The New State Of Retailing: What Every Fashion Retailer Needs To Know To Survive And Prosper

An ongoing state of uncertainty surrounding the global economy is changing the way many organisations must operate to survive.

This is most evident in the retail industry, which faces instability in the supply chain and uncertainty around customer demand. This dual challenge, underpinned by inexorable margin erosion, has changed the dynamics of trading in traditional markets, as well as the risks associated with breaking into new ones.

This Island Pacific white paper aims to examine how fashion retailers are adapting to forces affecting the global retail industry in order to thrive and prosper.

Given the heavy reliance on technology automation within today's multichannel, geographically dispersed retailing environment, the information systems of fashion retailers have been thrust into the spotlight to prove the systems they maintain and that are so core to the business of buying and selling are delivering maximum value and support to new ventures, as well as existing trading interests.