by Delaney Consulting | Feb 9, 2023 | Marketing, Pricing
–Do you know which ones are working? Simple Questions. But sadly, most retailers and their vendors don’t REALLY have answers. Truth is, about 1/3 of all promotions don’t improve sales. Another 1/3 do not deliver incremental profit dollars to the bottom line.... by Delaney Consulting | Jun 29, 2020 | Marketing, Merchandising, Operations, Pricing, Strategy
The following is a lightly edited transcription from the May 14, 2020 live interview with Flora Delaney and Third Haus founders, Chris Walton and Anne Mezzenga. The full video interview is available here. If your goals or whatever are built around when we get back to... 
by Delaney Consulting | Jan 14, 2020 | Operations, Pricing
Scan backs by their very nature are done after sales are completed. That means that your sales reports may be wrong. Especially if they are based off recent sales. When a vendor agrees to a reduced cost for products sold during a particular time period, the adjustment... 
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 key... 
by Delaney Consulting | Feb 8, 2019 | book, Merchandising
Writing your first book is a daunting task. Not the hours at the keyboard. Not finding a publisher. What’s hard? Something To Say in a Loud World. What is so important in the world that people need to hear another voice? Why add to the racket of the information...