E-Commerce, Distribution & Retail Industry Consulting
For 15 years, KEPLER Consulting has been committed to distribution and retail industry players to support the transformation of their business model towards greater customer added value. KEPLER Retail Industry Consulting develops and implements customized strategies that address present challenges and future opportunities.
Context
The Distribution and Retail Industry, Whose COVID 19 Crisis Has Amplified the Balance of Power Between Physical Stores and E-Commerce, is Facing Profound Changes:
- Increased competition between traditional brands in distribution and retail industry, developing their multi-channel offer, manufacturers directly with e-commerce and Direct Selling, and pure internet players who are intensifying the price war and reinventing the service offering to customers,
- A customer experience at the heart of the challenges, built and animated in an omnichannel dimension,
- New consumer requirements: price, availability, customer service and environmental footprint,
- Cash constraints necessitating maximizing the profitability of invested capital and immobilized stocks,
- A change in the transport offer with new regulatory constraints and a rapidly changing competitive landscape,
Stakes
Changing expectations and the competitive environment in the distribution and retail industry require constant adaptation of business strategies and more agile operational management.
- Rethink business strategies,
- Revisit their assortments,
- Adapt supply chains and their operating model
Strategic adaptation through external growth operations in order to guarantee competitiveness, critical size and scope of offers and services is on the agenda.