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Companies need local-country teams to produce the same quality of financial reporting as corporate headquarters.

What better way to innovate than to draw on the free stream of ideas and sentiments from consumers?

A new trend—connected reporting—considers financial and non-financial reporting as one information stream.

The future is now: maturing Western markets have companies looking to ramp up in high-growth emerging markets like China and India.

As consumer spending growth slows in major Western markets, CPG companies look to get more innovative.

CPG manufacturers and retailers are searching for new ways to increase agility in their supply chains, reducing costs and shortening the path to the consumer.

The new heath care law means that companies have increased long-term obligations to employees—but they can't overlook the short-term implications.

US consumers are still saving, while Asian households have opened their wallets.

Attention retailers: to drive carbon off of your store shelves, start with your suppliers.

The challenges that retail & consumer CEOs perceive are—not surprisingly—the same issues that we at PwC work with our clients to solve every day.

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R&C Worlds Express, October 2011

Integrating indirect tax considerations into larger strategic discussions can make these costs easier to manage. A company should establish a dedicated indirect tax team to ensure that indirect taxes have visibility to key decision makers.

R&C Worlds Express, May 2011

The retail and consumer CEOs say that while emerging markets will serve as the growth engine in the years to come, the global economy can benefit everyone when government, business, and market interests align.

Lease accounting for retailers: The biggest ever accounting change?

The FASB and the IASB are currently revising lease accounting standards to reconcile treatments under U.S. GAAP and international financial reporting standards. These changes are likely to impact retailers' financial statements.

Carbon Disclosure Project 2011: Global 500 report

Consumer goods companies see consumers demanding more eco-friendly products and services, so they're increasing communications with customers and employees about their sustainability efforts. They're also seizing revenue-producing opportunities around climate change by developing new products that make less of an impact on the environment.