Consumer Industries & Retail
An Ally In the Consumer Industries & Retail Marketplace
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Relentless competition, changing consumer preferences and persistent pressures on margins characterize the Consumer Industries & Retail marketplace. With the top companies in these business sectors often pursuing the same consumers, the speed with which new strategies and technologies are implemented is as important as the decision to adopt them.
EDS has more than 40 years of experience serving the Consumer Industries & Retail marketplace and our team of IT experts can help you respond more quickly to the pressures you face. We focus on:
- Retail
- Attracting new customers, building customer loyalty, improving employee productivity and responding to competitive pressures are always top priorities. EDS can help you accomplish all four while also helping you better manage costs.
- Consumer Industries
- Innovation and consolidation are important growth levers. EDS can help you fund both by freeing up needed resources and capital through improved operational efficiency.
Whether performing as a single provider or partnering together with the collective resources of our EDS Agility Alliance partners – all recognized globally for quality and value – we can help you improve your business in many ways:
Hewlett Packard Retail Services
Fashion retail site, nolcha.com interviewed. Jack Van Horn, Product Manager, Point of Sale Solutions, HP Personal Systems Group, Americas and Alan Lipson, Industry Executive, Consumer, Industries & Retail, EDS, an HP company, about the benefits a retailer will gain by using HP’s Point-of-Sale, and other, products.
- Optimize your business processes
- Improve communications within your supply chain
- Better assess the effectiveness of promotional pricing
- Manage order fulfillment more cost-effectively without sacrificing service
- Enhance efficiency without compromising value
- Reduce application development and support cost
- Realize operational cost savings
More Information
- Identity & Access Management Profile Sheet PDF, 161K
- Business Intelligence Profile Sheet PDF, 164K
- CI&R SAP Profile Sheet PDF, 169K
- CI&R Applications Modernization Profile Sheet PDF, 164K
- Consumer Direct Services for Consumer and Retail Industries Solution Overview PDF, 671K
- CI&R Consumer Direct Industry Graphic PDF, 175K
- HP In the Retail Industry Fact Sheet PDF, 121K
- HP Manufacturing and Distribution Industries Overview PDF, 161K
- Consumer Industries & Retail Industry
Consumer Industries & Retail Industry Contact Information
EDS Consumer & Retail Leader Mike Klaus
Mike Klaus brings more than 25 years of industry and consulting experience helping companies improve their operational performance. He also has extensive experience in the consumer products, high-tech and retail industries.
For more information about what EDS can do for you, submit a business inquiry.

Consumer Industries & Retail Industry
Behind the success of consumer industry & retail companies worldwide is an ally, EDS. Helping them improve their operational efficiencies, offer new products and services to customers faster with better customer service, EDS keeps the sales coming.