Retail Consulting

• Software & hardware roll-outs.
• Implement gift card program roll-outs.
• Implement new program roll-outs for the stores or at head office.
• Design web based storage for access to secure company documents.
• Develop online reporting tools to assist head office analyze store POS data.
• Custom email capture program roll-out to allow us to send newsletters to customers.
• Design tools to analyze POS data when functionality not available within the POS software.
• Design tools to facilitate stock transfers between stores to maximize profits on items that are slow movers.

• Sourcing Managers and Employees.
• Develop Salary / Compensation program.
• Ultilizng a scorecard to better understand the degree of comprehension / retention.
• Designing Management and Staffing requirements – building operationalsStrengths.

• Inside vendor program development.
• Leveraging your distribution network.
• Budgeting sales and developing growth.
• Cost management programs & practices.
• Vendor management – Getting what you deserve.
• DSD Programs – Maximizing the sales opportunity.
• Advertising and merchandising programs that work.
• Streamline the product ordering process utilizing sales history.
• Identify items that should be warehoused to maximize profitability.
• Identify products not selling before they expire or must be discounted.
• Reduce unnecessary capital tied up in stores by analyzing inventory, wastage / shrinkage.
• Utilize POS software to perform cycle counts, year-end counts, while the store is open or closed depending on the software.

• Maximizing your flyer sales coverage.
• Promotions that drive sales and profitability.
• Demographic reporting – Use it as your advantage.
• Who are your customers? Communication with them at all levels on a regular basis.

• When to reinvest and when to get out.
• Maximizing sales within your four walls.
• Proven sales generation polices and procedures.
• Simplify & standardize reporting for owners and managers.
• Develop pricing strategies in competitive areas and situations.
• Indepth profitability stragaties – What works – What doesn’t.
• Establishing a strategic position for a wholesale or Independent Banner.
• On going store analysis with Owners / Managers on top and bottom selling Items.
• Year end inventory and value analysis reporting to determine how the store(s) has performed compared to previous years.
• Understand accounting processes and it’s reporting & the integration between finance & inventory control.
• Analyzing promotions to identify if it was a success and how the product sales differed in different locations.

• Manage IT infrastructure at Store / Head office level.
• Build standardized processes & procedures for the stores to follow.
• Front and back end POS software installation management and usage.
• Training Managers and Owners on budgeting, expenses, and store goals.
• Troubleshoot IT issues remotely and onsite for the networks and systems.
• Research new products for roll-outs and standardization throughout the chain.
• Follow thorough with procedures created on reporting, spoilage, expiry issues etc.
• Facilitate training seminars on site, remotely or in group sessions, for Store Owners, Managers, and Staff.
• Train Managers how to best use the POS system and what reports and numbers to focus on to remain profitable.