailers Learn from the Pandemic?

With COVID-19’s hold on retail easing, in-store purchasing will return—but online sales will keep growing.

Corporate FinanceKeith JelinekMay 5, 2021retail, covid, technology, consumers, Q and A, economy

How Retailers Can Survive a Holiday Shopping Season Like No Other

Rick Maicki writes that about how the pandemic has caused retailers to adjust and key actions organizations should take this holiday shopping season.

Corporate FinanceRick MaickiNovember 12, 2020retail, covid, consumers

Beyond Retail, How Will COVID-19 Affect Storefront Businesses?

High-touch businesses like barbershops and gyms are facing unique challenges as a result of COVID-19.

Corporate FinanceKeith JelinekJune 18, 2020covid, retail, consumers, Q and A

What COVID-19 Means for Brick-and-Mortar Retail Decline

COVID-19 is worsening the brick-and-mortar retail decline. Smart retailers can survive and thrive if they use this time to plan.

Corporate Finance, Performance ImprovementKeith JelinekMay 14, 2020retail, covid, consumers, economy, Q and A

The Best of ThinkSet 2019 (pt. 2)

BRG’s leading thinkers have provided the critical context and original insight that business leaders need amid great leaps forward in technology, healthcare and business.

The Best of ThinkSet 2019 (pt. 1)

2019 has seen great leaps forward in technology, healthcare and business, and BRG’s leading thinkers have provided the critical context and original insight that business leaders need.

Why Traditional Retailers Might Actually Have It Worse in the UK

Ian Mackie discusses how higher business rates in the UK, on top of heated online competition, have made things tough for brick and mortar.

Corporate FinanceIan MackieAugust 22, 2019retail, brexit, economy, Q and A

Back to School through Brick and Mortar

Keith Jelinek explains why consumers prefer physical stores when they are getting their kids ready for the first day of class.

Corporate FinanceKeith JelinekAugust 15, 2019retail, school, amazon, Q and A

How Retailers Can Improve an Out-of-Style Inventory Model

Spring may feel like an overnight shift to consumers—they wake up one day to find leaves on trees and pastel hues in shop windows—but to retailers it can represent a year’s worth of inventory planning.

Retail Outlook 2019: It’s Never Too Early to Talk about Holiday Shopping

When forecasting our retail outlook for 2019, one thing is clear: shoppers are heading online—and into stores—early and often.

Corporate FinanceKeith JelinekMarch 6, 2019retail, shopping, holiday, technology, online, consumer