Why is the metaverse so important for retailers to pay attention to? How can the metaverse be leveraged to build brand loyalty? In this episode, the first of our “fad or future” mini-series, we are joined by Robert Brown, National Digital Leader for Retail and Consumer Products at BDO USA, to help us understand how retailers can incorporate this new platform into a successful brand building strategy.

Are drones and robots a viable delivery method alternative for retailers? Will robots replace the retail workforce or compliment it? In this episode we are joined by Jennifer Valdivia, Audit Partner and West regional leader for the Retail and Consumer Products Industry group at BDO USA to explore this very interesting, and futuristic, trend on the rise within the retail sector.

Is the mall dead? Or is there a reinvention underway in one of the most American retail environments we know? Listen in as Ross Forman, Managing Director in the Workplace Operations & Strategy Group at BDO USA, explains how malls are not only planning to avert the media's forecasted doom and gloom, but deliver on consumers’ desire to see more green initiatives in the retail sector.

Could store rationalization and innovation be strategically leveraged to weather the inflationary storm retailers are finding themselves in these days? In this episode, we’re joined by Ross Forman, Managing Director in the Workplace Operations & Strategy Group at BDO USA to discuss some strategies in the retail real estate realm that could help offset some of the impacts caused by increased prices.

Is the reported increase in sales revenue in the retail sector really an increase? Or is that inflation looming in the background? In this episode, we're joined by Jennifer Valdivia, Audit Partner and West regional leader for the Retail and Consumer Products Industry group at BDO USA who helps us understand what retailers need to keep in mind as they examine their books and develop forecasts in this inflationary environment.

What are some of the strategies retailers are employing to combat shrinkflation? How will shrinkflation impact the Back To School season that's right around the corner? In this episode Paige Lustbader, Audit Director in the Retail & Consumer Products industry group at BDO USA, joins us to answer these important questions.

In these uncertain times of increased interest rates, consumer confidence concerns and rising inflation, some retailers are still forging ahead with store expansions. Is this a risky move? Or a strategic one? David Berliner, Partner & National Leader of Business Restructuring at BDO USA, joins us to answer these questions and talk through some other interesting shifts underway in the retail sector.

Now that the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates to combat inflation, what will the impact be to the retail sector? And will there be a forthcoming wave of bankruptcies as a result? In this episode David Berliner, Partner & National Leader of Business Restructuring at BDO USA, lays out what he thinks is going to happen in the coming months with this new variable at play.

A slew of variables including the pandemic, inflation and increased interest rates have wreaked havoc on the retail supply chain. But troubled times often provide the right environment for innovation and growth. In this episode we talk to Ted Vaughan, Assurance Managing Partner & Retail and Consumer Products Leader of the Southwest at BDO USA, to find out if retailers have evolved their supply chain game to keep pace with these hectic times.

In this episode, Peter Terilli, Managing Director in the Global Value Chain & International Tax group at BDO USA helps us wrap up our mini-series on global value chain by laying out what changes are underway in the global tax landscape as it relates to global value chain, what the impacts to the domestic tax landscape are, and how retailers are dealing with this constantly changing environment.