60-second Retail

As of late, many headlines have spotlighted the drastically increasing rates of shipping and freight creating a lot of concern across the retail industry. In this episode, Chad Fleeger, Senior Manager in the Management Advisory Services group at BDO USA, gives us his take on what's causing the increasing container costs, and lays out some of the potential impacts to retailers in the back half of t...

According to data published in the recent Retail in the Red report, it appears retail may truly be on the rebound. First half sales were on the rise and bankruptcy filings drastically slowed down. In this episode we speak with David Berliner, Partner & National Leader of Business Restructuring at BDO USA, to get his take on what may be contributing to retail's rebound, and get his take on whet...

After a soft back-to-school season in 2020, retailers must be ready for this season to return in full swing with students nationwide going back to in-person learning in the fall. In this episode find out what you need to do to prepare for this important retail season in order to meet consumers high expectations of order timeliness and product availability.

In the last episode of our deep dive series on supply chain strategy with John Krupar, Managing Director in the Value Creation Practice at BDO USA, we address transportation and logistics - specifically what companies reliant upon trucking can do to address the driver shortage, and what consumer delivery expectation shifts have occurred.

Continuing our series on a supply chain strategy deep dive, John Krupar, Managing Director in the Value Creation Practice at BDO USA, joins us again to talk distribution and warehousing, and how the function has changed as a result of the pandemic.

In the face of COVID protocols, the supply chain disruption and the continuously changing governmental lock-down orders, what can companies do to keep their brand promise? Join us as we discuss this important topic in our supply chain strategy deep dive with John Krupar, Managing Director in the Value Creation Practice at BDO USA.

In this episode we explore the “Just-in-Time” inventory model in place throughout the consumer goods industry, and how unusual buying patterns have generated a lot of lessons learned for retailers. John Krupar, Managing Director in the Value Creation Practice at BDO USA, joins us again to provide his perspective on what it will take for retailers to not only bring things back to normal, but thrive...

How does a retailer know if they are paying too much in materials and services? What should retailers look for as they assess their strategic sourcing relationships? Join us as we discuss these questions and more with John Krupar, Managing Director in the Value Creation Practice at BDO USA, as he guides us through the supply chain strategy deep dive we're taking here on 60-second Retail.

In this episode, the first of our deep dive series on supply chain, we take a look at overall supply chain strategy and network optimization with our guest, and guide, John Krupar, Managing Director in the Value Creation Practice at BDO USA.