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...
Jul 25, 2018 | News, Publication, US Retail, Consumer, and Economic Indicators
Despite increasing sales in the fourth quarter of 2017, many retailers still face declining gross margin percentages and lower overall EBITDA. Berkeley Research Group released today a report prepared by professionals from its Retail Performance Improvement practice...
Nov 7, 2017 | Publication, US Retail, Consumer, and Economic Indicators
A seismic shift is underway in the US grocery market. US grocery retailers are facing stiff challenges on multiple fronts. Evolving demographics and shifting consumer preferences have fragmented the business. Grocery sales, once the domain of traditional grocers, have...
Aug 7, 2017 | Publication, Retail Business Transformation
Keith Jelinek and David Owen write about retail’s tipping point, omnichannel shopping, and how demographics and technology have altered consumer behavior.Read the article at Chain Store Age.
