Hiori Sato

Specialty

Retail & Consumer

Summary of expertise

Since joining PwC Advisory LLC in 2009, Hiori Sato has provided both financial and operational support for many industries and business types, focusing on business planning support projects.

In the retail and apparel industry, she has extensive experience in mid- to long-term business revitalization, from planning to implementation. Particularly in the retail industry, she not only developed business strategies and tactics, but also broadened her support to the store level to strengthen frontline capabilities, including planning of products, sales promotions, and services, strengthening of purchasing and sales systems, and training of employees and sales staff.

In recent years, she has been engaged in channel development, new product development, rebranding, visualization of data on finances, customers and purchases, and revenue improvement through data analytics.

Notable transactions

• Assisting a medium-sized retail and wholesale company with business planning, growth strategy, and change management, including employee training and organizational restructuring
• Support for the data analysis and visualization for a major GMS, and the study of profit improvement measures
• Support for branding projects for a medium-sized furniture manufacturer and retailer
• Simple business due diligence for apparel companies, business planning and execution support (unprofitable brands, store closures, growth strategy development, execution support, etc.)
• Business planning and monitoring support for a mid-size apparel company
• Support for the development of a business plan for a well-established tableware manufacturer and retailer