A dynamic environment, a world full of opportunities and new challenges has led to the exponential growth of retail industry in India in last few years. Consumer industry is the 12^th largest industry, among which retail industry stands to the 5^th position. India holds a lot of potential in itself, for which even the foreign players steps in and explore the business opportunities here. India’s retail market is expected to nearly double to US$ 1 trillion by 2020 from US$ 600 billion in 2015, driven by income growth, urbanization and attitudinal shifts. Further more, the e-commerce sector is also expanding steadily in the industry and creating the biggest revolution in the retail industry.

Again modern retail in India has been experiencing a remarkable transformation over the last few decades. With the rapid change in trends of the consumers, it becomes a challenge for the retailers to keep up with the shifting shopping demands. Consumers being better informed nowadays expect a certain kind of shopping experience from the retailers. That is where the role of a retail consultant comes into the picture, by providing solutions to increasing demand and constant changing trends of the customers. Furthermore, retail sector is currently facing a talent crunch because of the non availability of talented manpower on a large scale and also lack of training facility provided for them. Though India has a vast pool of qualified human resources and high education, there is always a need of senior level management, which is seen missing into the sectors. Hence, retail consultancy identifies the gap, provides solutions that assures the increasing demand of manpower to match the scope of plans of various retailers in the near future. Besides, with several retail giants targeting the potential market in India, almost every retail sector is now channeled through an organized retail consultancy.

Thus, identifying the loopholes of retail sectors and understanding the need of sound solution providers for the organization, Consultants Review brings you “25 Most Promising Retail Consultants”. A distinctive panel comprising of CIOs industry analysts, retail industry experts, and Consultant Review’s editorial board have cherry-picked the consultancies who provide high quality retail solutions and services tailored to the needs of the retail industry.