Retail & Fashion: digital innovation to deliver personalized experiences and streamline operations

We help retailers, grocery retailers, and fashion brands transform the customer experience, streamline operations, and drive sustainable growth through digital solutions, data, and Artificial Intelligence.

The transformation of Retail & Fashion toward omnichannel and data-driven models

The Retail & Fashion industry is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by new purchasing behaviors, margin pressures, the evolution of global supply chains, and a growing focus on sustainability.

In this context, the physical store is not disappearing but reinventing itself: it is becoming a strategic space where customers seamlessly move between online and offline touchpoints, through a continuous and connected experience.

The focus is no longer on separate channels, but on integrated commercial ecosystems where products, shopping experiences, data, and services converge into a single digital value chain.

The most competitive brands are those able to integrate e-commerce, supply chain, and customer engagement into a data-driven, omnichannel, and circular model, where every interaction creates value and every data point becomes a business insight.

AI and Data: the engine driving the new competitiveness in Retail & Fashion

Data and digital technologies are the key enablers of the industry’s transformation.

Artificial Intelligence in Retail & Fashion enables the automation and optimization of core processes: from collection planning and merchandising to supply chain management, in-store operations, after-sales services, and loyalty programs.

Through Advanced Analytics models and Generative AI solutions, companies can make faster decisions, personalize the shopping experience in real time, and enhance in-store interactions, supporting sales teams with intelligent tools that improve effectiveness and service quality.

The value of data does not lie in its collection, but in its ability to be integrated, activated, and transformed into actionable insights across the entire value chain.

In this journey, Cloud is a key enabler as it allows companies to rapidly scale solutions, integrate physical and digital channels, manage large volumes of data, and make AI and analytics operational at scale.

An integrated approach to data

Connecting sales data, customer behavior, inventory, and logistics information enables companies to:

  • improve planning and reduce overstock
  • personalize the cross-channel experience
  • accelerate the time-to-market of collections and campaigns
  • increase operational efficiency and reduce costs
  • enable circular economy models and ESG reporting.

How we support digital transformation in Retail & Fashion

Engineering supports the transformation of the industry by working across the entire Retail & Fashion value chain: from product design and planning to production, distribution, sales channel management, and customer service.

We provide deep knowledge of core processes, specialized expertise across the entire value chain, and proven experience in managing complex systems, with an end-to-end approach that integrates consulting, technology, and operational management.

PORTFOLIO MAP

Retail & Fashion

BUSINESS

Omnichannel Experience​

  • +Customer Care & Contact Center​
  • +E-Commerce B2B & B2C​
  • +Kiosk, Pop-up
    & Corner Mgmt
  • +Web & Mobile Experience​

Direct & Indirect Channels

  • +Sales Execution
  • +Pricing Mgmt
  • +Order & Return
  • +Payment Services
  • +Loyalty & Rewards
  • +Commissioning
  • +Sales Analytics

Branding & Marketing

  • +Marketing Strategy & Execution
  • +Media Mgmt
    & Advertising
  • +Commercial Planning
  • +Product Information
  • +Customer Analytics
  • +Campaign Mgmt
  • +Trade Marketing

Collection Lifecycle Mgmt

  • +Product Innovation & Development
  • +Calendar & Merchandise Grid
  • +Material Mgmt & BOM
  • +Production Industrialization
  • +Cost Estimation
  • +Partner Ecosystem Mgmt

Merchandising

  • +Category Mgmt
  • +Assortment Planning
  • +Space Planning Micro & Macro
  • +Price & Promotion
  • +Replenishment
  • +Trade Mgmt

Supply Chain

  • +Integrated Business Planning
  • +Direct Procurement
  • +Quality Mgmt
  • +Manufacturing & Logistics
  • +Warehouse Stock Levels Mgmt
  • +Supply Chain Control Tower

In-Store Operations

  • +Workforce
  • +In-Store Inventory Stock & Mgmt
  • +In-Store Merchandising
  • +POS & Store Operations
  • +In-Store Traffic Analysis
  • +Clienteling
  • +Visual Merchandising
  • +Store Analytics

APPROACH

The key drivers of digital transformation in Retail & Fashion

We integrate physical, digital, and social channels into a consistent and seamless purchasing journey, delivering fluid, recognizable, and personalized experiences across all customer journey touchpoints.

