Blog – Retail Sales – United States – April 2021 1. Retail sales falls short - https://www.barrons.com/articles/stock-market-today-news-51620986619?tesla=y 2. High inflation - https://think.ing.com/articles/us-inflation-to-the-moon 3. Pricing of Carbon - https://voxeu.org/article/pricing-carbon-within-and-border-europe 4. eCommerce continues to rise - https://unctad.org/news/global-e-commerce-jumps-267-trillion-covid-19-boosts-online-sales 5. Supply chain - https://www.ey.com/en_ch/supply-chain/how-can-todays-supply-chain-disruption-cut-costs-and-improve-control 6. Reshoring of consumer goods - https://manufacturingglobal.com/lean-manufacturing/reshoring-initiative-and-walmart-launch-effort-help-suppliers-reshore 7. Online/Grocery - https://www.grocerydive.com/news/supermarkets-are-in-for-the-fight-of-their-lives/599435/ 8. Delivery - https://www.wapt.com/article/rossen-reports-food-delivery-robots-in-action/36356003 9. Kroger / Drones - https://www.retailwire.com/discussion/kroger-takes-flight-with-drone-delivery-test/ 10. Trends - https://insideretail.com.au/sponsored-content/the-new-trend-in-retail-is-hyper-efficiency-202105

1. USA RETAIL SECTOR
Paul Young CPA CGA
May 15, 2021

2. PAUL YOUNG - BIO
• CPA, CGA
• Academia (PF1, FA4 and MS2)
• SME – Risk Management
• SME – Close, Consolidate and Reporting
• SME – Public Policy
• SME – Emerging Technology
• SME – Financial Solutions
• SME – Business Process Change
• SME – Supply Chain Management
Contact information:
Paul_Young_CGA@Hotmail.com

3. AGENDA
• Retail Sector / February 2021 – United States
• Restructuring of Retail
• Commercial Property / Amazon
• Consumer Spending / USA
• Analytics / Retail
• Supply Chain / Analytics
• RPA / Retail
• Summary

4. USA RETAIL
SALES /APRIL
2021
Source -
https://economics.bmo.com/en
/publications/detail/bf3f27b5-
37dd-41e0-bba3-
5000dd419e00/

5. USA RETAIL SALES – APRIL 2021
Source - https://www.census.gov/retail/index.html

6. USA RETAIL SALES – APRIL 2021
Source - https://www.census.gov/retail/index.html

7. RETAIL SECTOR / RESTRUCTURING
• The retail sector will be forced into restructuring due to following
• High debt levels – Leasing and other obligations
• Restructuring of debt
• Expansion of eCommerce
• Restructuring of their business model
The running list of 2020 retail bankruptcies
The pandemic has ushered in a wave of bankruptcies as retailers struggle to pay rent, vendors and other
expenses. - https://www.retaildive.com/news/the-running-list-of-2020-retail-bankruptcies/571159/
More that 3,600 companies have filed for bankruptcy protection in the USA -
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/08/major-companies-filing-for-bankruptcy-due-to-coronavirus.html
USA Retail - https://www.buxtonco.com/blog/the-top-15-u.s.-retail-markets and COVID19 -
https://www.icsc.com/coronavirus/resources-for-the-retail-and-real-estate-industry-on-covid-19

8. COMMERCIAL
PROPERTIES /
AMAZON
Source -
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/n
ews/amazon-taking-over-
empty-jc-penney-stores-
means-the-end-of-the-mall-
former-retail-ceo-
155616339.html

9. CONSUMER SPENDING/USA
Source - https://www.conference-board.org/research/us-forecast

10. ANALYTICS / RETAIL

11. ANALYTICS / SUPPLY CHAIN

12. RPA

13. FRAUD PREVENTION AND DETECTION
Watson Studio / Fraud
Credit Card Fraud
Smarter Supply Chain
Here is my work on internal controls and risk - https://ibm.box.com/s/noi1j6ixzl6ralxkm4g0zzs911wf6s76

14. TECHNOLOGY
• Augment Reality - https://techiesindiainc.com/role-of-augmented-reality-in-retail-2020/
• Risk / Audit Analytics - https://www.ey.com/en_fi/consulting/how-to-use-real-time-data-to-mine-better-
insights
• Group consolidated F/S - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9Fi04K9oe0
• Dashboards vs Reports - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHBsVDmAdOY

15. ROBOTICS / RETAIL

16. WATSON ASSISTANT / RETAIL

17. SUMMARY
1. Top priorities by IT in 2021 - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/paul-young-055632b_top-priorities-for-it-2021-data-analytics-
activity-6766390416544800768-RegP
2. Blog – 3 CFO mistakes to avoid as IT spend rises to record in 2021 - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/blog-3-cfo-mistakes-
avoid-spend-rises-record-2021-paul-young/?published=t
3. AI and Data Governance - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/paul-young-055632b_the-state-of-ai-
in-a-multi-cloud-world-activity-6767106764187017216-8bnJ
4. The 5 Things Customers Want from both the Private and Public Sectors
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/blog-5-things-customers-want-from-both-private-public-paul-
young/?published=t
5. 2021 and beyond retail trends - https://linchpinseo.com/trends-in-the-retail-sales-industry/
6. Stronger GDP growth - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fiscal-cbo-idUSKBN2A12XV
7. The effectiveness of the next stimulus - https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/economic-outlook-us-gdp-2021-
forecast-coronavirus-stimulus-goldman-sachs-2021-2-1030059281