A retail consultant helps store management devise strategies for increasing sales and revenues. As a retail consultant, your job duties include developing promotions and marketing campaigns, updating the company logo, making merchandising decisions, revamping store design and product placement, and influencing staffing priorities. You can find retail consultant jobs at consulting agencies that contract out the service to clients who are just beginning a retail venture or who are making changes to revive a struggling business. You need a background in the retail industry to succeed as a retail consultant.