The retail and consumer goods industries are operating at the forefront of a digital revolution in an increasingly competitive and complex marketplace. As consumer expectations rapidly evolve, brands are racing to embrace a range of emerging technologies from artificial intelligence (AI)-driven personalisation to seamless, omnichannel customer experiences.

 

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At the heart of this transformation lies an opportunity to blend innovation with intelligence, and technology with trust. Backed by 9,500 industry experts across the globe, we enable clients to drive value, act with purpose and thrive with our proven approach and broad capabilities. 

As a trusted partner to global retail leaders, we are positioned to support the shift toward:

  • AI-driven customer and business insights
  • Frictionless omnichannel experiences
  • Data driven strategy and forecasting
  • Smart, sustainable supply chains
  • Fulfilment through automation and robotics

As disruption reshapes the retail landscape, the opportunity to lead has never been greater. With deep industry expertise, we empower organisations to embrace and lead digital acceleration.

 

Voice of Our Clients: What retail, consumer and services leaders are acting on now

Insights from 209 client conversations reveal top priorities shaping the industry

Accelerating growth through expansion and modernisation

#1
Business growth has emerged as the top business priority

Retail, consumer and services organisations are operating with a pragmatic mindset focused on measurable business outcomes.

Embedding AI in core operations
 

78%
of organisations say AI is a strategic focus

Adoption of AI remains uneven as retail, consumer and services organisations balance investment priorities, operational readiness and implementation complexity.

Modernising core retail platforms
 

68%
cite modernisation, cloud and legacy reduction as IT priorities

Organisations prioritise core application modernisation programs to improve scalability, operational efficiency and long-term resilience.

 

 CGI-developed industry solutions

Our full-service offering is underpinned by a portfolio of CGI-developed retail and consumer services solutions. These software applications, reusable frameworks and delivery methods represent years of investment in capturing our industry and technology expertise.

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    9,000
    industry experts
    across the globe
    5
    of the world's top luxury
    goods brands partner with us
    15 years
    is the average length of
    relationship with our top 10 clients

     

    Through our services and solutions across the retail value chain, we help organisations drive agility, efficiency and differentiation by optimising and modernising systems, enhancing and automating processes, and unlocking the power of data to deliver actionable insight. Our offerings include:

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    Managed IT services

    We help increase agility, scalability and resilience with a partnership model for managing your IT services. Our managed IT services are about delivering value, from enhancing the user experience, optimising operations, and reducing costs to embedding security and data privacy. We also assume service risks while adjusting to your evolving priorities and continually find ways to improve productivity.

    Store operations

    We provide customer support for your stores’ IT operations services through our global operations centers and preferred third-party providers.

    E-commerce

    Our services deliver tangible outcomes through e-commerce platforms, optimised websites and user experiences, and enhanced omnichannel experiences. We also provide order management with flexible fulfilment options, cloud solutions to scale, secure transactions and customer support.

    Point-of-sales (POS)

    We offer a unique combination of business consulting expertise, POS capabilities, and a deep understanding of retail business processes across segments to help you provide a smooth customer experience across touch points and drive sales. We leverage our strong experience integrating a wide range of POS solutions and end-to-end services with our cloud-native CGI Retail Suite components for POS, clienteling, pricing, promotions and order management.

    Omni-channel customer experience

    Leveraging our business consulting expertise together with customer data, we help you better understand buying behaviors, identify opportunities to enhance the customer experience, and implement unified commerce platforms to help you improve the customer journey.

    Data-driven retail and AI

    Through strong core data management, supported by responsible AI, advanced analytics and intelligent automation, we help you make insight-led decisions and optimise processes to drive profitability. Our capabilities include product and customer data management, marketing automation, pricing and sales, supply chain agility, sustainability and performance efficiency.

    IT modernisation/cloud migration

    We provide end-to-end application and infrastructure modernization and migration services to help you accelerate your digital transformation through cloud services and new technologies, while maximising your legacy IT investments.

    Supply-chain agility and optimisation

    We help you leverage real-time visibility and tracking to optimise supply chain operations, design and automate warehouses, optimise logistics routes and inventory, prevent and manage disruptions, and benefit from cloud-based systems to scale.

    Sustainable retail

    We help you embed environmental sustainability practices using the power of data and ecosystem collaboration to deliver greater value to your stakeholders. Our offerings include sustainability advisory, ESG data management, sourcing and exchange, circular business design, sustainable IT and energy transition services and solutions.

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    Solution-agnostic partner

    with a full range of IT and business consulting
    services

    direction

    Metro market model

    ensures strong client proximity with full local responsibility

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    Global capabilities

    help clients transform and thrive in a highly competitive environment

    Global and local alliances

    Our alliances with 150+ technology companies enable us to bring our clients the best technology solutions for delivering business outcomes, driving innovation and accelerating growth. We use this ever-evolving network to your advantage, helping you to choose and implement the best solutions and services through our alliances-agnostic approach

    Learn more about our alliances

     

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