Assessments
APAC Readiness Self-Assessment
Twenty questions across ten areas give you an instant, indicative view of how ready your business is for Asia-Pacific.
About 8 minutes · 20 questions · instant indicative score
Retail Technology Growth Advisory · Singapore · Asia-Pacific
Helping retail technology companies commercialise, scale and succeed across Asia-Pacific.
Executive advisory, commercial strategy and hands-on go-to-market execution for retail technology innovators entering or growing in APAC, from an advisor who has built these businesses, not just advised on them.
Confidential 60-minute session · Google Meet · No obligation
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20+ years building technology businesses across Asia-Pacific
Leadership experience: 3i Infotech · Oracle · Infor · Microsoft · Koddi · SoluM · ServiceNow
20+ years
executive leadership
Global
APAC, Japan, EMEA, UK & North America experience
Strategy + execution
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ROI & TCO calculators
Retail IoT Technology ROI & TCO Calculator
Estimate the potential return on investment and total cost of ownership of retail IoT technologies such as electronic shelf labels, IoT sensors and smart store solutions, based on your own assumptions.
About 10 minutes
Who we help
Advice for the companies building retail's future, and the retailers adopting it.
Retail technology companies
- Expand into APAC
- Accelerate revenue
- Build partner ecosystems
- Sharpen positioning and go-to-market
- Validate product–market fit
Retailers
- Evaluate technology objectively
- Build business cases
- Select vendors independently
- Develop innovation roadmaps
Vendor-neutral advice. We do not accept commissions or referral fees from technology vendors.
The problems we solve
Questions we hear from leadership teams.
We don't know where to start in APAC.
Which countries should we prioritise first?
Distributors, partners or direct?
Our messaging doesn't land with APAC retailers.
Our sales cycle is too long.
We need the right executive conversations.
Our advisory practices
Four practices, one goal: commercial success in Asia-Pacific.
APAC Market Entry
Decide where to start, how to go to market and who to partner with, before you commit.
Learn moreCommercial Growth
Strengthen pipeline, positioning, partners and win rates for companies already in APAC.
Learn moreExecutive Advisory
Senior commercial leadership, fractional roles and advisory board support, without a full-time hire.
Learn moreIndustry Influence
Keynotes, roundtables, workshops and thought leadership for the APAC retail technology ecosystem.
Learn moreOur approach
The Korn Growth Framework
A structured, five-step approach, adapted to each company and each market.
- 01
Discover
Executive interviews, business and market assessment.
- 02
Design
Strategy, go-to-market and commercial model.
- 03
Validate
Customer and partner feedback, pilots.
- 04
Execute
Partner recruitment, sales enablement, executive coaching.
- 05
Scale
Regional expansion, organisation design, growth acceleration.
Why Korn Consultancy
Senior, practical and focused on retail technology.
Operators, not career consultants
Advice shaped by years of building and running technology businesses.
Retail technology specialists
A focused practice that understands how retailers evaluate and buy technology.
Deep APAC experience
Practical knowledge of a diverse region, market by market.
Strategy + execution
From the plan to the first partner meetings and beyond.
Independent, practical advice
Candid recommendations designed to be acted on.
How we engage
Engagements sized to the challenge.
2–6 weeks
Advisory Sprint
A focused business challenge, with a fixed scope and clear deliverables.
3–6 months
Transformation Program
Market entry, go-to-market and commercial growth, delivered against milestones.
12 months+
Strategic Partnership
Executive advisory, fractional leadership and advisory boards on a monthly retainer.
Latest insights
Perspectives on retail technology in APAC
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