We apply AI and Advanced Analytics to understand customer behaviors and preferences, enable personalized interactions, and build a unified, actionable view of the customer across all channels.

We evolve legacy systems toward scalable, efficient, and cloud-native architectures with a FinOps approach, accelerating innovation, integrating the application ecosystem, and managing demand peaks and new launches.

We bring AR, VR, and Digital Twin technologies to enhance customer experiences: virtual try-ons, immersive showrooms, digital stores, and simulations of collections and layouts, enabling more engaging experiences and faster, more effective design cycles.

We enable more agile and responsive operating models, capable of quickly adapting to market changes and accelerating the launch of products, collections, and campaigns.

We digitalize organizational, production, and supply chain processes to improve efficiency, planning, and end-to-end visibility across the entire value chain, from production to sales.
MarketSuite: the Retail Platform of Engineering


MarketSuite is Engineering’s platform for Unified and Composable Commerce, designed to support Retail & Fashion players in the integrated management of online, in-store, and B2B/B2C channels within a single digital ecosystem.

Thanks to its modular and scalable architecture, MarketSuite enables the convergence of omnichannel experiences, supply chain, in-store operations, and customer engagement, ensuring process continuity, faster adoption, and measurable time-to-value.

MarketSuite is designed to grow alongside the business, simplifying technological complexity and supporting continuous innovation in a context where integration, scalability, and data governance are key competitive factors for Retail & Fashion.

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Our Podcasts

Retail & Fashion

Digital Loyalty: customer loyalty as a driver of growth

30.06.2026

Retail & Fashion

The New Frontiers of Retail: Ppersonalization and omnichannel strategies are key to competing in a market that is expanding into new sectors

30.06.2026

Retail & Fashion

Fashion: how to trace fabrics and materials

30.06.2026

21 October 2026 • Milan

BISC3: how the supply chain is evolving

An overview of technology, AI, and new operating models at the heart of transformation for Italian businesses.

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10 June 2026 • Milan

Netcomm Focus Food & Grocery 2026

AI and omnichannel: the future of Food & Grocery.

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22 - 26 February 2026 • Düsseldorf

EuroShop 2026

The New Frontiers of Self-Shopping in Grocery Retail.

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Interview
17.02.2026  •  Retail & Fashion

5 questions to... Luca Terreno

Interview with the Retail & Fashion Senior Client Manager of Engineering.

Interview
16.12.2024  •  Enterprise Sector

5 questions to... Guido Porro

Interview with the Executive Vice President Enterprise of Engineering.

Press Release
13.05.2024

Engineering at Automotive Dealer Day Introduces a New Sales Model for the Sector with Its Retail Platform

Engineering is one of the key players at the Automotive Dealer Day, which will take place in Verona from May 14 to 16.

FAQ

Engineering operates across the entire Retail & Fashion value chain: from design and collection planning to supply chain management, from physical stores to e-commerce, and from CRM to after-sales services. We support fashion brands, grocery retailers, specialized retailers, marketplaces, and distribution operators.

AI and data enable real-time personalization, predictive planning, supply chain automation, and new agentic commerce models. Value is created by integrating data into a coherent, data-driven ecosystem.

Cloud enables the orchestration of integrated ecosystems where channels, processes, and data continuously interact. It allows companies to scale digital solutions, manage demand peaks, integrate omnichannel platforms, and make innovation faster and more flexible.

Consumers experience a single, seamless journey, even when business processes are distributed across multiple systems. An end-to-end approach enables the integration of commerce, data, AI, store operations, and supply chain into a unified, consistent, and optimized ecosystem, capable of supporting a seamless customer experience and efficient process management.