by Delaney Consulting | Feb 22, 2023 | Merchandising, Operations, Strategy
The glittering goal of store-specific assortments and planograms beckon retailers and I wonder: can retailers over-optimize? When I see retail technology roadmaps and capacity planning, there seems to be a real danger that the corporate office may be equipping itself... 
by Delaney Consulting | Jan 3, 2023 | Marketing, Merchandising
I continue to rail against visual clutter – especially with signs in stores. On the whole, I see how complicated retailers love to make this very simple industry. Customers come into stores to (1) find what they are looking for; (2) be pleasantly surprised to... 
by Delaney Consulting | Nov 22, 2022 | Merchandising, News
Watch this webinar featuring Flora Delaney, Delaney Consulting and Dirk Herdes, VP of Retail at Hivery. In this Category Management Association-hosted webinar they explore how AI can help drive hyper-local retail strategies. This webinar explores actual use cases and... 
by Delaney Consulting | Sep 15, 2022 | Merchandising, Strategy
Space Planning is More Than a Merchandising Tactic For most retail implementations, Space Planning is focused on the right side of this continuum. The tactics of Space Planning. To be honest, those are table stakes. It is what you have to do to be able to get a seat... 
by Delaney Consulting | Aug 23, 2022 | Customer Service, Managing, Merchandising, Operations
If you read your fair share of retail blog posts, you know they all start out the same: post-covid, professional shoppers, omnichannel shopping, new shopper expectations, supply chain…all of the buzz words. In this post, I want to focus on how Space Planning... 
by Delaney Consulting | Jul 19, 2022 | Merchandising
Image source Retail runs on numbers. And retailers measure everything. How fast is my inventory turning? How many days of supply are in my warehouses? When do my best customers shop? You name it. But when retailers talk about space productivity (the sales per sq ft or...