Planners and Allocators

Happy Holidays!

We wish you a wonderful Holiday Season and a New Year of health, happiness, good fortune and peace.

We are pleased to share with you the third publication in our series entitled Some Brick-and-Mortar Specialty Stores are Thriving! How are They Doing It? 

This latest paper, which is attached here, speaks to the focus that these successful retailers have on Planners and Allocators to drive their results above and apart from the competition. 

At a time when so many specialty retailers are struggling with their brick-and-mortar channel, we are constantly surprised in our consulting engagements to see stark, yet common contrasts between those struggling and those who are successful. Our successful retailers recognize Planners for their critical role as the financial managers of the company’s single largest investment, the inventory, and their responsibility for managing the return on this investment. Allocators are recognized for their equally critical role in micromanaging this investment across the points of profitability, the selling locations.    

Are you wondering what these specialty stores are doing in the area of Planning and Allocation to maintain brick and mortar growth in this digital age? Read on. And, please feel free to reach out to us for a discussion. It is an area in which we have done much work with our clients. 

 We look forward to hearing from you! Hope to see you too, on Linked In!

 Warmest regards,

Olson-Ng Retail Consulting Group

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