The Parker Avery Group’s retail and consumer goods case studies showcase our proven and individualized approaches to solving our clients’ most pressing challenges. Our case studies cover a wide range of industry segments, solutions, capabilities, and services, including strategy, system selection, business process design, organizational transformation, change management, solution implementation, and advanced analytics.

Our team works hand-in-hand with your team, leverages industry-leading practices and insights, and tailors our proven consulting approaches and tools to solve your business challenges.  Use these case studies to understand the depth of our industry and consulting expertise and the transformative results we have produced for many clients.

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Merchandising and Planning

Retail Pricing

Omnichannel and Store Operations

Product Development and Supply Chain

Service Areas

Solution and Capabilities Assessment

System Selection and Roadmap Development

Business Process and Transformation

Change Management and Training

Advanced Analytics

System Implementation

Core Merchandising

Master Data Consolidation Enables Core Merchandising Transformation Case Study

New Strategy for Master Data Supports Core Merchandising Transformation

Employing a proven, methodical approach to successfully extract, validate, harmonize, and load master data for a transformational core merchandising implementation.

Building Organizational Agility with a New Global Core Merchandising Solution

Building Organizational Agility with a New Global Core Merchandising Solution

Working closely with this global retailer, Parker Avery assessed alternatives and selected a new core merchandising solution that will improve organizational agility, lower costs, and drive margins.

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Merchandise Financial Planning

Outdoor Retailer Drives Omnichannel Transformation with New Planning Solution

Comprehensive MFP system implementation to optimize retail sales planning and inventory cost planning and enable a holistic, global view of the company.

Merchandise Financial Planning (MFP) System Selection

Designing the future process and evaluating a merchandising solution to enable strategic planning and enhance visibility into inventory across multiple channels.

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Demand Planning

Global Kitchenware Retailer Empowered with Better Forecasting and Replenishment Solutions

Global Kitchenware Retailer Empowered with Better Forecasting and Replenishment Solutions

Thorough assessment and selection of a demand forecasting and replenishment solution set that will demonstrably improve forecasting, planning, and reporting capabilities, while providing better support and efficiencies to customer-facing roles.

Major Food Distributor Boosts Forecasting Accuracy for Superior Results

Major Food Distributor Boosts Forecasting Accuracy for Superior Results

Improving demand forecasting accuracy by 11 points in just 90 days through the implementation of Parker Avery’s open-source advanced analytics demand platform.

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Assortment and Item Planning

Home Decor Retailer Captures Better Assortment Insights with New System

Providing comprehensive retail industry expertise and implementation guidance to select and deploy strategic assortment planning software with the objective of driving sales and margins.

Omni Assortment Planning and Item Planning (APIP) Implementation

APIP solution implementation to deliver desired future-state capabilities, resulting in improved business efficiencies and better overall visibility into the planning processes.

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Retail Pricing

Grocer Expects Massive ROI from Its Successful Price Optimization Implementation

Grocer Expects Massive ROI from Its Successful Price Optimization Implementation

Successful price optimization system implementation driven by industry best practices and strong, structured project leadership, resulting in significant financial benefits and return on investment.

New Price Optimization Process and System to Improve Retailer’s Margins

New Price Optimization Process and System to Improve Retailer’s Margins

Defining future price optimization processes and guiding the pricing system selection with the objectives of improving margin, increasing efficiencies, and enhancing customer satisfaction in a multi-channel environment.

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Omnichannel and Store Operations

Designing a New Order Management System to Double Sales

Designing a New Order Management System to Double Sales

Parker Avery designed a new order management system and outlined an implementation strategy to enable efficiencies while supporting sales growth and strategic business objectives for this traditionally catalog-only retailer.

Boosting GMROI with a Successful Omnichannel Fulfillment Solution

Boosting GMROI with a Successful Omnichannel Fulfillment Solution

This specialty retailer improved GMROI through on-demand visibility to existing inventory and enabling store order fulfillment across multiple banners, over 900 stores, and distribution centers.

