Sector focus: Consumer
The consumer sector is undergoing significant transformation. There are pressures on the demand side, changing what goes into products and packaging. There are also significant disruptors on the supply side, where e-commerce, pioneered by e-commerce company Amazon in book-selling, has been extended on a global scale to many types of product – from food and beverages through durable consumer goods to fashion and apparel.
The advance of e-commerce inevitably impacts the entire traditional retail value chain…