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50 largest Consumer Goods / FMCG firms of the globe
Nestlé, Procter & Gamble and PepsiCo are the world’s largest FMCG companies, reveals market analysis by OC&C Strategy Consultants.
17 August 2015
Accenture: Living wage supply chain basic human right
Garment workers in Bangladesh make merely 0.6% of a €29-product in total earnings, well below the living wage, a recent report from Accenture and the World Economic Forum highlights.
05 August 2015
Capgemini: Retail banking customer satisfaction down
Customer satisfaction in retail banking is down slightly on 2013 levels, research by Capgemini and Efma shows. Although the average remains relatively stable, particularly European institutions have seen an increase, by 6.8%, in unsatisfied custome
04 August 2015
Kurt Salmon: Investing in omni-channel ship-from-store
UK retailers are investing heavily in the development of a mobile and omni-channel retail experience for their customers, research report by Retail Week and Kurt Salmon finds.
24 July 2015
Accenture partner of youth led pop-up supermarket
Tomorrow the Supa Academy Hack 2015 kicks off in London.
23 July 2015
Javelin supports re-launch of Lakeland ecommerce site
To drive up ecommerce sales and to improve its back-end functionality, kitchenware business Lakeland recently commissioned its long term systems integration partner Javelin Group to update its websit
22 July 2015
Advisors rack up 100 million for Ahold Delhaize merger
Last month supermarkets Ahold and Delhaize announced they agreed a merger, a move which will create Ahold Delhaize, a new top 10 player in the global supermarket scene. For management consultants, advisors and lawyers th
20 July 2015
Kurt Salmon: Free and convenient delivery demanded
Free and convenient delivery remain top priorities for consumers in an omni-channel world, research by Kurt Salmon shows.
13 July 2015
UK online retailers missing out on 1 billion ad revenue
Advertising space on e-commerce sites is worth up to a billion in revenues, yet a large fraction currently finds itself unused.
08 July 2015
Ahold and Delhaize top 10 supermarket group worldwide
If the announced merger between Ahold and Delhaize is given the go-ahead by the competition authorities and its shareholders, then a new top 10 supermarket player is set to be born. With a combined revenue of more than &
30 June 2015
Majestic names Anita Balchandani non-exec director
Anita Balchandani has been appointed a non-executive director at Majestic Wine, effective from June 10th.
19 June 2015
30 best performing (online) retailers in United Kingdom
The Hut Group can call itself the fastest growing retailer in the UK, followed by The Entertainer and Blue Inc. Poundworld and DiscountUK, which ranked number 2 last year, drops 26 places to find itself discounted at num
15 June 2015
OC&C: International ecommerce UK expands on brand
Across the UK, US, Germany and China, the global ecommerce market is set to grow to £645 billion by 2018, with the further expansion of mobile online shopping continuing to drive the market forward.
09 June 2015
Accenture buys Javelin Group, adds 160 retail advisors
Accenture has acquired retail management consultancy Javelin Group. Approximately 160 professionals across offices in the UK and France will transfer to Accenture and be integrated into the firm’s Strategy business
19 May 2015
Boxwood: The 4 keys to execution excellence in retail
Strategy execution has never been easy in the retail environment, yet on the back of a changing landscape and several disruptive trends that have entered the equation, successful strategy roll-out ha
06 May 2015
A.T. Kearney: Top 20 e-commerce markets of the globe
The US, China and the UK are globally the most attractive e-commerce markets, while Belgium and Denmark show the best improving online retail landscape, reveals A.T. Kearney’s latest Global Retail E-Commerce Index.
05 May 2015
Kurt Salmon: Consumer sentiment slightly up in 2015
Despite the near stagnant wage growth, consumer sentiment is generally more positive than in 2014, research by consulting firm Kurt Salmon show. This slight rise in confidence is, however, not mirrored in increased consumer spending. This, accordin
28 April 2015
Capgemini: First ever single digit online sales growth
For the first time ever in any quarter, online retail sales saw a single digit growth in Q1 2015, the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index shows. As mobile sales have proven to be the biggest driver behind the online sales growth, retailers should r
21 April 2015
UK shoppers embrace online more than the Dutch
UK consumers are much more inclined to shop online compared to their Dutch counterparts across the North Sea, finds recent joint research from PwC and Strategy&, in which the behaviour of 2,000 British and 1,000 Dutc
20 April 2015
Strategy&: Online sales in the UK coming to a stand still
The continued growth of online only sales may be coming to a standstill in the UK, says Strategy&’s James Walker in a recently released statement.
14 April 2015
OC&C: Supermarkets to use low milk prices for edge
Wednesday 1 April 2015 was a historic day for the European dairy industry. The milk quota, which regulated the production of milk across the region for 31 years, has been lifted.
07 April 2015
Flipkart hires McKinsey & Co. India Director as COO
E-commerce marketplace Flipkart has hired McKinsey Director Saikiran Krishnamurthy to be the COO of the firm’s Commerce Division.
27 March 2015
4 consultancy firms partner of E-commerce Benchmark
The Ecommerce Foundation, an international non-profit organisation for research into e-commerce, recently launched the international E-commerce Benchmark. With the free tool companies can compare their e-commerce activities with their peers and whe
26 March 2015
Retail fastest growing segment in consulting industry
The global retail consulting sector is from an industry perspective the fastest growing industry segment of the consulting industry.
16 March 2015
OC&C advises WorldStores on 25 million financing
WorldStores, one of UK’s leading online furniture retailers, has received an investment of £25 million from a consortium of investors, led by US bank Goldman Sachs.
06 March 2015
Kurt Salmon: 5 percent of retailers onmi-channel proof
The development of omni-channel retailing continues to be on the rise and is a top three business priority for 60% of executives, a recent survey by Retail Week and Kurt Salmon shows. However, there is a divergence between the firm’s prioriti
11 February 2015
IBM: Enthusiasm for online retail outpaces behaviour
In a recently released study IBM finds there is a discrepancy between consumers’ stated behaviour preference and their actual behaviour. This discrepancy is present both in their preference for online consumption as well as their willingness
29 January 2015
IBM: Retail top target sector for cyber-attacks in 2014
While the number of cyber-attacks in the US retail industry decreased significantly in 2014, the number of records compromised increased by 43%*, research by IBM shows. This data indicates that sophisticated cybercrime units are getting away with i
20 January 2015
Deloitte appointed administrator of Bank Fashion
UK retailer Bank Fashion has recently gone into administration and Deloitte has been called in as administrator. As it stands no redundancies have been issued and the doors are still open while a new buyer is being sought. Bank Fashion
15 January 2015
Kingfisher hires Hymans Robertson as pensions adviser
The trustee of the Kingfisher Pension Scheme has appointed consulting firm Hymans Robertson as its scheme actuary and adviser. Kingfisher is one of Europe’s largest home improvement retailers, and is the par
12 January 2015
Tesco slashes prices, further sparking supermarket war
The price war in the UK’s supermarket industry is intensifying, with Tesco announcing it will slash the price on 380 basic food items by 25% in the coming days to compete with among others German bud
09 January 2015
Deloitte, TCS & Kurt Salmon sponsor Retails BIG Show
This Sunday the annual “Retail's BIG Show” kicks off in New York City. The four day event consists of a conference and EXPO entirely focussed on the Retail industry. Consulting firms Deloitte, Kurt Salmon and Tata Consultancy Servic
09 January 2015
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