Retail & Fashion
Where speed is the operating model
Fashion brands, specialised retailers, and large-scale distributors share a common operational reality: product cycles are short, consumer expectations are high, and the supply chain must deliver flawlessly across every channel. Many also design, specify, or develop their own products – adding upstream complexity to an already demanding value chain. We help transform the product development processes, supply chain operations, logistics, and IT backbone that determine performance in this sector.
THE CHALLENGES SHAPING FASHION & RETAIL
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Structuring product development – from specification to shelf
Whether you design collections under artistic direction, specify own-brand appliances for supplier manufacturing, or develop private-label ranges across dozens of categories, the upstream challenge converges: getting the right product to market, on time, at the right cost. Fashion brands lose weeks between studio and production floor. Retailers with own-brand portfolios struggle with scattered specifications, unstructured supplier qualification, and development processes that live in spreadsheets. In both cases, the gap between product intent and shelf-ready delivery is where time and margin are lost.
Product development process design
Structure end-to-end development workflows from initial brief or specification through sourcing, sampling, qualification, and production ramp-up
PLM deployment
Implement product lifecycle management platforms adapted to the sector's pace – connecting design, product development, sourcing, and supplier teams around a single source of truth
Supplier integration and qualification
Build structured supplier development programmes that ensure quality, cost, and lead-time commitments from specification to series delivery
Range architecture and portfolio management
Rationalise product portfolios to balance breadth, commercial performance, and operational complexity
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Mastering omnichannel fulfilment
Customers expect the same product available in-store, online, and via marketplace – with next-day delivery, click-and-collect, or ship-from-store. Behind this promise lies a logistics equation that most retailers still solve with channel-specific systems and siloed inventory. Unified stock visibility, intelligent order routing, warehouse automation, and last-mile orchestration are no longer differentiators – they are table stakes.
Intralogistics design and automation
Design and deploy mechanised distribution centres that handle B2B replenishment and B2C e-commerce from a single platform, without stopping operations
Omnichannel fulfilment redesign
Unify order management across store, web, and marketplace channels with optimised routing logic and real-time inventory allocation
Warehouse performance
Diagnose and improve pick, pack, and ship operations to increase throughput and reduce cost per order
Distribution network planning
Structure multi-site logistics networks with clear capacity, flow, and investment roadmaps
Logistics partner management
Structure 3PL relationships, define service levels, and manage outsourced logistics operations as strategic partnerships rather than commodity procurement
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Building a supply chain that absorbs volatility
Fashion and retail supply chains span continents – from sourcing in Asia or the Mediterranean basin to distribution across European markets. Lead times are long, demand swings with trends and seasons, and disruptions hit without warning. Layered onto this: growing regulatory pressure on traceability and sustainable sourcing. Companies need supply chains that are fast, resilient, and transparent – able to react in weeks, absorb shocks, and demonstrate compliance from raw material to point of sale.
S&OP and demand planning
Implement structured planning processes that connect commercial forecasts with supply capacity across seasons, categories, and channels – adapting industrial S&OP to the specific rhythms of distribution
Sourcing strategy and supplier management
Redesign sourcing to balance cost, speed, risk, proximity, and sustainability – including nearshoring scenarios and supplier diversification
Inventory optimisation
Right-size stock across the network to reduce markdowns, stockouts, and working capital whilst maintaining service levels
Supply chain traceability
Map material and product flows end-to-end to meet CSRD, CSDDD, and Extended Producer Responsibility requirements
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Modernising the IT backbone
Fashion companies' and retailers' IT landscapes have grown organically – layering POS, WMS, OMS, PLM, and ERP systems that rarely communicate. As omnichannel operations and own-brand product development become the norm, this fragmentation turns into a structural bottleneck. ERP and PLM transformations in this sector are not IT projects – they are operational redesigns that touch processes, data, roles, and decision rights across the entire business.
ERP programme leadership
Structure and steer large-scale ERP deployments with process rigour, change management, and milestone discipline
PLM selection and deployment
Assess, select, and implement PLM platforms adapted to fashion and retail product development processes
System architecture for unified commerce
Design target IT architectures and API integrations that connect product development, supply chain, logistics, and customer-facing systems across the retail and fashion value chain.
Master data and process redesign
Build the product, supplier, and customer data foundations that underpin reliable multi-channel operations – redesigning core processes as part of the programme, not after it
Explore our expertises
We combine deep supply chain and logistics expertise with PLM, ERP programme delivery, and operational transformation capabilities – applied to the specific rhythms, constraints, and operating models of fashion and retail businesses.
Selected Retail & Fashion projects
Intralogistics transformation for omnichannel distribution
End-to-end automation of a 45,000 m² national distribution centre – transforming existing mechanisation to serve both B2B store replenishment and B2C e-commerce without stopping operations.
B2B capacity ×2.5, B2C capacity ×10.
Up to 120,000 order lines per day.
Grand Prix des Rois de la Supply Chain 2026.
Selected Retail & Fashion clients
Meet our Retail & Fashion experts
Our fashion and retail practice combines operational depth across distribution-driven supply chains with hands-on experience in product development – from collection lifecycle management to large-scale retail logistics and IT transformation.
Speed wins. Let's build the operations to match.
Whether your challenge is product development, omnichannel logistics, or IT transformation – our experts are ready.
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