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Welcome to A&M Retail

In today's uncertain economy, retailers are filled with a greater sense of urgency to deliver near-term results and create sustainable models for future growth.

Alvarez & Marsal's dedicated Retail team offers insight, leadership, and tailored solutions for today’s most pressing retailing issues. Our professionals are long-serving retail industry executives, who provide action-oriented advice and guidance, and bring experience across all retail segments, including Grocery, Convenience, Fashion, Specialty and Restaurants.

A&M addresses the following key service areas:

Retail Performance Management
We maintain a focus on the integration of strategic and operational planning, and the optimal alignment of the organization to ensure coordinated execution and effective feedback and forecasting. The elimination of corporate silos is an essential part of establishing a high-performing organization. Our assessment of current performance recommends immediate actions and establishes the groundwork for a long-term roadmap.

Retail Performance Improvement
We offer assessment, analysis and action plans to optimize corporate return on investment. Our areas of focus include revenue and margin enhancement, direct cost reduction, indirect cost reduction, overhead optimization, and working capital management. Our services have realized value savings for clients in strategic sourcing, procurement, supply chain, buying, merchandising and e-commerce channel management. (Also see our Performance Improvement services).

Retail Business Intelligence
Having a consistent view of the customer and visibility into the performance of the integrated business are critical components of effective retail management. A&M's Retail Business Intelligence services are offered as an integral part of Performance Management and Performance Improvement, or as an independent assessment. Enterprise access to role relevant operational performance data ensures that everyone in the organization is empowered to succeed.

Retail Information Technology
We assess the organization’s current systems capabilities to support the business needs, both current and projected. Our offerings include IT strategy and governance, IT performance improvement, Shared services optimization, and strategic IT leadership. (Also see our Information Technology services).

A&M Software for Retail offers planning and analysis solutions to realize accelerated value within all of A&M's Retail service offerings.