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The Future of Grocery is Happening Now.

Columbus Consulting’s CEO, Jon Beck, shares his vision for the grocery industry in this highlight from Retail Today’s quarterly executive roundtable.

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Paying it forward.

We are thrilled to welcome our 2023 Summer Interns, Britnee Ferrier and Mariam Abdel Karim. These young professionals are part of the BRAG network and will be part of our retail consulting team, serving our client community.

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The One Question to ask Before You Become a Unified Commerce Retailer.

Join Robin Lewis from The Robin Report, Shelley Kohan from FIT and Columbus Consulting’s own Laura Barrett as they discuss what it takes to be a unified retailer and why catalogs are making a comeback.

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Who Knew Hand-Me-Downs Could Be So Cool?

REcommerce is more than a trend. It is a $300+ billion industry. Read more about how retailers are embracing this business and the challenges around making it profitable in this article by Columbus Consulting’s Principal, Heather Koerner.

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Robin Report

Retailers Need To Ask Themselves This One Question Before They Develop Their Omni-channel Strategy.
In her latest article, former CEO of Soft Surroundings and Columbus Consulting's Senior Retail Advisor, Laura Barrett, outlines the top three challenges with unified commerce.

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The Price of Eggs is Not the Only Thing Keeping Grocers Up at Night
Here are the top pain points grocers are facing in 2023 as shared by Columbus Consulting's Phillip Brown in this month's issue of Total Retail.

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Columbus is on the Move…
Our team is everywhere our clients are. From vendor events to industry favorites like NRF and ShopTalk, to the World Retail Congress, we’ve been there and done that.

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Let us know what your challenges are and how we can help. From assessments and selections to strategy and implementation. Yeah, we do that too.

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Columbus Consulting is a leading retail consulting firm. Our retail consultants are industry practitioners who have worked with and for global brands in wholesale, retail, CPG and grocery. For over two decades we have been helping our clients with merchandise planning, assortment planning, inventory planning, demand forecasting, financial planning, store systems consulting, IT consulting, POS consulting, supply chain consulting, data analytics consulting, digital transformation and more. If you do it, we do it, too!

Why Columbus

For over 20 years Columbus Consulting has been transforming our industry. We’re not like other consultants, we are retail industry practitioners who have held senior-level roles. We work with and for our clients, building long-term relationships and consistently providing solutions that drive value and results.

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What we do

From strategy to implementation, Columbus has worked with over 300 leading retailer, CPG and grocery brands. Our specialties include: unified commerce, digital transformation, planning & merchandising, sourcing & supply chain, inventory management, finance & operations, strategy design and data.

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Columbus around the world

Learn more about our EMEA team and global activities with our latest international insights, event activity and talent profiles.

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Columbus around the world

We work with over 300 leading international brands and work to transform businesses to meet the complex challenges of our global economy.

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Our Commitment

Columbus Consulting cares about and is firmly committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion within our organization and across our relationships with clients and partners.

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Our commitment

Columbus Consulting cares about and is firmly committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion within our organization and across our relationships with clients and partners.

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