Retail Strategy
Strategic retail planning and repositioning
Javelin Group is Europe's leading specialist firm of retail and ecommerce consultants, and our strength lies in our mix of skills across all retail's essential disciplines. Our understanding of the retail customer, the retail environment and retail innovation are at the heart of all our work.
Our Retail Strategy team, underpinned by our detailed consumer and market insight, helps retailers to
- Improve and extend their retail propositions
- Plan and develop new retail formats and channels
- Plan effective retail store roll-out strategies
- Prioritise new retail markets and define how to enter them
- Evaluate and execute new retail ventures and acquisitions
- Develop retail business plans and financial projections
Strategic retail performance improvement
By deploying experienced professionals in retail strategy, range and supply chain management, retail technology, multi-channel retailing and store roll-out, we deliver strong, practical recommendations to drive trading improvements and operating efficiencies, resulting in quick wins as well as long term financial benefit. Some of the questions we have addressed recently include
- How can we make our retail proposition more appealing and competitive?
- How can we manage our product range and stock most effectively to drive sales and free working capital?
- How do we optimise our store portfolio and store roll out programme?
- How do we realise our multi-channel potential (including online/ catalogue)?
- Which supply chain improvements will drive sales and/or free working capital?
- How do we improve our management of shelf space to drive sales?
- How do we improve our management of store operations to save costs and drive sales?
If you would like to discuss your requirements, please contact Michael Fine
at michael.fine@javelingroup.com or on +44 (0)20 7961 3200.
Clients
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"Javelin Group brought clarity to New Look's retail strategy, considering how we must change and the capabilities and technology we require. We are delighted."
Janet Biggs, Group Planning & Development Director, New Look.
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"Javelin Group's consultancy work for us was excellent. They defined the proposition, operating model and economics of our new retail concept with authority and professionalism and have won the confidence of our organisation. They have delivered all of the benefits we would expect of a leading strategy house whilst combining it with well-grounded operational experience. I recommend them highly."
Miranda Pode, Head of Strategy for Food, Marks & Spencer.
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"I'm not a big user of consultants, and I was sceptical at the outset of this project. But Javelin Group delivered recommendations that were insightful, clear and actionable. They have added real value to the Feather & Black team that has helped us to dramatically improve the performance of the business. I'll be using them again, and am happy to recommend them."
Charles Wade, Chairman, Feather & Black.