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Product Development and Sourcing

Product Design, Development, and Sourcing Process Redesign

Designing standardized processes and key data tracking templates to support company-wide product development efficiencies and realize quick wins.

Pre-Production and WIP Tracking

Comprehensive project management, change management, implementation, and post-implementation support for a client’s new centralized pre-production and production tracking system.

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Supply Chain

Retailer Selects Science-Driven Forecasting and Replenishment System

Retailer Selects Science-Driven Forecasting and Replenishment System ​​

A thorough evaluation of leading solution providers enables the client to evolve their business with the addition of science-based demand forecasting and replenishment capabilities, driving much more efficient inventory use.

New Forecasting and Replenishment Solution to Optimize Bottom Line

New Forecasting and Replenishment Solution to Optimize Bottom Line

Defining the strategy and developing new processes to support a client’s new forecasting and replenishment solution, bolstered by advanced analytics capabilities.

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Solution and Capabilities Assessment

Merchandising Capability Assessment and Roadmap

Deep dive evaluation of merchandising and related processes, systems, and organization to develop a multi-year transformation roadmap, commencing with quick wins and change management to bolster results.

Implementing Strategic Category Management Capabilities

Optimizing Strategic Category Management Capabilities

Development of a prioritized and actionable roadmap to achieve a more consistent and efficient future state and to support strategic objectives.

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System Selection and Roadmap Development

Global Footwear Retailer Selects New Order Management System

Global Footwear Retailer Selects New Order Management System

Working closely with this global retailer on a tight schedule, Parker Avery assessed alternatives to help select a new OMS that met its comprehensive business challenges and will drive competitive omnichannel capabilities

Order Management System Selection and Strategy to Unlock Growth

Order Management System Selection and Strategy to Unlock Growth

Assessment and selection of an order management system to enable future growth, with definition of the supporting business case and implementation strategy.

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Business Process and Transformation

 New Packaging Process Supports Retail Efficiencies and Assortment Growth


New Packaging Process Supports Retail Efficiencies and Assortment Growth

Parker Avery led the design of a client’s new packaging process, role clarity, and actionable recommendations to drive efficiencies, enhance branding, and support assortment growth

Designing a New Order Management System to Double Sales

Designing a New Order Management System to Double Sales

Parker Avery designed a new order management system and outlined an implementation strategy to enable efficiencies while supporting sales growth and strategic business objectives for this traditionally catalog-only retailer

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Organizational Change Management and Training

Empowering Brand Excellence with a New Merchandising Academy

Empowering Brand Excellence With a New Merchandising Academy​​

Parker Avery partnered with an internal, global, cross-functional client team to develop a modern, interactive new merchandising academy

Developing a Comprehensive Change Management Competency

Developing a Comprehensive Change Management Competency

Developing a change management roadmap, toolkit, and internal team to support the transformation of a global wine and spirits industry leader.

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Advanced Analytics

New Promotional Offer Optimization Solution Accelerates Results

New Promotional Offer Optimization Solution Accelerates Results

This tire manufacturer projects impressive results from deploying Enterprise Intelligence to drive its promotional offer optimization solution.

Enterprise-wide Planning Solution Drives Global Retailer’s Agility

Enterprise-wide Planning Solution Drives Global Retailer’s Agility​

Driving retail enterprise agility and collaboration across functional areas through the implementation of an accurate, stable, and unified demand signal.

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Systems Implementation

Implementing Buy Online Pick Up In Store (BOPIS) Capabilities

End-to-end project management, retail business process expertise, and testing oversight for the design, pilot and implementation of new in-store order fulfillment capabilities.

International Regular Price Optimization Implementation Case Study

International Regular Price Optimization Implementation

Achieving revenue and profit improvements with sustainable adoption of new business capabilities through the successful implementation of a global, advanced regular price optimization system

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