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.

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

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.

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.

Finance Benchmarking and Cost Reduction Case Study
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.

Finance Cost Optimization Case Study
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.

Finance Cost Optimization and Benchmark Case Study
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.

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

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

Improving Basic Apparel Goods Replenishment – Improving In-Stock Performance Case Study
This case study describes how PwC Canada’s Retail Consulting Services practice helped a multi-billion dollar national apparel chain improve its replenishment for basic SKUs.

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

Merchandise and Assortment Planning Process Design and Implementation Case Study
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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Improving Effectiveness of the “Not-for-Resale” Procurement Function Case Study
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.

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

Merchandising and Marketing Organizational Design Case Study
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.

Shrink Management and Process Improvement Case Study
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.