2008 Trends to Watch: Retail

Table of Contents

• DATAMONITOR VIEW
  • CATALYST
  • SUMMARY
• ANALYSIS
  • Retail in emerging markets
    • Changing economic indicators and consumer dynamics
    • Challenges and opportunities
      • Challenge: Logistics
      • Challenge: Building brand loyalty and value
      • Opportunity: Retail concepts involving the local population
      • Opportunity: M&A and partnership activity
      • Opportunity: Product innovation
  • The evolving retail value chain
    • The components in the retail value chain
  • Life as a retail SMB
  • Driving customer loyalty through effective BI
• ACTIONS
  • Impact on players in the retail sector
  • Recommendations for those selling into the retail sector
• APPENDIX
  • Definitions
  • Methodology
  • Further reading
  • Ask the analyst
  • Datamonitor consulting
  • Disclaimer
  • List of Figures
    • Figure 1: Mature, emerging, and latent markets in the global economy
    • Figure 2: The key components in the retail value chain
    • Figure 3: The customer loyalty ladder