Raphy Soussan

Raphy Soussan

Raphy possesses over 25 years of experience providing auditing, accounting, financial reporting including financial planning, tax and business advisory services to a variety of multinational, middle market and start‐up companies, with a focus in the food and beverage industry, particularly with emerging brands, manufacturers and distributors. Raphy specializes in helping private equity firms and their portfolio companies to maximize their performance and their due diligence procedures both in the US and internationally. He also has a significant background in financial consulting engagements including GAAP and SEC reporting. Raphy holds a Bachelor of Arts cum laude in Accounting & Information Systems and a minor in Economics from Queens College of the City University of New York.
E-Commerce
Countering Retail Theft Without Sacrificing Customer Experience
February 19, 2024 at 5:02 pm

A concerning trend has emerged in the evolving retail landscape over the past few years: the spike in retail theft. As examples, Los Angeles and Dallas experienced staggering increases of 109 percent and 73 percent, respectively, in shoplifting incidents from H1 2022 to H2 2023. As the problem intensifies, communities are left grappling with the…

Brick-and-Mortar
Transforming Malls for Financial Success
January 15, 2024 at 5:49 pm

We've heard for some time now that traditional brick-and-mortar malls are facing a decline with the uptick in online shopping. However, some experts claim the “death of malls” has been widely exaggerated. According to Coresight Research’s The State of the American Mall report, more malls opened than closed in the last year, the first time…

Omnichannel, Merchandising
Using E-Commerce Solutions to Incentivize Customers to Shop In-Store
November 30, 2022 at 1:11 am

As in the past few years, the retail sector in 2023 will be heavily impacted by macroeconomic trends such as supply chain constraints and inflation. We remain in a challenging environment characterized by uncertainty. Consumer spending continues to increase, but will it plateau? Inflation appears to be slowing, but will this relief continue? And will…