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Retail / CPG

High volume, thin margin, heavy trade promotion and channel complexity.

What changes about the finance work: Promotion incrementality is the central analytical problem

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  • Inventory is the dominant working capital line and it is seasonal, so a point-in-time cash conversion cycle misleads. Trade promotion timing also shifts receivables materially, which means working capital targets have to be set against a seasonal curve rather than a single number.