Strategies that are as unique as your brand
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From furniture to books to jewellery, and everything in between, our team has experience globally across the spectrum of retail categories.

Working with a range of market-leading and disruptive brands, our expertise in speciality retail extends across categories including apparel, department stores, collectible assets, and personal services.

Our knowledge of the nuances of diverse international consumers ensures we maintain a customer-centric, hands-on approach throughout.

This specific sub-category of retail continues to be a particular focus for investor activity. We understand the levers to create value in these industries and regularly provide buy- and sell-side commercial diligence of category specialists and discount retailers on behalf of private equity and other institutional investors.

How we can help

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    Operating model re-design

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    Category strategy development and commercial optimisation

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    Store experience, service model, and labour optimisation

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    Digital strategy and proposition development

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Tuesday 30th January 2024

Facing the Fashion Future

Our Brazilian and British offices have joined forces to understand the pace of the fashion industry's transformation across Latam, the US, and Europe. 
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Monday 20th February 2023

Doing more with less

Overproduction is a long-lasting, deep-rooted problem for brands. 15-45 billion items of clothing produced every year are wasted, mostly ending up in landfill or incinerated. This...
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Friday 21st October 2022

All about value

In this, our 12th annual Retail Proposition Index, published at a time when consumers are grappling with cost-of-living pressures and confidence is at a...
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Thursday 20th October 2022

Moving consumers to sustainable choices

The UK retail sector has set itself an ambitious target of being net zero by 2040. It’s become clear the sector cannot achieve this...
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Wednesday 27th November 2024

10 Golden Rules for Digital Marketing Success

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Next Generation Operating Models

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Monday 6th February 2023

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Wednesday 16th November 2022

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Loyalty programmes have long been used as a mechanism to secure customer loyalty and many have become significantly more sophisticated in recent years. Our latest...
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