Retail Practice
Navigate International’s Retail practice assists consumer product manufacturers in market intelligence gathering, distribution strategy planning, and new business development to achieve and maintain competitive advantage in international markets. Navigate analyzes country and industry data to provide actionable solutions — market positioning, new product development, IT strategies, and supply chain strategies — enabling efficient and strategic decision-making.
With over 150 experienced professionals in over 50 countries worldwide, Navigate provides the global presence, experience and relationships to gather and interpret market intelligence and to expedite distribution expansion programs in Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and throughout the Americas.
Navigate can help retailers and consumer product manufacturers to:- Identify, evaluate, and engage distributors, partners, and acquisition candidates
- Assess market opportunities and competitive landscapes
- Collect, analyze, and interpret market intelligence to drive successful strategies
Our Expertise at Work
A global retailer was considering the acquisition of one of its competitors and needed to ensure that the IT systems of the target company were compatible with the client's existing systems. Navigate:
- Identified the IT infrastructure (hardware and software, back-end and front-end) used by the target company
- Conducted secondary and primary research to uncover the history and vendors of each IT system utilized by the target company
- Uncovered the strengths, weaknesses, and challenges that the target company’s IT team faces
- Performed detailed analysis to determine the compatibility of the target company's IT system with that of the client's
The bedrock philosophy of Navigate's custom research practice is an understanding that each client's requirements are unique. Our focus is to deliver action-oriented client recommendations that produce bottom line results. For more information about our global research and strategy capabilities and how we help you compete in the changing global business environment, please contact us.