The retail industry is underdoing tremendous change

Increasing ecommerce penetration and the continued strengthening of on-line sale platform, proliferation of brand direct-to-consumer (DTC) strategies and new business models, demographic shifts and renewed spending priorities, highly informed and empowered consumers, rapidly evolving technologies, and massive restructuring of major legacy channel segments, to name a few, are creating major disruption.

Achieving top- and bottom-line growth is thus a challenge for many, and for some, long-term viability is in question. Today is a time when retailers need to objectively evaluate their roles and value propositions, and prioritize the right strategies ― both refinements and bold moves ― required to win in the future.

DS International combines deep industry expertise, fact-based insights and sophisticated analytics to identify solutions to complex issues and build confidence among management teams to take informed strategic action. Retailers partner with us to deliver strategies that drive growth, create competitive advantage, unlock profit and value-creation opportunities, and mitigate risk. Our approach is highly objective and fact-based, but we also take extraordinary care to involve management teams throughout the process, as appropriate, to ensure full alignment.