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Retail

Our Approach

Eight Advisory helps retail companies to rethink and implement their strategy to face market challenges and dynamics.

The retail industry encompasses diverse activities, such as out-of-home catering, specialty food and non-food speciality stores, mass merchandisers, and digital channels.

This sector has been significantly affected by recent crises, including the rise of digital, successive curfews, declining store traffic, supply chain adjustements, and more recently, inflationary pressures that have led to purchasing power disparities among consumers.

Key Trends

The retail industry is experiencing a rapid shift in consumer behavior, driven by digital and physical shopping habits, a growing interest in sustainability, and consumer price sensitivity in the face of inflation.

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Sub sectors

The retail sector consists of 4 independent sectors: specialised food and restaurants, specialised non-food retail, mass retail and e-commerce.

Specialized Food and Restaurant

Specialty food stores and restaurant chains are seeing a decline in customer traffic. They should then focus on improving the customer experience and increasing the variety and quality of their products.

Specialized Retail non-food

Non-food retailers are struggling to return to pre-crisis levels of business due to a declining in store footfall (competition from e-commerce and second-hand goods, changing consumer habits, high inflation affecting consumer purchasing power).

Mass retail

Retailers are under pressure to maintain margins due to rising costs including rent, wages and logistics, while also having to price themselves out.
Companies should then focus on developing their own brands, offering sustainable products and meeting consumer expectations about the origin of products.

E-commerce

The e-commerce industry is undergoing significant change, with a projected steady growth in the coming years. To remain competitive despite price pressures, security requirements and environmental regulations, retailers must anticipate trends such as social commerce, personalised experiences, augmented/virtual reality, subscriptions and sustainable/ethical shopping practices.

Our areas of expertise

Our pan-European group helps companies solve complex problems by providing both the right technical expertise and a human and invested approach to finding concrete solutions.

  • M&A Transaction Services
  • Restructuring
  • Strategy & Operations
  • Digital Transformation
  • Capital Markets Services
  • Transformation Finance
  • Technology Transformation
  • People
  • Strategic Valuation & Modeling
  • Infrastructure, Energy & Project Finance
  • Real Estate Services
  • Dispute Resolution & Litigation
  • Tax Services
  • Private Equity Services
  • ESG and Sustainability Services
  • Economic & Regulatory Advisory
  • Artificial Intelligence

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Eight Advisory supports your business in delivering significant value through a perfectly executed transaction strategy.

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Business Restructuring - Recovering value by managing today's financial and operational challenges while preparing for the future

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We help your teams to create and implement the operational strategy for transactions or transformations.

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Our mission is to secure and accelerate data-centric organization deployments.

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Our goal is to offer you tailored solutions throughout the entire process (from preparation to execution as well as post transaction).

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We put our expertise at CFOs' disposal to satisfy the needs of Finance Departments.

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Maximising your technology environment to make it central to your company's value creation

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We engage your people in your transformation journey to ensure lasting performance through an inclusive and pragmatic approach.

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A key part of the Eight Advisory's know-how, the Strategic Valuation & Modelling Team operates in a wide variety of areas, including transactional, accounting, legal and tax issues. It covers all economic sectors across Europe and has a global reach.

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Building robust and sustainable infrastructure with you.

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Eight Advisory Real Estate, a bespoke approach to your real estate strategy

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The expertise of our team allows us to offer a sharp financial analysis in support of conflict resolution.

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Eight Advisory's Tax teams assist companies of all sizes, from start-ups to large corporations, as well as investment funds and financial investors in resolving their current or exceptional tax issues, as well as in the context of your growth and restructuring operations.

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With our sector knowledge and international reach, we have created a one-stop shop for private equity firms and their portfolio companies by combining the different areas of expertise required throughout the investment life cycle.

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We provide strategic advice based on economic modelling, with a strong focus on competition and regulatory advice. We thus address any competition related issues companies may face.

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AI at the core of transformation

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Our Team

Team

Shafik Hosni

Partner

Transaction Services and Restructuring

Xavier Bailly

Partner

Restructuring

Katia Wagner

Partner

Transaction Services

Luc de Saint Sauveur

Partner

Strategy & Operations

Stanislas Grange

Partner

Finance Transformation

Nick Neil-Boss

Partner

Strategy & Operations

Philippe Fimmers

Partner

Restructuring & Transaction Services

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