McKinsey on Consumer and Retail

Episodes

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  From dashboards to decisions: Empowering merchants with agentic AI 02.04.2026 22m

  Merchants can spend less time reporting and more time strategizing
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  Rethinking restaurant success 05.02.2026 25m

  What it takes to run iconic NYC restaurants
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  How today’s consumers are spending their time and money 09.10.2025 26m

  Highlights from the State of the Consumer 2025 report
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  Holiday shopping 2025: US consumers hunt for early deals 08.09.2025 23m

  Two-thirds of US consumers will start their holiday shopping before Black Friday
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  A close look at the global beauty industry in 2025 28.08.2025 27m

  Discussing the 2025 edition of The State of Fashion: Beauty report
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  How the sporting goods industry can turn uncertainty into opportunity 07.05.2025 22m

  Physical inactivity is a global problem—but there are solutions
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  Portfolio and performance: Priorities for CPG leaders 02.10.2024 24m

  The consumer goods industry, once an investor darling, has underperformed in recent years. Companies can prioritize six actions to simultaneously revive revenue growth and cut costs.See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information
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  Luxury retail is about ‘emotions, not transactions’ 22.02.2024 21m

  How to curate the customer experience for the luxury consumer
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  How product design can yield ‘triple wins’: Growth, margin, and sustainability 30.01.2024 23m

  A new approach to consumer-centric innovation
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  The art and science of reducing retail shrink 12.12.2023 23m

  What shrink means and what to do about it
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  Holiday shopping in 2023: ‘It started early and will end late’ 13.11.2023 24m

  When and how US consumers will shop this holiday season
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  How to do a ‘retail reset’: Priorities for retail leaders 31.10.2023 28m

  Must-dos for the retailer of the future
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  Consumers are spending on sustainable consumer goods: Highlights from new research 11.05.2023 25m

  Findings from 5 years of US sales data
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  Purposeful growth in retail: Perspectives from two former Nike execs 13.04.2023 25m

  Lessons from one of the world’s most innovative and valuable brands
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  ‘Let’s not just rely on data’: Holt Renfrew’s Anne Pitcher on the future of retail 02.03.2023 20m

  Lessons from a 40-year career in retail
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  The state of grocery retail around the world 29.09.2022 25m

  Grocery trends in Asia, Europe, and North America
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  How Europe’s CPG leaders can navigate inflation 08.09.2022 22m

  Effective responses to inflationary pressure
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  The ‘Great Attrition’ in frontline retail—and what retailers can do about it 28.07.2022 25m

  How to keep frontline retail workers from quitting
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  Black beauty brands and consumers: Where do we go from here? 14.07.2022 28m

  Black representation in the beauty industry
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  Are personalized vitamins the future of wellness? 16.06.2022 23m

  Personalization and sustainability in the consumer-health sector