Retail studies and consulting services

Projects

We offer individual contract research to customers from the retail and branded goods industries as well as to capital goods manufacturers and service providers. In recent years we concentrated with success on the following:

Market and trend studies

• Combination of quantitative surveys and qualitative analyses
• Status quo and assessment of developments
• Secondary sources, questionnaire-based surveys and in-depth interviews
• Assessment of innovations; assessment workshops

Process benchmarking and product range comparisons

• Cross-company collection and documentation of performance figures and ratios
• EHI data pool process steps and assortments
• Basic financial management data plus extended balanced scorecards

Quality initiatives and value creation

• Store checks in connection with quality initiatives
• Review of retail requirements and awarding of certificates
• Certification "Retail Value Added Partner"
• Innovation workshops
• Special shows at trade fairs