Transformation, Turnaround and Restructuring Strategy
There are many catalysts for change in a business, such as poor performance, underutilised assets or new technology interrupting the industry. You may wish to gain share of existing markets, penetrate new markets, create new products or diversify. At Retail Metrics, we can help you build your competitive advantage.
For over two decades our global C-Suite professional specialists have led “Best in class” organizations, guiding executive teams through economic depressions, recessions, new country expansions and phases of organizational growth. Whether your business is succeeding or facing difficult times, we can prepare and deliver a transformation strategy.
What we do
Our experts have designed, executed and delivered transformational change, turnaround, post-merger growth, re-organisation and market repositioning for retailers across Europe, Asia, the Middle East and North America.
How we do it
An introductory review of three to five days (specific to clients requirement) benchmarking performance data. This leads to an executive summary of potential costs optimization options, strategic choices and potential projects being presented to the client team.
Our specialists are comfortable working globally, nationally, remotely or face to face as required. When the pressure is on, you can count on our professionals to support you throughout the project. We know that you will enjoy working with our team as they share their knowledge and experience. Let us know how we can assist you today.
Post-Merger Integration and Management
Integrating business together with different processes, cultures and capabilities is a complex challenge. Even some of the largest firms have failed as a result of poor management when merging. Our experts can help effectively integrate firms post merger or acquisition.
Pre and Post-Sale Management
Our specialists have experience preparing big and small retailers for sale, as well as helping firms transform a business after acquiring a firm.
Sales, Income & Growth
Our global experience, benchmarking and modelling help us to work with management teams to build profitable strategies for growth.
KPI Benchmarking
Our experts will establish a performance assessment process, assessing internal performance, past and forecast, against comparable firms; highlighting areas of improvement and ensuring you are on track to meet your objectives.
Strategic Cost Optimization
We help Apparel companies implement a continuous & disciplined approach to drive spending & cost reduction.
Cash Flow Impact Analysis
We help Apparel companies understand the financial health of their business, by analysing how cash is moving in and out of your business to better help you identify future cash flow issues
Efficiency Analysis and Waste Reduction
There can be many sources of waste within a business like high waiting time between tasks, overproduction or unneccesarily high inventory levels. Our experts can quickly spot these and implement innovative solutions to optimise your efficiency.
Organisational Restructuring
We can help restructure your business to help utilise economies of scale, improve communication channels, reduce waste, optimise resource allocation and develop both flexibility and resilience within your business.
Commercial Negotiation
We support experienced purchasing teams benchmark terms and conditions from global supplier contracts. We then review service level agreements and develop vendor scorecard measurement metrics. Improving service levels, margins and overall profitability.
Product Development
We can help build and execute product development plans. Beginning with market and product analysis, through design and development, prototypes and testing, feasibility assessment, and finally scaling and marketing.
Training
Access to our retail specialists to design and deliver world class training for your business. This can be direct leadership training for managers and executives or the development of recurring training programs for employees.
Supply Chain & Logistics Analysis
Industry best practice, WMS exploitation and vehicle productivity.
Format Development
Our experts have experience adapting business models into a variety innovative formats.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Businesses are facing increasing pressure to meet changing ethical and environmental standards. We can help deploy proven best practices to help meet customer demand and support your brand mission, while generating positive external impact.
Innovation
Innovation can lead to great profitability but comes with uncertainty and risk. At Retail Metrics, we can help design and execute an innovation strategy, as well as implementing innovative ideas as they emerge in the market.
Sustainability
There is growing pressure for businesses to be environmentally conscious. Grants/tax breaks, waste reduction and innovative best practices enable businesses to be both sustainable and profitable. Our experts can find win-win solutions for your business and help leverage your new competitive advantage.
We’re committed to delivering world class service
Retail Metrics specialize in helping busy executive teams, owners and boards take the right decisions about cost optimization.
Retail Metrics are able to open up a network of industry specialists who have led some of the very best global business through tough transitions. Our partners are practitioners, not consultants and it is this hands on experience that can make the difference for your business.
At Retail Metrics we can provide flexible and tailored consulting and coaching, but we can also write the strategy, manage a business or project, and execute a business plan; offering hands on delivery for a thorough range of retail challenges.
Retail Metrics are transforming the industry by giving businesses access to proven senior practitioners at competitive consulting rates. We offer flexible work and payment options that can adapt as we work together.
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Why not partner with us?
Success for us is obviously about helping business during these tough trading conditions, hence our focus on optimization. But we are building Retail Metrics as a platform that is able to quickly connect senior experienced leaders with businesses that need specific skills or solutions. This might be for a fixed term project, a recurring weekly or monthly meeting or coaching session and as your requirements change, so can your retail practitioner.
At Retail Metrics we like grey hair, in fact we believe that it really helps if our practitioners have been there and done it before. But grey hair alone is not enough, all our practitioners have been personally recommended and we make sure that they have definitely earned the t-shirt!
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