Missed retail agility to adapt to the crisis

will know if it was the lack of professionalism or the shock of the crisis, but the Brazilian retailers-and I speak of all sizes-took too long to adjust inventories amid the economic recession.
Now, when finally a light at the end of the tunnel begins to appear, the retailers have found the ideal situation of its products stored. The risk in this case is that they lost again in time to assess the volume of purchases when the economy back to normal.
This delay in adjusting, which resulted in the closure of thousands of stores in the last 18 months, shows that many retailers still have a little proactive mentality, and make decisions relying on '' instinct '' and not economic indicators.
Despite the scare with the crisis, those that have managed to adapt tend to leave stronger next time, because we know that it will happen at some point, recession in Brazil.