1. USA retail sales decline in May 2021 - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-15/u-s-retail-sales-decline-after-two-solid-months-of-gains 2. Producer Price Index - https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/15/retail-sales-producer-price-index-may-2021.html 3. Retail stores - https://www.cbinsights.com/research/retail-apocalypse-timeline-infographic/ 4. Reshoring - https://ca.news.yahoo.com/report-reshoring-could-drive-443-132700577.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAFu0vqTC2y1TQZSq1Zlt7veH97-S66ePRcL68kCt9r-V_PGNsK7VT7H4tDaUmiMNF4eBMsaVGSc-ATHQYdnEiYYs39D_rXWf3x44Fd4_LUeOB5Mtt2qBLXYGIxskIR3XTRRCv-_P0osj2A2EcLiO6rOp9lXXhCzQY05XgAG1jtPw 5. Freight Bottlenecks - http://www.scdigest.com/ontarget/21-06-02_top_us_freight_bottlenecks.php?cid=18741 6. Cybercrime - https://www.fleetowner.com/technology 7. Supply chain - https://www.pwc.com/us/en/library/covid-19/supply-chain.html 8. Climate change - https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/06/14/sec-requests-disclosure-on-climate-change-risk-weighs-new-requirements.html 9. eCommerce - https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/shopify-and-google-take-on-amazon-in-retail-battle-2021-06-13 10. Threats - https://www.fortinet.com/solutions/industries/retail/major-threats-to-the-retail-industry

1. USA RETAIL SECTOR
Paul Young CPA CGA
June 16, 2021

2. PAUL YOUNG - BIO
• CPA, CGA
• Academia (PF1, FA4, FN2, MU1. and MS2)
• SME – Risk Management
• SME – Close, Consolidate and Reporting
• SME – Public Policy
• SME – Emerging Technology
• SME – Business Process Change
• SME – Financial Solutions
• SME – Macro/Micro Indicators
• SME – Supply Chain Management
• SME – Data, AI, Security, and Platform
• SME – Internal Controls and Auditing
Contact information: Paul_Young_CGA@hotmail.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-young-055632b/
SlideShare - https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga

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 / MAY
2021
Source -
https://economics.bmo.com/en
/publications/detail/e13cb18d-
1f7e-4646-a2d5-
13d7412df44d/

5. USA RETAIL
SALES – MAY
2021
Source -
https://www.census.gov/retail/i
ndex.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
8. ESG Reporting - Blog – ESG Reporting - Nearly 40% of large companies pose biodiversity threat: Moody's ESG study - My work -
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/blog-esg-reporting-nearly-40-large-companies-pose-threat-paul-young/?published=t