23 Jul, 2024 Pet Industry Spotlight: July 2024 By Jesse Lehman Keith Jelinek Rick Maicki © Copyright 2024. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and not necessarily the views of Ankura Consulting Group,...
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 Ankura Grocery Industry Spotlight By Keith Jelinek Rick Maicki Richard O'Brien Ben Kim Quinton Ndyajunwoha +2 more... Show less The U.S. grocery industry, a behemoth at $878.2 billion in 2023 sales, is experiencing a period of transformation. While shopper spending...
03 Jul, 2024 Ankura Monthly Economic Indicators Overview [June 2024] By Keith Jelinek Rick Maicki May retail sales saw moderate increases, and Food and Dining sales increased at the lowest rate since December 2023. Consumer sentiment...
01 Jul, 2024 Governor of Rhode Island Daniel McKee Signs Energy Storage Systems Act to Create Incentives for Energy Storage By Grayson Schmidt Connor McCulloch Hunter Voegele On June 26, 2024, Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee (D) signed the 2024 Energy Storage Systems Act into law. The bill was sponsored by...
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...
10 Jun, 2024 Global Bites: Crafting Success in International Restaurant Expansion [Part 1] By Ankura OCFO Part I: Overview of International Expansion We are excited to announce the release of Part 1 in our three-part series on the...
05 Jun, 2024 Headwinds in the Retail Labor Market: Navigating the Future of Workforce Dynamics in Retail - Part 7 By Keith Jelinek Rick Maicki How Will Evolving Consumer Behaviors, Technological Innovations, and Economic Trends Shape the Future of the Retail Workforce? The retail...
04 Jun, 2024 Unlocking Shopper Loyalty: Innovative Strategies for Supermarkets To Drive Repeat Business By Richard O'Brien Only 1% of grocery shoppers remain loyal to a single storeAcquiring a new shopper costs 5-25X of retaining existing onesThe average...
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...
30 May, 2024 Premium Pet Food - Industry Snapshot By Jesse Lehman Keith Jelinek Rick Maicki Chris Ventry +1 more... Show less Market Overview The pet food industry has undergone significant evolution over the years, driven by changing consumer preferences,...
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...