Consumer and Industrial Markets
Companies competing in today's consumer markets have experienced unprecedented change that has resulted in retail and consumer products companies facing:
Increasingly demanding consumers
Global expansion by retailers
Consolidation and concentration on major brands among suppliers
Concerns about safety, quality, and ethical sourcing, leading to increasing regulation
New technologies
Issues in dealing with new markets and economic uncertainty
To assist companies in this complex and fast evolving environment, KPMG works closely with its clients to help them understand the implications. We help clients develop appropriate approaches and organizational responses, manage the business and technology risks, and put in place the necessary implementation programs in a timely and effective way around the world.
KPMG's approach is based on understanding the issues affecting the marketplace. We work closely with a number of leading industry organizations to provide support in understanding and tackling some of the major issues facing the industry.
Industry teams: KPMG's Consumer Markets group comprises industry-focused teams who bring broad experience at both executive and operational levels - in Retail, Food & Drinks, and Consumer Products. The teams are supported by a global industry group network and regional infrastructure, providing knowledge of the sector, its issues and its best practices, and can respond to your needs at global, regional, national or local levels.
Leading clients: KPMG is recognized as one of the leading professional services firms providing major companies within the sector with Audit, Tax and Advisory services.
Industry involvement: KPMG's Consumer Markets group is working with leading industry organizations and academic institutions, through sponsorship and sector forums, to research and debate some of the industry's major issues.
Industry focused services: Our consumer markets teams not only provide coordinated delivery of the range of KPMG services, but through our industry focused approach and work in the sector, they are able to quickly understand your specific issues and address them by calling on industry specific experience, as well as best practices from across the organization's knowledge base.
KPMG's Consumer Markets practice offers a global network of approximately 2,000 partners and managers. By serving clients worldwide, we develop insights into major business trends and share these among our professionals serving other clients with similar needs.
KPMG is recognized as a leading Audit, Tax & Advisory organization for the food, retail, and consumer products industries. Our long-term experience in myriad consumer businesses has led to company-specific solutions that help our clients become or remain market leaders.
Making decisions and meeting today's business challenges can be complex. We can help provide you with an approach that can give you what you need most of all: peace of mind.
KPMG's Industrial practice understands that technology has transformed the industry and the results are that manufacturers and suppliers will face challenges as their industry undergoes fundamental changes. To remain leaders, they need to anticipate their customers' wants and needs. KPMG's approach is to help ensure a wide multi-functional understanding of the client's business and their environment. Then to apply the relevant skills that can make the most difference to support clients in their search for improved operational effectiveness.
KPMG's services for industrial markets are aligned to support our clients with the principal issue of shareholder value. KPMG helps its industrial clients demonstrate to their shareholders that they offer a competitive rate of return through growth, added value and cost control.
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The competitive emphasis is moving away from manufacturing to managing the brands and the consumer relationship, from tangible to intangible assets, and companies are restructuring to focus their businesses, disposing of non-core activities and investing the proceeds to streamline and grow the business.
Meanwhile there is continual pressure on price/margins and many Consumer Markets companies have been facing falling stock prices as the financial markets chase 'new economy' stocks at the expense of the more traditional companies.
In this complex and fast evolving environment, KPMG is working closely to help clients understand the implications, develop appropriate strategies and organisational responses, manage the business and technology risks and put in place the necessary programs to implement them in a timely and effective way around the world.
Within consumer markets we focus on: Consumer Products, Food & Drink and Retail
To assist companies in this complex and fast evolving environment, KPMG works closely with its clients to help them understand the implications. We help clients develop appropriate approaches and organizational responses, manage the business and technology risks, and put in place the necessary implementation programs in a timely and effective way around the world.
KPMG's approach is based on understanding the issues affecting the marketplace. We work closely with a number of leading industry organizations to provide support in understanding and tackling some of the major issues facing the industry.
Industry teams: KPMG's Consumer Markets group comprises industry-focused teams who bring broad experience at both executive and operational levels - in Retail, Food & Drinks, and Consumer Products. The teams are supported by a global industry group network and regional infrastructure, providing knowledge of the sector, its issues and its best practices, and can respond to your needs at global, regional, national or local levels.
Leading clients: KPMG is recognized as one of the leading professional services firms providing major companies within the sector with Audit, Tax and Advisory services.
Industry involvement: KPMG's Consumer Markets group is working with leading industry organizations and academic institutions, through sponsorship and sector forums, to research and debate some of the industry's major issues.
Industry focused services: Our consumer markets teams not only provide coordinated delivery of the range of KPMG services, but through our industry focused approach and work in the sector, they are able to quickly understand your specific issues and address them by calling on industry specific experience, as well as best practices from across the organization's knowledge base.
KPMG's Consumer Markets practice offers a global network of approximately 2,000 partners and managers. By serving clients worldwide, we develop insights into major business trends and share these among our professionals serving other clients with similar needs.
KPMG is recognized as a leading Audit, Tax & Advisory organization for the food, retail, and consumer products industries. Our long-term experience in myriad consumer businesses has led to company-specific solutions that help our clients become or remain market leaders.
Making decisions and meeting today's business challenges can be complex. We can help provide you with an approach that can give you what you need most of all: peace of mind.
KPMG's Industrial practice understands that technology has transformed the industry and the results are that manufacturers and suppliers will face challenges as their industry undergoes fundamental changes. To remain leaders, they need to anticipate their customers' wants and needs. KPMG's approach is to help ensure a wide multi-functional understanding of the client's business and their environment. Then to apply the relevant skills that can make the most difference to support clients in their search for improved operational effectiveness.
KPMG's services for industrial markets are aligned to support our clients with the principal issue of shareholder value. KPMG helps its industrial clients demonstrate to their shareholders that they offer a competitive rate of return through growth, added value and cost control.
For more information please contact us
The competitive emphasis is moving away from manufacturing to managing the brands and the consumer relationship, from tangible to intangible assets, and companies are restructuring to focus their businesses, disposing of non-core activities and investing the proceeds to streamline and grow the business.
Meanwhile there is continual pressure on price/margins and many Consumer Markets companies have been facing falling stock prices as the financial markets chase 'new economy' stocks at the expense of the more traditional companies.
In this complex and fast evolving environment, KPMG is working closely to help clients understand the implications, develop appropriate strategies and organisational responses, manage the business and technology risks and put in place the necessary programs to implement them in a timely and effective way around the world.
Within consumer markets we focus on: Consumer Products, Food & Drink and Retail
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