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1:00 pm
- 4:00 pm
The Future of CPG and Retail
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LEARNING OBJECTIVE
- – The CPG and Retail industries are undergoing massive changes in recent years which will influence the industries’ outlook and competitive dynamics
- – Smaller/more agile competitors have challenged the dominance of leading industry players with new business models and innovative consumer offerings
- – Major disruptions (eg technology, environment) require companies to develop and expand new capabilities
- – BCG will share its latest perspectives on the ‘view of the future’ and implications for industry participants
- – Stressing the importance and impact of ‘doing well by doing good’; i.e. delivering both shareholder value and societal value
CONTENT DESCRIPTION
The session will focus on the main drivers of change of CPG and retail and key implications:
- – Looking back: what made the difference for companies that out-performed
- – Looking forward:
- — Why the traditional ‘big box’ success model has been challenged
- — Key disruptions and what it all means:
- 1. Amplification of consumer expectations and post-COVID ramifications
- 2. Continued erosion of traditional scale advantages, the rise of new competitors
- 3. Radical reshaping of channels, including the digital platform revolution
- 4. AI-powered transformation of traditional business models
- 5. A new era of collaboration between CPG and retail
- 6. Heightened focus on social impact and purpose
- 7. The need for new capabilities
- 8. New ways of working and the challenge of attracting/keeping top talent
- 9. Greater purpose and ‘doing good’ as key component of and driver of future strategy- how ESG focus can be a source of competitive advantage, as opposed to a‘cost’
- The big imperatives:
- — Understanding the ‘new consumer’
- — Becoming an ‘always-on’ portfolio manager
- — Reinventing the demand model and supply chain
- — Upgrading/Digitising the end-to-end capabilities
- — Accelerating the ESG Agenda
- — Inspiring with purpose
- — Synthesis: what will the business look like in 2025 and beyond, how all this changes the way we manage and measure success
- — The ‘so what’: what you can ‘take home’ and start actioning right away
SESSION FORMAT
- – Short presentations/real-life case studies
- – Discussion and debate
FACULTY LEADERS
— Marcus Bokkerink, Senior Advisor
— Chris Biggs, Managing Director & Senior Partner
— Jessica Frame, Managing Director & Partner
— Francesco Bellino, Managing Director & Partner