Retailers

The retail sector represents one of the best opportunities to transform markets to sustainability via improvements in merchandising, operations, human resources, supply chain, and marketing. Summerhill Strategy has unique expertise in working with the retail sector and we have developed our core service offering to include the following areas:

Senior Management

Retail Business Strategy

• introduce the environment as a critical driver for success

Strategic Counsel

• emerging environmental markets, new policy and legislation

Processes & Operations

• creative, aggressive, and flexible mechanisms to improve profitability

Consumer Engagement

• influence customers to make better choices at the point of decision making and purchase

Carbon Planning

• consider carbon in the supply chain, footprint analysis and operational improvements, and employee engagement

Marketing

In-Store Events & Promotions

• drive store traffic and category sales

Research

• in-store data acquisition and strategic analysis

Innovation

• new marketing concepts and unique communication strategies

Environmental Knowledge

• competitive assessments, content development

Multi-Sector Partnerships

• utilities, governments, manufacturers, charities, NGOs

Utility-Funded Conservation Programs

• turn-key design, management, and execution

Merchandising

Business Life Cycle Planning

• line reviews and refreshes, bay revitalizations

Product Identification

• new, innovative, and environmentally preferable products and services

Gap Analysis

• environmentally preferable product assortment review and assessment

Product Verification

• third-party certification analysis, database management