What: BCG's Global Asset Management Report 2025 outlines four key transformation areas: strategic reinvention, product evolution, market consolidation, and cost optimisation.

Why it is important: These strategic pillars offer a comprehensive framework for retailers navigating similar challenges in digital transformation, operational efficiency, and market consolidation.

BCG's Global Asset Management Report 2025 presents four crucial chapters that mirror retail industry challenges and opportunities. "From Recovery to Reinvention" establishes the foundation for transformative change, moving beyond simple recovery to fundamental business model reinvention. "Rethinking Products and Distribution" examines the evolution of offerings and delivery channels, particularly relevant as retailers navigate omnichannel transformation. "Staying Relevant in a Consolidating Market" provides a strategic framework for evaluating partnerships and acquisitions, while "Becoming Radically Leaner" outlines three distinct operational models and efficiency levers. Together, these chapters demonstrate how industries can successfully transform their operations while maintaining customer relationships, optimising costs, and building technological capabilities - all critical challenges facing today's retail sector.

IADS Notes: The four chapters of BCG's report align with major retail industry developments since late 2024. The industry's move from recovery to reinvention parallels retail's digital transformation journey, while the focus on product and distribution evolution reflects the ongoing shift toward omnichannel experiences. The emphasis on market consolidation and cost optimisation resonates with retail's current focus on operational efficiency and strategic partnerships, particularly as both industries navigate technological disruption and changing consumer preferences.

Global Asset Management 2025 - From recovery to reinvention, Press Release

BCG report: Global Asset Management 2025 

From Recovery to Reinvention

Rethinking Products and Distribution

Staying Relevant in a Consolidating Market

Becoming Radically Leaner