Tyler Higgins

Tyler Higgins

Tyler Higgins is a managing director at AArete, with over 15 years of experience in operational efficiency, strategic sourcing and innovating optimization solutions across key business functions. His work in sourcing innovation, automation and process improvement has achieved over $750 million in strategic profitability improvement across various industries. Higgins has completed projects within most business functions working across public sector, retail, transportation, healthcare, manufacturing, and financial services. He holds a bachelor of science degree in environmental economics from the University of California, Berkeley.
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Why Utility Data is Retail’s Most Overlooked Cost Lever
March 9, 2026 at 1:19 pm

Retailers continue to face margin pressures driven by supply chain disruptions, inflation, changing consumer behavior and rising operational costs. Electricity is one of those rising expenses. It has outpaced overall inflation since 2022, according to the Consumer Price Index, and the U.S. Energy Information Administration reports that retail electricity prices were up 6.8 percent year-over-year…