PRINT THIS PAGE Time to reconsider the retail sector
27/08/2002. Source:OC&C Strategy Consultants. Michael Jary and James George
Private equity investors are cautious of the retail sector as many regard it as inherently volatile, impossible to analyse, depe.dent on the flair of maverick entrepreneurs and difficult to influence if things go wrong. Michael Jary and James George of OC&C Strategy Consultants argue, however, that the sector remains sound for private equity investment as it continues to be susceptible to the disciplines of good management like any ‘industrial' business.
The authors argue that it is possible to apply the tools of rigorous analysis not only to the efficiency and effectiveness of the sector but equally to the health of the brand and the robustness of the top line. Therefore, no investor can afford not to consider retail in its portfolio.
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