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Adapting to change: the retail & wholesale sector has experienced fast paced and wide-ranging challenges prompting an adjustment of strategy, creating opportunity and new risks

As global events continue to shape consumer trends and impose ever increasing supply chain disruption, retailers are driven to shift their strategies which, in turn, can quickly expose them to unforeseen and emerging risks. Read more »

Afghan withdrawal could trigger a renewed terrorist threat for UK retailers

Retailers must review their preparedness for a potential rise in attacks Read more »

Commoditisation of cyber threat hits retailers

Insurers wary of retailers’ cyber vulnerabilities poises to make insurance placement more demanding. Read more »

How COVID-19 is Changing Cyber Security for Retailers

In a live webinar on the 2 February 2021, The British Retail Consortium together with Aon, and the National Cyber Security Centre, discussed the changing cyber threat facing the retail industry and offered practical advice on how best to manage the increased challenges. Read more »

Time to Reset Retailer Resilience

Retailers must invest in a wider business continuity management approach to deliver long term success in the post-pandemic era Read more »

Heading into ‘peak’ – can retailers meet the challenge?

In this article, we look at the challenges of handling peak demand in a retail environment that is drastically different from 2019. Read more »

Retail reshapes for the post-pandemic shopper

COVID-19 has accelerated change in the retail sector; the businesses that survive and prosper will be those that react quickest and understand the changing nature of the risks they face and the changing profile of the consumer. Read more »

How Retailers Can Avert a Cyber Crisis

Of all the consequences from a cyber-attack, it seems to me that there are two – highlighted in Aon’s report – that are sometimes overlooked, or at least not focused on enough, by the retail sector; business interruption and credit risk. Read more »

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