Extracting Value from Leading the Multi-dimensional Corporation
Executive News Summary
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July 2005
Issue 54The retail and consumer sector is challenged by two major shifts in the world's economic gravity: geographical and technological. They involve globalisation and the rise of the transitional economies of eastern Europe and Asia -and dealing with the new connectivity of today ’s customer. These shifts form the backdrop to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ forthcoming 7th Global Retail &Consumer Business School which is taking place in Spain, near Barcelona, on October 5-6, 2005.
Food for Thought - Special Insert 54-1
Ready for RFID?
We believe that the new Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, if implemented wisely, can largely serve the above objectives. The purpose of the enclosed "food for thought" is to demonstrate that RFID is here to stay, and that the industry should see it as a means to gain competitive advantage.
Food for Thought - Special Insert 54-2
Redefining the Own-Label Market: the Battle for Shelf Space
This extract from Retail & Consumer Outlook - Australia 2005 and Beyond* shows how Australian grocery retailers are looking to own-label growth to boost margins in a mature market, and how much of this growth will be driven by the development of new premium own-label ranges - with a major impact on their suppliers. We think the themes and issues addressed will also resonate with companies in other country markets, whether their competitive landscape has already been affected by significant growth in own-label products, or is likely to be in the near future.
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