Sentences with phrase «retail consulting firm»

Downtown Santa Barbara, through private funding, hired Seattle - based retail consulting firm Downtown Works for guidance on how to fix the rising tide of vacancies and other issues affecting retail on State Street.

Labor costs are rising, according to an estimate from Dean Haskell, a partner at National Retail Concept Partners, a restaurant and retail consulting firm in Denver.

«They truly want people to be available and present at this particular time to hasten a turnaround,» said Carol Spieckerman, president of retail consulting firm newmarketbuilders.

«People get into trouble because they don't know how much their rent should be in ratio to the amount of sales their store is generating,» says Dan Paul, an industry consultant with retail consulting firm, RMSA.

The average supermarket gets about 20 % of its sales from private label, says Neil Stern of retail consulting firm McMillanDoolittle.

«There is no time for distractions,» says Nancy Pavela, marketing director at Jackman Reinvention Inc., a Toronto retail consulting firm.

Pragya Singh, vice president at retail consulting firm Technopak Advisors, said it is difficult for a global player to gain market share in the high - margin hotel segment as the market is fragmented.

Beyond urban showrooms like Open House, Target will find it difficult marketing the Internet of Things to consumers on its website and 1,500 stores across the United States, said Amy Koo, an analyst with Kantar Retail consulting firm.

Some went further with their criticism, including Will Ander, a partner with Chicago - based retail consulting firm McMillan / Doolittle, who says, «I thought it was stupid.

RKF's expansion comes a few weeks after the firm formalized an affiliation with U.K. — based retail consulting firm CWM Retail Property Advisors.

Kantar Retail, a global retail consulting firm, and PwC released a report on what successful retailing will look like in the future.

Labour costs are rising, according to an estimate from Dean Haskell, a partner at National Retail Concept Partners, a restaurant and retail consulting firm in Denver.

Jim Dion, president of Dionco Inc., a Chicago, Ill. - based retail consulting firm, says it's imperative that pet retailers begin using the new media.

«The retailers aren't viciously trying to harm their own vendors — that's not their goal,» says Jim Danahy of CustomerLab, a retail consulting firm.

Doug Fleener, president of Dynamic Experiences Group, a retail consulting firm in Lexington, Massachusetts, has some tips for retailers who may not think that Halloween will work for them:

Wegmans and Publix are America's favorite grocery stores, according to a survey of 12,774 shoppers conducted by Market Force Information, a retail consulting firm.

Jim Dion, president of the Chicago - based Dionco Inc., a retail consulting firm, says that not having or maintaining a cash flow budget to keep track of income and expenses is the single biggest mistake retailers make in managing debt.

Companies have been slower to take a more active role in the country, largely, according to Andrew Strenk, president of Strategic Planning Concepts International, a retail consulting firm in Tustin, Calif., because they're gunshy after several disastrous joint ventures in the 1990s.

Stan Eichelbaum, president of Marketing Developments Inc., a retail consulting firm, has similar concerns.

Omni - channel retailing is about placing the consumer at the center of the shopping eco-system, according to professionals at The Grayson Co., a New York City - based retail consulting firm.

Meanwhile, almost all large retailers are re-thinking their real estate, says Anne Brouwer, senior partner at McMillan Doolitte, a retail consulting firm.

Meanwhile, customers of luxury retailers have also been disproportionately hit by Wall Street layoffs and troubles in the stock market, notes Craig Johnson, president of Customer Growth Partners, LLC, a New Canaan, Conn. - based retail consulting firm.

«I expect that there will be developments that are borderline in their tenant mix and borderline in their demographics,» says Michael LaRue, president of LaRue Associates, a retail consulting firm in Deerfield, Ill., «and when those things occur, it will cause retailers to be more skeptical.»

While it's possible to envision a scenario where the chain reinvents itself as an experiential retailer in the vein of Apple, it's still struggling to come up with the right strategy to turn itself around, says Doug Stephens, president of Retail Prophet, a retail consulting firm.

«Everywhere you look, people are selling consumables, so if you don't have a good reason for people to choose your store, you've got a problem,» says John Rand, senior grocery analyst with Kantar Retail, a Columbus, Ohio - based retail consulting firm.

«There were red flags up, but people chose to ignore them,» says Therese Byrne, president of Byrne Associates, a New York - based retail consulting firm and editor of «Retail Maxim,» an industry newsletter.

The fact that Tesco chose to open its first stores in California, Nevada and Arizona didn't help matters, as those markets suffered some of the greatest damage from the downturn, according to Neil Stern, senior partner with McMillan Doolittle, a Chicago - based retail consulting firm.

Kantar Retail, a Columbus, Ohio - based retail consulting firm, also predicts that non-store sales will outpace bricks - and - mortar sales by a mile, with year - over-year growth of 12 percent.