Tendências

"The most focused companies use a variety of practices to align their organizations with a clear set of priorities. One such practice is having disciplined management meetings, including structuring the executive-team calendar to explicitly support strategic priorities.
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Most companies also find that frequently—and formally—revisiting strategic priorities, a necessity during the COVID-19 crisis, is beneficial.
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aligning with fewer (and bigger) priorities may also enable an organization to reset organizational and operating structures. Narrowing down priorities can afford organizations a chance to realign their business segments with the top priorities,
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Many of the shifts in recent months represent a substantial acceleration of consumer trends that had already been in progress for some time. For instance, online shopping is up by 20 to 70 percent since the pandemic began, and supply chains are adapting rapidly. Store economics have been strained for some time, and we expect store footprints to continue to shrink.
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Finally, the international spread of the coronavirus has accelerated the premium on flexibility in supply chains, including in partner terms and sourcing (particularly nearshoring).
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Up to 40 percent of consumers have switched stores and brands during the crisis, and many may choose to keep their new habits.
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The COVID-19 crisis has dramatically increased experimentation with flexible workforce models. Use of video-conference applications has risen by a factor of five to seven, and organizations have become more adept at working remotely.
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We have also noted the emergence of expedited and more focused decision making across consumer organizations. In our survey, more than 80 percent of executives said that decisions during the COVID-19 crisis are being made faster than before the crisis."

Trechos retirados de "Consumer organization and operating models for the next normal"

O mundo não vai acabar este ano

Ontem aproveitei estar no escritório para ligar a duas ou três empresas de calçado com que trabalhei há 2 anos. Continuam a trabalhar, e até me disseram que alguns clientes habituais estão a colocar encomendas em quantidades superiores ao período homólogo de 2019.

Entretanto, no Financial Times li "Fashion designers hit by coronavirus outbreak":

"For fashion’s supply chain to come undone, sometimes all it takes is a missing zip.
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“We had a whole shipment ready but there were no boxes to put clothing in,” said Ms Smilovic, whose company sources its fabric in northern Italy and manufactures much of its clothing in China, both heavily disrupted by the deadly coronavirus outbreak. “Material is not being made in northern Italy right now. Zippers are in short supply.”
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The $2.5tn global fashion industry is dominated by huge companies such as €200bn-LVMH but most designers are smaller businesses that supply department stores.
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It is these independent designers that are facing a cash flow crisis as supply chain delays and reduced demand due to the coronavirus outbreak lead stores to cut or refuse orders. Some are now rethinking their supply chains and dependence on China
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Around the world, less established designers, who rely almost entirely on wholesale partners for revenue, face an uncertain future.
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Many retailers have contracts — particularly with young or independent designers whose collections are seen as riskier bets — that allow them to refuse payment if orders do not arrive within a 30-day period. Some may still accept the goods, but only on a consignment basis, or seek discounts.
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This is creating a cash crisis for young designers, many of whom have just splashed out £80,000 or more on a fashion show, and must pay factories to produce both their pre-autumn ranges and the autumn/winter 2020 collections they have just shown at fashion week."

O artigo deve ser lido até ao fim, por quem está no sector, uma vez que refere várias propostas, como, por exemplo, atrasar o começo da próxima época de saldos.



O ponto importante agora é evitar o momento Buscemi (recordo cena do filme Armageddon: o cenário é a superfície do meteorito, a personagem desempenhada por Buscemi (Rockhound) foi presa pelos colegas, porque entrou em pânico e só grita parvoíces. Entretanto, os outros continuam a fazer o seu trabalho. Pense nas oportunidades que uma situação como esta pode trazer?

Até que ponto pode tomar a iniciativa de contactar alguns destes designers e procurar chegar a um acordo com eles? O mundo não vai acabar este ano. De uma forma ou outra a vida vai continuar, porque não arranjar aliados para o próximo nível do jogo?