| | JULY 20164Consultants ReviewEditor's NoteReinvent and Redesign Your Retail Strategy Nandini MukherjeeSpecial Editor ConsultantsReviewWe live in a digital world where industries are colliding and the path to profitability is shifting, forcing retailers to fundamentally change their business models. It is an era of retail everywhere where digitization is ubiquitous, and happening at scale. Depending on growth from stores is an idea of the past. In the near future, all growth will come from digital or be influenced by it.Today's retailers operate in a marketplace propelled by savvy shoppers who have instant access to product information, consumer reviews, and price comparisons. Consumers expect retailers to provide fast, consistent and seamless interactions in stores, online and via mobile devices. And thus, retailers must maintain lean technology portfolios that reduce operating costs while positioning the enterprise for growth and deliver a consistently high quality of service. With customer retention and growth as key challenges, brick-and-mortar retailers, e-commerce companies and hybrid retail stores are looking for an arsenal of transformational experiences, right from demand planning to engagement to point of sale and follow-ups powered by disruptive technologies that congregate to influence loyalty and unlock operational efficiencies. To thrive in the current retail landscape, retailers need to partner with forward-looking retail consultants who not only help them stay relevant to the present customer engagement trends, but can also help them stay nimble enough for perpetual evolution. Believing the same, we at Consultants Review magazine bring to you the list of `25 Most Promising Retail Consultants'. We hope that the list will help you find an able retail partner who can help you harness real-time customer and point of sale (POS) insights, reach shoppers across any channel (including mobile), and get the visibility you need to optimize everything from merchandising to your supply chain. We also recommend you to read the Cover Story of Verus, a firm that provides legal services to leading Indian and multi-national corporates, banks financial institutions, apex government organisations and promising entrepreneurs across the country through its offices in Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata and Hyderabad.Vol 2 · Issue 6-3 · July 25 - 2016 Publisher & Editor Alok Chaturvedi Managing Editor Rachita Sharma Special Editor Nandini MukherjeeEditorial Team Lithin Zacharia Saheli R Chowdhuri Deepawali Dutta Deepshikha Singh Group Art Director Ashok Kumar Sr. Visualiser Maitreyee Visualiser Siva Sankar GM-Sales & Marketing Rohit KumarAdvertisement Chander Shalini Kiran T : 080-43112102Delhi Ratnam Gupta T : 011-45992106editor@consultantsreview.com marketing@consultantsreview.comNo. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Air-port Road, Murugheshpalya, Bangalore-560017 To subscribe: Circulation Manager Magendran Perumal T : 080-43112203subscription@consultantsreview.com Cover price Rs 100 per issue.Printed and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on Behalf of SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 And Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murigheshpalya, Bangalore-560017. Copyright © 2016 SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.
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