Case Studies

Helping retailers improve

PwC Canada’s Retail Consulting Services has helped many clients achieve business improvements in hundreds of varied assignments. These case studies show how our experience can help you.

Case Study: Bringing an ERP Implementation Under Control
This case study describes how PwC Canada’s Retail Consulting Services helped to turn around an ERP implementation for a growing specialty retailer.

Case Study: Energy Cost Reduction Review and Implementation
This case study describes how PwC Canada’s Retail Consulting Services practice helped a national big box retailer reduce its energy costs.

Case Study: Finance Benchmarking and Cost Reduction
This case study describes how PwC Canada’s Retail Consulting Services practiced helped conduct an SG&A benchmark analysis for a $10B+ national grocery retailer and food distributor.

Case Study: Finance Cost Optimization
This case study describes how PwC’s PwC Canada’s Retail Consulting Services practice helped a $2B+ regional grocery retailer benchmark its finance organization to help reduce processing costs.

Case Study: Finance Cost Optimization and Benchmark
This case study describes how PwC Canada’s Retail Consulting Services helped a $1B+ grocery retailer and food distributor conduct a retail finance benchmark to assess its current cost infrastructure.

Case Study: Finance Process Transformation
This case study describes how PwC Canada’s Retail Consulting Services practice helped a $1B national retailer reduce costs in its Finance area.

Case Study: IT Strategy for Specialty Retailer
This case study describes how PwC Canada’s Retail Consulting Services practice helped a major retailer its information technology strategy.

Case Study: Markdown Enhancements Drive Improved Profitability
This case study describes how PwC Canada’s Retail Consulting Services practice helped a multi-billion dollar national retailer transform its markdown strategy.

Case Study: Merchandise and Assortment Planning Process Design and Implementation
This case study describes how PwC Canada’s Retail Consulting Services practice helped a national multi-banner retailer design and develop a future merchandise and assortment planning program.

Case Study: Roles, Responsibilities and Process Improvement
This case study describes how PwC Canada’s Retail Consulting Services helped a $1B+ national big box retailer improve its current merchandising practices.

Case Study: Sales/Customer Conversion Improvement
This case study describes how PwC Canada’s Retail Consulting Services practice helped a multi-brand specialty apparel retailer develop a comprehensive sales improvement program.

Case Study: Supply Chain Value Assessment
This case study describes how PwC Canada’s Retail Consulting Services helped a department store change improve its supply chain and reduce costs.

Case Study: Telecom Cost and Network Review
This case study describes how PwC Canada’s Retail Consulting Services practice helped a food retailer review and improve its telecommunications services.

Case Study: Turnaround Following Acquisition
This case study describes how PwC Canada’s Retail Consulting Services practice helped an apparel chain after it was purchased out of Chapter 11.

Distribution Centre Productivity and Work Standards Assessment Case Study
This case study describes how PwC Canada’s Retail Consulting Services practice helped a US-based department store chain improve its direct-to-consumer and retail store distribution centres.

Case Study: Basic Inventory Optimization Program
This case study describes how PwC Canada’s Retail Consulting Services practice helped a retailer improve its inventory management program.

Case Study: Improving Effectiveness of the “Not-for-Resale” Procurement Function
This case study describes how PwC Canada’s Retail Consulting Services practice helped improve the effectiveness of one retailer’s not-for-resale procurement function.

Case Study: Markdown Optimization Implementation
This case study describes how PwC Canada’s Retail Consulting Services practice helped a retailer design the processes for its markdown optimization solution.

Case Study: Merchandising and Marketing Organizational Design
This case study describes how PwC Canada’s Retail Consulting Services practice improved the effectiveness of one retailer’s merchandising and marketing divisions while aligning them with corporate and merchandising strategies and initiatives.

Case Study: Shrink Management and Process Improvement
This case study describes how PwC Canada’s Retail Consulting Services practice helped a retailer save money by improving its approach to shrink management.

Workforce Management and Process Improvement Case Study
This case study describes how PwC Canada’s Retail Consulting Services practice helped a retailer improve its workforce management approach while also reducing labour costs.