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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 25+ years 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!

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Our retail consultants specialize in nearly every aspect of the industry. In addition to our core expertise areas, we have professionals who offer an array of spotlight services including: Unified Commerce, Data & Analytics, Grocery, and ESG/DPP/Sustainability. FIND OUT MORE HERE

Why Columbus

For over 25+ 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 400 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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Merchandise, Planning, Assortment, & Inventory Management

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Featured Content

The 5 Stages of Retail AI Maturity

A Practical Framework for Moving from Experiments to Enterprise-Scale Agentic Intelligence

By Henry Sands, Associate Partner, Columbus Consulting

Retailers are operating in one of the most demanding environments the industry has ever seen. Margins are tightening. Complexity …

AI Bias in Retail

Why It Happens, Where It Hides, and How to Design It Out

By Henry Sands, Associate Partner Columbus Consulting

AI bias occurs when artificial intelligence systems produce unfair or prejudiced outcomes due to issues with the data, …

Ensuring Business Transformation to Drive Sales and Profits

By Craig Rosenblum, Principal, Columbus Consulting

In today’s rapidly evolving retail environment, success demands more than operational excellence—it requires a reimagined mindset, new skills, and strategic leadership capable of guiding transformation through continuous change. As demonstrated …

From Data to Decisions: What Retailers Are Doing Now to Stay Competitive

A Retail Round-up From Our Breakfast Series

There’s a noticeable shift happening in retail—and it’s no longer theoretical.

Over the course of the Columbus Consulting 2026 Retail Breakfast Series, one thing has become clear: the industry has …

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Vicki Alvarado

Vicki is a Principal with Columbus Consulting with extensive global experience in merchandise and assortment Planning across fashion, beauty and lifestyle brands. She brings a unique blend of creative and analytical leadership, specializing in business …

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Hibbett

Hibbett Moves to The Cloud with A Modernized ERP System To Propel the Brand into Their Next Era

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THE HIBBETT STORY

Hibbett, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, is a leading athletic-inspired fashion retailer with more …

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