Aug 18, 2021 | Corporate Finance and Restructuring, Retail
Keith Jelinek, Rick Maicki, Darren Morrison, and Frank Jones write that the back-to-school season (BTS) is a critically important selling period—and an opportunity for retailers to reconnect with shoppers before entering the holiday season. COVID has written a new...
Nov 24, 2020 | Corporate Finance and Restructuring, Retail
The evolution of retail driven by COVID-19 has retailers on a tightrope. Competitive dynamics in today’s environment place more pressure on margins than ever before. Companies will face challenges during the holiday period and into 2021 as they work to execute a...
Nov 12, 2020 | Corporate Finance and Restructuring, Retail
Christmas may come early this year. With COVID-19 pushing out in-store events and driving consumers online in droves, retailers are looking to jumpstart and stretch the holiday buying period that traditionally begins on Black Friday and ends the weekend before...
Nov 3, 2020 | Corporate Finance, Retail
Keith Jelinek and Rick Maicki discuss key retail topics, including: Maximizing sales during the elongated holiday season by bundling promotional offers and focusing on already-loyal shoppers Why marketing, merchandising, and operations teams must work together more...
Oct 14, 2020 | Corporate Finance and Restructuring, Retail
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on the way we live, work, and shop—and it will have a profound effect on the 2020 holiday season. The pandemic has uprooted traditional shopping patterns, forcing retailers to rethink their approaches to the critical...