Category Archive: Retail

Top 10 Considerations for Retailers’ Customs Planning in 2019 and Beyond

A Roadmap for Understanding Your Total Tariff Liability The ongoing trade war between the U.S. and China continues to rattle the retail industry. For more than a year, the two countries have been embroiled in ...

Topic 842, Leases – A View from the Check-Out Lane

In early 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (ASC 842). The new leasing standard was effective January 1, 2019 for public companies. Although the FASB recently deferred the effective date of the new standard ...

Managing Growing Retail and Consumer Risk in Tandem with Increased Innovation and Cybersecurity

As digital transformation becomes a core part of overall strategy, retail and consumer products companies should prioritize threat-based cybersecurity. Threat-based cybersecurity is a forward-looking, predictive approach. Instead of (or in addition to) focusing solely on ...