The latest tagline to hit consumers is ‘Have sex. Save a life. Save the world.’ And Grant Thornton's client, Hero Condoms, promotes it proudly.
New technology, and new uses for it, is changing the business landscape more quickly than ever, impacting not only newly created roles within organisations, but entire workforces.
With local retailers facing challenges on all fronts - foreign conglomerates keen to tap the market; online sales increasing exponentially; new markets opening left, right and centre - local success stories prove it's still possible to prosper, providing innovation drives your endeavours.
E-Commerce has brought unprecedented freedom for retailers to sell, package and distribute their products wherever and to whomever they want. However, major reforms to the way global businesses are taxed, following release of the G20's Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) action plan, are about to change what an efficient supply chain looks like.
Invisible, undetectable, the invasion of your personal computer or business may have been going on for years before the damage is finally revealed.
Insights: Creating a compelling customer experience through improved inventory efficiency
New technology’s role is simply to enable serving the customer – and the processes and procedures behind it – to become seamlessly integrated, with consistency maintained across all sales channels: both traditional (the bricks and mortar store), and on-line, via desktop, laptop, smart phone, or tablet.
Disruption is a wonderful thing - unless you're on the wrong side of it. Controversial commentator Andrew Keen considers the adverse impact that radical technologies will have on mid-sized companies.
It’s a fact of retail – your brand is either on the up or in decline. Much like a rollercoaster, this cycle rolls around regularly, and consumers will tell you with their wallets if you’ve got your product offering right or wrong.
2016 is shaping up to be the year of mobility in retail. This will drive opportunities and raise challenges as we operate businesses in a global and borderless environment. Today’s customers expect to be at the centre of your retail decision-making with personalised attention both in store and online, 24 hour access through multiple channels, choice, and engagement with their favourite brands via social media.
Grant Thornton's Retail Dealtracker Report, Checkout: Shopping for growth, which assesses retail transactions occurring locally and globally between 1 January 2011 and 30 June 2014.