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    Can Space Management Ever Work For Apparel Merchandising?

    Can Space Management Ever Work For Apparel Merchandising?

    by Delaney Consulting | Sep 1, 2021 | Merchandising, Operations

    Can Space Management ever properly work for Apparel Merchandising? That’s a question we hear from our customers. The answer is yes, and the reasons to do it are more important than ever: Store associates need to create enticing and brand-consistent apparel...
    Merchandising Strategies for the New Normal

    Merchandising Strategies for the New Normal

    by Delaney Consulting | Oct 21, 2020 | Merchandising

    The following is a summary of a webinar about Merchandising Strategies for the New Normal where I was a guest with Tom Erskine, CEO of One Door. Available here, if you wish to see it. This has probably been the most disruptive yea for retail most of us have seen in...
    Retail Inventory PULL Model Explained

    Retail Inventory PULL Model Explained

    by Delaney Consulting | Mar 11, 2014 | Merchandising, Operations

    In a Pull retail inventory model, the stores select which products and how much they will carry. They place their replenishment orders. This is typical in co-op models (like True Value or independent grocers.) Or in franchises like Hallmark stores. How it works....
    Use Physical Inventories to Develop Store Staff

    Use Physical Inventories to Develop Store Staff

    by Delaney Consulting | Apr 17, 2012 | Managing, Merchandising, Operations

    I am sure someone somewhere likes doing Physical Inventories.  Counting every item in a store.  Overnight.  But I haven’t met them. Yet doing an Inventory is a great time to develop the staff.   First, putting a junior manager in charge of this critical process...
    Use Physical Inventories to Develop Store Staff

    How to Conduct Store Inventory Effectively

    by Delaney Consulting | Apr 13, 2012 | Managing, Managing Projects, Merchandising, Operations

    Is Inventory something you DO or something you OWN?  First, remember that the goal of inventory is to satisfy customers: in a perfect world, every customer who enters the store would find enough stock of the desired SKU’s for sale.  Retailers who manage their...
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    Flora Delaney is a retail business expert with over 20 years of multi-channel, cross-functional experience. She and her team have consistently delivered strategic projects through merchandising insight, change leadership, process design, team mentorship, and IT partnership.