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Rising gas prices, ageing baby boomers and an increasingly diverse population all have one thing in common – all factors driving trends in retail’s ever changing landscape. With less disposable income, specialized needs and fewer minutes to spare, consumers will be increasingly on the hunt for distinctively cheap and easy to find products.

Retailers around the world now realize that maintaining a competitive advantage will be gained only by those who have grasped the sensitive economic state and integrate a deeper understanding of their consumer demand directly into their technology. With a soaring number of internet users growing significantly in the online retail sales arena, this is a key area that retailers must concentrate their energies on. Expanding operations into international markets is also a key strategy.

Maximizing growth potential under the demand of these circumstances is a challenge for retailers. Improvements in retail technology will play a crucial role over the next few years, as consumers seek out experiences that can both keep money and time on their side.

Retailers are now embracing IT-involved strategies and integrating it within their business strategies. As such, vendors will need to help senior level retail executives demonstrate ROI to their superiors. To do this, emphasis will need to be placed on customized solutions aligned to the vertical market and attention will need to be given to strengthening partner relationships with retailers.

As retailers, suppliers and consumers are facing unprecedented fiscal and customer-related pressures in the current economic climate, Global Retail Management (GRM) provides a benchmark report that explores the range of strategies that retailers can use to increase customer centricity and bottom line focus, while increasing competitive advantage and customer satisfaction.

Global Retail Management (GRM) will feature the top strategies, best-of-breed solutions, and most advanced services to help retailers address the tough economic times. We will analyze the core processes, organizational, and performance capabilities that are being adopted to address profitability, growth and process improvement that are instrumental in building the unrelenting recovery for the retail industry. GRM along with leading industry analysts will discuss how retail executives are attaining success through re-prioritization and renewed focus on retail essentials.