Business Strategy

Assisting in developing value-creating strategies based on market and industry insights, competition mapping, International benchmarking, and client capabilities

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• Organic Growth Strategy

• Growth through Partnerships, JVs, and Mergers & Acquisitions

• Market Feasibility Study

• Brand Strategy and Portfolio Management

• Competitive Benchmarking and Strategy Development

• Real Estate Planning

• India Entry Strategy

CAPITAL ADVISORY

Supporting business strategy and execution with comprehensive capital advisory in our industries of focus

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• Mergers & Acquisitions

• Due Diligence – Commercial

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performance enhancement

Analyzing operations and management of change to enhance the performance and value of client businesses

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• Productivity Enhancement

• Merchandising and Category Management

• Sourcing and Supplier Management

• Category Management

• Multi-Channel Management

• Distribution Effectiveness

• Pricing, Promotions, and Range Architecture

• Private Label Programs

• Transformation and Change

CONSUMER INSIGHTS

Applying holistic consumer understanding to offer implementable business solutions

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• Shopper Insights

• Trends Insights

• Design and Innovation Insights

• Marketing Communications

• Advertising and Promotions Effectiveness

START UP ASSISTANCE

Leveraging operations and industry expertise to ‘commission’ the ‘concept’ on a turnkey basis

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• Project Management

• Sourcing and Buying Implementation

• Organization Design and Creation

• Supply Chain and Logistics

• Retail Operations Framework

• Post Implementation Assistance

• Franchisee Identification

• Innovation and New Product Development

• Distribution Framework

• Marketing Strategy

STRATEGY & PLANNING

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1. Market Opportunity Assessment: We assess market opportunities available to you, using a disciplined approach covering the overall financial, social, and technological trends. Our competent market size forecasters render a clear understanding of the current forces that influence the industry.
    

2. Business Assessment: For improving your business capability and building the bottom line, business assessment is a vital task. We analyze all aspects of your business and accordingly advise you on issues faced and opportunities available.
    

3. Research and Analysis: Our global research and analysis approach focuses on minimizing growth constraints through insightful, fact-based research and analysis solutions.
    

4. Retail Model and Proposition: We develop a suitable value proposition that serves your target customers and enables the effective delivery of your products.
    

5. Operating Model: We enable you to deliver value through the creation of an operating model which covers the process, organization, and technology domains.
    

6. Roll-out Strategy: We help you develop appropriate strategies for roll-outs by helping you understand customer behavior and identify favorable and unfavorable aspects.
    

7. Business Plan and Detailed Financials: Our consultants, after gaining an in-depth understanding of your business vision, help you formulate complete business plans and detailed financials.
    

8. Partnerships, including Joint Ventures and Strategic Tie-Ups: We believe partnerships aid in enhancing business performance and our reliable insights will help you in finding strategic partners for your projects.
    

9. Assistance in Mergers & Acquisitions: For positive collaborations, we assist you with mergers & acquisitions through competent evaluation and selection.

IMPLEMENTATION ASSISTANCE

Our aim is to provide you end-to-end solutions; from the conceptualization of your ideas to the execution of your projects, we work in tandem with your team and support you in all the key elements of implementation. As the project progresses, we ensure that the policies and processes documented during conceptualization are being implemented without any glitches.

We provide implementation capabilities that encompass such retail functions as:

• Advisory role

• Preparation of the project plan and definition of responsibilities

• Project management

• Organization creation

• Process development and training

• Management of third party agencies

• Human resource management and training

• Monitoring the pilot stores and fine-tuning the proposition and processes

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The benefits our services render:

• Integrated approach with an understanding of linkages between various modules

• Learning from various implementation projects leading to quicker and more effective implementation

• Responsibility for project coordination

• Subject matter experts for various modules

• International subject matter experts

• Outside-in view

We provide services to organizations in the retail sector as well as to ventures that are entering the retail industry. Our team studies the competition in the industry and assists you with strategies that enable you to achieve your goal while identifying the competitive advantages available for you.