The International Retail Academy – Retail Consulting Services – Retail Consulting Firms
Retail Consulting firms predominantly involve many rounds of meetings which lead to discovering extortionately high daily rates and a partnership that is built from scarcity. I’ve seen first hand how retail consulting works and it angers me to have seen impressive lip service; stating obvious factors that people inside the business could have identified!
It is time to put an end to this approach and make way for a new style of retail consulting. This is where The International Retail Academy comes in.
Kayleigh will uncover, prescribe and coach on the solutions to your retail dilemma. What some retail consulting firms will achieve in 6 months, we will achieve in 6 weeks; sometimes faster!
Typically the success of a store or region is down to 2 things. People or processes. We all know this and you certainly don’t need a retail consultant to be on your payroll to understand that.
However, what you need to know is that Kayleigh has worked in, and seen it all, first-hand.
Would you rather work with a retail consultant who has walked the path inside of retail across a spectrum of roles in several countries or with a firm who have been in business for years but haven’t been in retail for years..?
You see, the prescription requires knowledge of current affairs, knowledge of the real-world; and it’s hard to get that when all you do is walk around in a stuffy suit all day and only go to a retail store for a brief period of time.
This approach will not get you results as fast as you need.
Our retail consulting services are to the point, succinct and driven out of sheer passion to raise the industry higher. Kayleigh will work with you as an extension of your business because the Academy’s mission is to retain and grow retail.
Retail consulting is for you if
You want that store or that area to achieve better KPI’s.
You want them to achieve results you know they have done in the past!
You need them to pick up the pace with operations
Operating profit is in decline but closing that site is not ideal
Team turnover is unusually high
BUT
Your own time is stretched and limited
You certainly don’t have the bandwidth or resources within your team
You’ve tried a few things, but a short while later, the same issues come up
This is where our retail consulting services come in
As a heart-centred, people person I am able to quickly get to the truth of the matter in a caring yet direct way. Once we uncover what is going on with the leadership, with the team, I can get to work on the resolution.
I require access all areas. In order for this partnership to yield the best outcomes, openness is required.
I do not apply plasters to the things that are going wrong – I apply surgery!
If you’d like something more fluffy, employ a consultant who will tell you everything you’d like to hear; I will tell you what you need to hear – because this is the best kind of service.
You teams will be observed, I’ll ask questions, I’ll find out what motivates them and what causes them to work against policy or continually fail to meet your business standards.
I will unravel them at a deep-level to extract the core issue. Our retail consulting is like detective work!
Most firms will spot on the surface details; but we uncover the underlaying details.
You might be thinking, what on earth is this technique?
Imagine you’ve worked with a consultant before. Maybe you have!
You’ve invested alot of money only to be told you need to initiate XYZ which could be a customer service programme or a new set of business routines or you need to change the leader. Then the consultant takes the fee and leaves you to execute the rest.
The process drops off and the same issues arise again.
The International Retail Academy was born out of passion to retain and inspire talent in YOUR business.
We understand that the root cause of any business issue is mostly down to the belief systems, mindset and motivations of the leaders.
This is why the majority of my time is spent with your leadership team.
