IHL’s Retail Executive Advisory Program (REAP) is a combination of executive level research studies, advisory inquiries, briefings, webinars, IT forecasts and Onsite days packaged so that senior executives from retailers and vendors can have access to and receive the latest data from IHL’s stable of analysts. It’s an ongoing dialogue that benefits your company.
Unlike other analyst firms, IHL’s REAP program is not limited to seats, but instead provides an enterprise subscription to the research as well and access to our analysts. So analyst briefings can include your entire management team, not just the one person who owns the seat license.
As well, IHL’s State of the Industry briefing calls are not limited to one person, but the number of people on the call is dictated by your preference, not some artificial seat license.
Key components of the Advisory Relationship include the following:
EXECUTIVE RESEARCH STUDIES
A series of research studies that market size, key components, key players, trends, market drivers, barriers and forecast for market growth.
Current Program Studies Include:
❑ Competitive Market Leaders – Solution Providers Set to Win in 2021
❑ Store Matters: How Retail Still Runs Through Local Stores Even in Digital Age
❑ Future of Grocery and Consumer Package Goods Retailing
❑ Benefits of Computer Aided-Ordering
❑ Rise of Dark Stores and Best Practices
❑ AI/Machine Learning in Retail
❑ Personalizing the Shoppers Journey
❑ Race Into the Golden Age of Frictionless Retail
❑ POS/mPOS Software Share by Merchant Segment with Payment Volumes
❑ Mid-market POS Software
❑ Order Management Systems in Retail
❑ Total Retail Software and SaaS Market
❑ Worldwide Retail Hardware
❑ North American ISV Market Share and Gross Payment Volume
❑ Europe POS ISV Market Share and Gross Payment Volume
❑ Retail eCommerce Study
❑ Retail on the Edge
❑ Disrupted Retail – How Pandemic Exposed Hidden Inventory Distortion
❑ Grocery In the Time of the Pandemic
❑ Retail’s New Normal – Best Practices for Post-Pandemic Future
❑ Bad Leftovers – How Grocery Left Billions on the Table
❑ The Coming Retail Returns Tsunami
❑ Rise of the Dark Stores
❑ Unified Commerce Study
* Studies can be replaced with other IHL research studies. See the Preview Tab for details
ANALYST ADVISORY INQUIRIES
Each subscription has a number of advisory inquiries of IHL analysts. These are not limited to a single person. At your option, these queries can be opened up to your management team. The limit is based on the subscription level and range from 10 per year to unlimited Inquiries depending on the subscription.
ANALYST BRIEFINGS
Analyst briefings are the opportunity for your company to share with IHL analysts your product offerings and messaging so that we are completely up-to-date on your solutions and capabilities when we talk to prospective clients. Each subscription has a number of these briefings a year depending on the level.
ONSITE DAYS/CUSTOMER PRESENTATION
As part of some subscription levels, included are OnSite Advisory Days where IHL analysts come onsite for a full day briefing and strategy session. As a different option, IHL analysts are also available to present at your customer conferences or at big events like NRF or Shop.Org for your sponsored sessions. Depending on the advisory subscription level you choose these may be included. As well, they can be added as additional days to any subscription level as adhoc additions.
IHL STATE OF THE INDUSTRY BRIEFINGS
These 30-45 minute briefings are the latest IHL insights from our research, trends arising from customer presentations, and things we have learned at the various conferences throughout the year. These briefings are not limited only to a single person, but can be set up for your entire management team. Beginning at the Bronze level at least 1 briefing is included. At the Platinum level these can be done quarterly for your company. Complete details on the subscription level can be found on the Preview Tab.
WEBINARS
Beginning at the Gold Level advisory subscription, IHL analysts are available to participate in your customer webinars. IHL Analyst will present 10-15 minute trends updates that provide a lead in for your webinar topic.
SOPHIA LEAD GENERATION
Depending on the subscription level, IHL’s Sophia Data Service is included at no additional cost for enterprise use. Sophia remains available as a subscription by itself or add-on option to the Advisory relationships, but starting at the Gold Level Advisory it is automatically included.
IHL WORLDVIEW IT FORECASTING MODEL
Like Sophia, IHL’s WorldView IT Forecasting Model for Retail is available as a subscription by itself and can be customized for your specific segments. It is also available as an add-on to any advisory level. However, at the Platinum Advisory Level the complete forecasting model with over 300 technologies is included so you can see forecasts by technology and segment by region of the world. See the areas growing the fastest, not just what you currently use. This is ideal for any merger and acquisition activities.
