Are you Ready?

 Automation and digitalization are poised to disrupt the massive fast-moving consumer goods retail industry in surprising ways, ensuring a dramatic restructuring that many companies won’t survive. 

The realities of automation and digital transformation are pressuring the FMCG retail industry to adopt new capabilities in realtime even as the forces of change have intensified in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. The good news is that Retail 4.0 opens the door to exponential value creation, giving traditional retailers the opportunity to level the playing field with digital-native competitors. The bad news is that companies need to prepare their organizations for convulsive change, embracing new practices, processes, and business models.  

Will the retail industry be ready for a future arriving sooner than expected?