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Retail, Wholesale & Distribution

We help companies identify, understand, and respond to changing trends, business models, and opportunities in the rapidly evolving retail landscape. Our integrated teams can lead you through your strategic decisions to help you thrive in this dynamic market environment.  

Responsible innovation in a evolving retail landscape

Many of today’s consumers expect retailers to operate not only efficiently, but empathetically too. Our Retail, Wholesale & Distribution group can help you move forward in sustainability and inclusion, as well as profit.

By reducing the use of resources and implementing new strategies, we can help you move towards a more sustainable model, in response to the demands of consumers, as well as of new regulations. 

We can also support your transition to the next generation of stores—both physical and virtual, through augmented and virtual reality, as well as diverse fulfillment and experience options. By enhancing demand sensing, collaborative relationships, process integration and information integration, we can support you in gaining a competitive edge with an agile supply chain.

Working together towards creating a more socially responsible market.

Our thinking

Sustainability in retail

The last few years have seen a continuing focus on sustainability, but the focus of retailers’ efforts is shifting into new areas. Key themes include the importance of the resale market, the need to embed sustainability practises across supply chain operations, the role of technology in sustainability, and the adherence to ESG-related regulations and frameworks.
Analysis
10 minute read

How to help drive sustainability in retail—while protecting margin

It’s no secret that the retail industry has long been criticized for the toll it has taken on the planet—from production processes to consumption behaviors, and everything in between.
Analysis
5 minute read

Deloitte at the World Retail Congress 2023

Deloitte is committed to enabling the retail industry in driving Environmental, Social & Governance change. As 5-star ‘Purposeful Retail’ pillar sponsor of the World Retail Congress 2023, we’re bringing together key industry and tech players, expertise, and insights. With keynote sessions and exclusive events, we aim to accelerate the transition towards a more circular model for the retail industry.
Perspective
5 minute read

Global Powers of Retailing 2022

In the past year retailers faced some strong economic headwinds against the backdrop of an unpredictable virus and its resurging variants.
Analysis
5 minute read

Future of the Store

Every aspect of our daily lives is being affected by digitalization. While consumers can easily spend hours planning, scheduling, socializing, and ofcourse shopping on their phones and computers, the in-store retail experience has yet to catch up. But change is brewing. Recent digital innovations are modernizing the in-store retail experience, and driving big changes for in-person retail.
Perspective
5 minute read
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Evan Sheehan

Global Retail, Wholesale & Distribution Sector Leader