Apr 20, 2021 | Publication, US Retail, Consumer, and Economic Indicators
As the COVID recovery continues, US retail sales showed good increases in March compared to last year, and consumer sentiment shows strength due in large part to progress in vaccinations, COVID relief checks, and extended unemployment benefits. Fourth-quarter sales...
Aug 28, 2020 | Publication, Retail Business Transformation
Retailers face extraordinary challenges in forecasting the sales impact of COVID-19. Store closures and the prospect of another round of shutdowns will force retail executives to stress-test sales and cash-flow forecasts based on various reopening scenarios. Read the...
May 15, 2020 | Publication
Reopening of stores will make available a portion of inventory previously inaccessible. What must retailers do to manage it? Retailers are dealing with unprecedented challenges brought on by the COVID-19 crisis. Prolonged store closures have left year-round, seasonal,...
May 14, 2020 | Publication
The decline of brick-and-mortar retail was underway well before the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, with businesses shuttered around the country—and world—we asked Keith Jelinek, a managing director of BRG’s Retail Performance Improvement team, what retailers and consumer...
Apr 24, 2020 | Publication
Disruption in Retail Operations Goes Well Beyond Supply Chain The COVID-19 pandemic has caused severe disruption across all aspects of retail, and we are beginning to understand the full impact this will have on the industry. The US Census Bureau released sales...
