New York -- General economic conditions, U.S. and foreign supplier vendor concerns, and competition/consolidation are the top three risk factors cited by retailers, according to a new study by BDO USA, LLP, a leading accounting and consulting firm. Rounding out the top five: federal, state and local regulations, and terrorism, natural disasters and geo-political events.
It’s a new year, and with it comes some optimism that the economy is finally starting to gain some traction. Indeed, in a survey released in December by Business Roundtable, an association of CEOs of big U.S. companies, 45% of the executives said they expect their companies to add more workers in 2011. It’s the highest percentage of CEOs who have said they planned to add jobs since the survey began in late 2002.