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In our Consumer Business research area, you will find thought leadership and commentary on topics such as retail forecasts, RFID, demand chain innovation, and multi-channel marketing. Learn more by reading some of our most recent research listed below.

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Revisiting retail globalization
Despite the current downturn, economic growth will eventually return and surviving retailers will need to seek new arenas for expansion.

China and India: Comparing the world’s hottest consumer markets
This report discusses the evolution and future direction of consumer markets in China and India, including risks and six rules for doing business in each country.

The future of consumer product companies series
This new series of reports focuses on key issues that consumer product manufacturers should be thinking about to achieve sustained, profitable growth in the years ahead.

Mid-market food: Small is beautiful
In the food industry, the real growth has steadily accelerated since the end of the 2001 recession to its fastest pace in more than 20 years. This study looks at how this growth has been captured by retailers who are taking a "Small is Beautiful" approach to the marketplace.

The service revolution in global manufacturing
While manufacturers look for growth and profits in all corners of the globe, they often neglect large opportunities much closer to home — in their own service and parts operations. This new thought leadership report reveals how manufacturers are building world-class service and parts businesses to drive profitable growth.

Wealth with wisdom
This report examines the four areas of change affecting older consumers and explains new demands on business sectors such as retail, consumer packaged goods, financial services, health care, automotive, real estate, hotel, and lodging.

China's consumer market
Considers the changing consumer business environment in China and offers predictions about the evolution of the Chinese consumer market as well as the likely strategic implications for global consumer oriented companies. 

The power of synchronization: The case of TAL Apparel
This new case study from Deloitte Research shows how TAL has changed the dynamics of its competitive situation to its distinct advantage by delivering a value proposition beyond the usual concerns of cost, quality, and delivery.

Unlocking the value of globalization: Profiting from continuous optimization
More than 80 percent of world's most global companies are not capturing full value of their investments. Rather than take a holistic view in the design and expansion of their global supply chain network, most manufacturers focus on fixing individual pieces of the network. The result: suboptimal improvements, wasted efforts and frequently lackluster performance.

Quotas end, uncertainty continues
Looks at global trade in apparel and textiles; evolution of the trading regime; likely scenarios for the future of global trade and protection; the impact of ending quotas on emerging countries and the strategic choices market participants face.