Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Infographic July 15, 2022 Infographic | Top Risks in the Hospitality & Airlines Industry: Labor and Economic Issues Dominate The global travel and tourism market has been on a bumpy recovery after losing roughly 62 million jobs in 2020, as companies adjust to disruptive government policies, changing consumer behavior and an ever-shifting demand for core products and services. In a survey conducted during a recent webinar, participants from the hospitality and airline industry shared their perspectives on… Newsletter March 12, 2025 Industry Insights - Consumer Products & Retail This month’s newsletter celebrates the latest in CPG with updates on technology-modernization trends, data privacy efforts, and innovations shaping consumer choices. Thank you for your readership—wishing you a Thanksgiving season filled with insight and inspiration! Whitepaper September 16, 2020 Strategies for Reducing Retail Shrink During Challenging Times Shrink has long represented a significant challenge for retailers. Unfortunately, during a time of tightening margins and declining sales, the issue shows no signs of withering away. According to the 2020 National Retail Security Survey of the National Retail Federation (NRF), shrink is at an all-time high. In 2019, it accounted for an average rate of 1.62% of inventory, calculated at retail,… Client Story February 16, 2023 From legacy systems to cloud-based native microservices: finding success with AWS Successware is an end-to-end business management solution for the home service industry that supports both independent and franchise owners of the three trades brands franchised by affiliates of its parent company, Authority Brands, Inc. Successware Classic is a legacy software system built with Citrix, VDI, and SQL server hosted in a data center. This solution has been in place since the 1990s,… Infographic July 11, 2023 CPG & Retail: The Innovation vs. Technical Debt Tug of War Protiviti's latest research shows that consumer packaged goods (CPG) and retail companies recognize the urgency of innovation and have a clear strategy to maximize the value of IT. Learn more about the industry results of Protiviti’s inaugural Global Technology Survey: Retail and CPG Companies Accelerate Innovation Amid Regulatory Pressures, Resistance to ChangeDownload Infographic Survey December 12, 2023 2024 Top Risks in the Consumer Products and Services Industry Industry leaders view the economy, talent and advanced technologies as top risk issuesThe Consumer Products and Services industry group faces a long list of headwinds heading into 2024. Inflationary pressure, workforce attrition with talent gaps and protecting customers’ data are top on the list of major concerns weighing on the minds of senior executives in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) and… Client Story May 12, 2022 A National Retailer Takes on Inventory Shrink to Improve Margins Protiviti created a transparent end-to-end process flow by identifying gaps and providing recommendations for improvement and savings. A data deep dive reviewed elements of sales, markdowns and shrink data and a statistical analyses of shrink, damages and manual markdowns provided a total loss calculation. Client Story January 31, 2022 Client story: Apparel company's 'Instagram project' Apparel company enhances key processes, customer experience using insights from shoppers’ digital sentimentsBusinesses generate vast amounts of data every single day, mostly so-called dark data or information that go unused. Long before the current pandemic-driven e-commerce boom, a search technology firm estimated that 7.5 septillion gigabytes of data were generated by businesses worldwide each… Infographic February 28, 2023 Infographic | Consumer Products and Retail Executive Perspectives on Top Risks 2023 Across many retail and consumer goods categories, companies are contending with talent shortages that have increased labor costs, product availability challenges, difficulty sustaining customer loyalty and retention, and pressure to implement sustainability practices. According to results from the latest Protiviti-NC State global top risk survey, these are among the key issues being discussed in… Whitepaper May 2, 2023 Retail and CPG Companies Accelerate Innovation Amid Regulatory Pressures, Resistance to Change Most consumer packaged goods (CPG) and retail companies recognize the urgency of innovation. At the same time, their information technology (IT) leaders also are concerned about obstacles such as regulatory and compliance pressures, difficult economic conditions, and resistance to change undermining their innovation objectives. Load More