---
name: industry-ref-arch-retail-ra
title: Retail and consumer packaged goods
description: The architecture addresses multi-cloud and hybrid cloud deployments, and the inclusion of machine learning and AI capabilities. The architecture components are based on industry best practices supporting the overall digital transformation of a retail enterprise.
last-updated: 2025-06-16
---

> ## Documentation Index
> The table of contents for this documentation set is at https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/industry-ref-arch?format=markdown
> The index for all IBM Cloud docs is at: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use these files to discover more information as needed.

# Retail and consumer packaged goods
{: #retail}
{: toc-content-type="reference-architecture"}
{: toc-industry="Retail"}
{: toc-use-case="RetailIndustry"}
{: toc-version="1.0"}

The architecture addresses multi-cloud and hybrid cloud deployments, and the inclusion of machine learning and AI capabilities. The architecture components are based on industry best practices supporting the overall digital transformation of a retail enterprise.

The Retail and consumer packaged goods industry reference architecture is a high-level view of a best-of-breed retail enterprise application landscape, including applications, functional areas, key integration points, and the associated recommended physical deployment.


## Architecture diagram
{: #architecture-diagram}

![High Level Diagram.](../images/retail-ref-architecture.svg "Retail High Level Diagram"){: caption="Retail High Level Diagram" caption-side="bottom"}