"Business confidence among retailers and distributive wholesalers is up substantially in this period of time, but still keeping a wary eye on consumer spending."Challenges for retail and consumer product (R&C) companies are many in today’s business environment as a confluence of market forces have created an extremely challenging climate. R&C sector companies are constrained in their ability to grow and maintain profit margins as a result of a deflationary operating environment, market saturation, slowing population growth, and more discerning but less loyal consumers.
