by Delaney Consulting | Aug 28, 2019 | Marketing, Merchandising, Operations, Strategy
How do the regional US grocers continue to dominate their markets? Amazon, Walmart, Costco, Whole Foods, Trader Joes, Aldi and Target use a national grocery strategy. How do the “HEB / Publix / Wegmans / Byerlys” chains continue to thrive? How do they build such deep...
by Delaney Consulting | Jun 21, 2019 | Managing, Operations
As a manager, you might think you are doing your job well when you delegate a task to an employee. Surely your staff member feels trusted and empowered when you ask them to take on an important assignment, right? Hang on. When you ask a team member to take...
by Delaney Consulting | Jun 13, 2019 | Managing, Operations, Strategy
In the business world, independent retailers are often seen as not “really” a business. Vendors and technology solutions focus on the big players. Small retailers who deliver every day know that is not true. That is why retailers building for the long term bring on a...
by Delaney Consulting | Mar 6, 2019 | book, Customer Service, Managing, Marketing, Merchandising, Operations, Pricing, Strategy
There are the 7 timeless principles of retail. True for e-commerce sites and brick and mortar. True for the company trying to align 18,000 workers in the stores or the manager trying to get Sally to show up for her shift on time…It doesn’t matter if you put the...
by Delaney Consulting | Jun 24, 2018 | Managing, Operations
In a competitive industry like ours, our people and staff are key to building sales and profitability. Any store that spends its time bringing new talent on board and initial training struggles to build strong relationships with customers or to become more efficient...
by Delaney Consulting | Jun 1, 2018 | Managing, Operations
I helped a friend with seminars to help folks find and land jobs. I have met a wide variety of people who are looking for work. Some are executives who need to sell the second Benz to make payments on the cabin. Others are passing up dental exams and fresh vegetables...
