12 Nov, 2024 Winning the Holiday Retail Race: Crafting the Perfect Pitch & Targeted Strategies for Diverse Generations By Keith Jelinek Chris Ventry In this interview, moderator Keith Jelinek, co-lead of our Performance Improvement Advisory Practice, kicks off Ankura's five-part series...
04 Nov, 2024 Ankura’s Holiday Readiness Checklist: Five Key Areas to Maximizing Retail Success in the Fourth Quarter By Keith Jelinek Chris Ventry Sara Bakacs Laura Wheeler Richard O'Brien Rick Maicki +3 more... Show less As the holiday season approaches, retailers enter a critical period that can significantly impact their annual sales performance....
24 Oct, 2024 What the Yield Curve Inversion and the Sahm Rule Signal: Key Implications for Company Valuations By John Minella Introduction The yield curve has long been a closely watched indicator of economic health. When the yield curve inverts, meaning...
04 Oct, 2024 Beyond the Prescription: Ozempic's Influence on Health, Retail, and Consumer Behavior By Juliana Malhotra Laura Wheeler Richard O'Brien Chris Ventry +1 more... Show less Ozempic's meteoric rise has reshaped the landscape of healthcare, retail, and consumer behavior. Its initial popularity as a weight loss...
05 Sep, 2024 Unlocking Loyalty: Retailer Loyalty Is the New Customer Loyalty By Chris Ventry Sara Bakacs Keith Jelinek With back-to-school (BTS) in full swing, shoppers are navigating pressing economic challenges like inflation and financial uncertainty,...
21 Aug, 2024 Ankura Monthly Economic Indicators Overview [August 2024] By Keith Jelinek Rick Maicki July retail sales showed a modest increase, but several hard goods segments continue to lag. Inflation has eased, with CPI at 2.9% and...
18 Jul, 2024 The Cost of Learning: How Inflation and Consumer Sentiment Are Reshaping Spending By Chris Ventry Keith Jelinek Frank Jones The Ankura Back-to-School Shopping Report 2024 Ankura's Performance Improvement team surveyed more than 1,000 U.S. consumers who are...
09 Jul, 2024 Political Nexus in Indian Startups: Essential Checks for Investors By Amit Jaju As the Indian startup ecosystem continues to thrive, attracting substantial investments from around the globe, investors are increasingly...
10 Jun, 2024 Transforming Merchandise Planning with Ankura By Michael Casey Jesse Lehman Sara Bakacs Executive Summary In the dynamic world of merchandise planning, many companies have long relied on the versatility and user-friendliness...
07 Jun, 2024 UK Economic Indicators By Craig Bowen In this latest report, the UK Economic Indicator, our Performance Improvement team provides an overview of the macroeconomy and insight...
03 Jun, 2024 Do You Know How To Select and Manage Your ERP Solutions Implementer (SI)? By Mirinda Lowe John Baltz Having “rescued” dozens of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementations, what we see as the absolute key to success is the...
29 May, 2024 Ankura Monthly Economic Indicators Overview [May 2024] By Keith Jelinek Rick Maicki Consumer debt continues to climb. Total household debt rose by $184 billion to reach $17.69 trillion; mortgage balances increased by $190...