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Retail network optimisation
Right stores in the right places, right across the globe
Property is expensive, shopping habits evolving and places are changing, making it ever more important to ensure you are investing in the right physical network. Understanding how many stores you should have and where, prioritising your expansion and being smart about formats, ranging and how your channels support each other are fundamental to driving a successful and profitable business.
Looking to expand?
Target ideal locations and quantify how many stores or locations is optimal for you.
Need to drive more profit from your network?
Identify stores with headroom, measure online halo and understand missions and consumers to develop a multi-channel strategy.
Want your estate to be fit for the future?
Plan ahead by understanding how both consumers and places are changing. Develop and place stores, formats, ranges and services.
Did you know?
20%
more sales can be achieved by retailers through data-driven network optimisation.
Where problems are solved
Retail network optimisation solutions that deliver a profitable and strategic multi-channel network
Invest wisely
Ensure you invest in the right stores in the right places. Have confidence in your decisions by underpinning them with data and evidence.
Size opportunities
Quantify how large your estate could – or should – be to support conversations with investors. Assess the scale of opportunity for new formats, services and offerings, realising the potential financial benefit of investing in specific stores or locations.
Drive performance
Identify underperforming stores and assess how to get more from them. Discover opportunities to streamline your retail network, optimising different channels and formats.
Take a customer-centric approach
Get to know your consumers to ensure you deliver stores that meet their needs. Offer the right ranges, balance convenience and brand engagement with an omnichannel experience.
Quantify the value of online
Measure the interaction between online and in-store and how that varies. See the effect of different store locations on your online sales.
Build long-term strategies
Harness a deep understanding of what drives success, customer change and how places are evolving to build future-proof strategies.
We bring our expertise to you
Why leading organisations use our retail network optimisation solutions
De-risk your investment in property
Underpin decisions with data and to ensure you are focusing where opportunity is greatest.
Discover growth potential
Use data-led insights to reveal how to drive sales from both new and existing locations.
Test before you invest
Explore, model and test scenarios before making investments.
See us in action
Data-led decision-making for The Midcounties Co-operative location planning
Learn how CACI’s InSite tools and data provided comprehensive information and mapping data that enabled The Midcounties Co-operative to better analyse their core trading area.
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FAQs
Answers to common questions about retail network optimisation.
Retail network optimisation helps your business expand by targeting ideal locations and determining the optimal number of stores. This process involves analysing data to identify areas with high potential for success, ensuring you invest in the right places. By using data-driven insights, you can prioritise your expansion efforts, focusing on locations that offer the best opportunities for growth.
Retail network optimisation helps reduce costs by ensuring you invest in the right stores and locations. By analysing data to identify underperforming stores and opportunities for consolidation, businesses can streamline their operations and eliminate inefficiencies. This process also helps optimise store formats and product ranges, reducing overhead costs and improving overall profitability.
Retail network optimisation supports strategic decision-making by providing data-driven insights into market trends, consumer behaviours, and location performance. This information helps businesses make informed decisions about where to open new stores, how to allocate resources, and which markets to target. By aligning their retail network with strategic goals, businesses can enhance their competitive advantage and drive long-term growth.