The role of strategy in Consumer Markets
- Date:
- Thursday 24 November 2011 6:00pm - 8:00pm
- Speaker:
- Tim Clifford (Retail Partner, KPMG)
- Venue:
- Lawley Lecture Theatre, Kingston Hill campus
- Series:
- Strategy into Practice
The latest Strategy into Practice seminar brings in Tim Clifford, retail partner at KPMG to discuss the role of strategy in Consumer Markets.
Tim is the European lead Partner for Transactions and Restructuring in KPMG’s Consumer Goods and Retail sector. His focus is on Retail, Wholesale, and Distributive trades, where he works with a wide range of Corporate, PE, and Bank clients, in the UK, Europe, and worldwide. Tim started his career as a retailer and held senior executive roles at Kingfisher, Dixons, and WH Smith, within the areas of Trading, Retail Operations, & Supply Chain management in the UK, Europe, and Far East.
His consulting career began in a major global consulting firm specialising in performance improvement and large scale change before joining KPMG to lead the European Consumer Goods and Retail Transactions team in London in 2007. Tim has worked with Fast Fashion retailers across Europe, Grocery retailers globally, Consumer Electronics retailers globally, Food & Non Food wholesale distributors, Luxury Goods brands, and Dining / Fast Food chains. Increasingly this work has included eCommerce and multi channel retailing and distribution.
Topics that will be covered during this seminar include -
- A short profile of KPMG, it’s Strategy practice, and Consumer markets practice
- A brief snapshot of the factors affecting consumer demand in developed markets and emerging markets
- What are the “big six” issues for global consumer markets businesses looking to win
- What can we as strategists do to support businesses (both survive and grow)
- A brief case study of factors influencing international growth (in fashion retailing)
- What are we KPMG looking for from our MBA recruits
- Q&A’s
Please note - A recording of this seminar will not be available
