Retail & consumer

• Emerging markets
  Urbanisation and a growing middle class mean huge opportunity.
• The digital economy
  Increasingly “connected” customers want to shop any time, anywhere.
• Innovation
  Efficient, profitable innovation is critical, and it requires getting close to customers.
• Social media
  It’s the age of instant information – but how to find the patterns?
• Health and wellness
  Changing demographics and consumer behavior are creating a burgeoning market.

• Strengthening the global finance function
  Companies need local-country teams to produce the same quality of financial reporting as corporate headquarters
• Integrating financial and non-financial reporting
  A new trend—connected reporting—considers financial and non-financial reporting as one information stream
• Understanding long-term trends in global consumer purchasing power
  Seismic shifts are altering the landscape of consumer purchasing power.

Retail & consumer

Technology has put consumers everywhere in the power seat, enabling an anytime, anywhere shopping experience. Meanwhile, emerging markets are the growth engines of the retail and consumer goods economy, while developed markets lag. Successful retail and consumer goods companies will be those that can stay relevant in an increasingly digital marketplace. Our practice is composed of more than 19,000 people in 118 countries focused on helping our clients meet these challenges.