by Delaney Consulting | Sep 27, 2019 | Strategy
How a retail strategy is critical for success – even for a country In January 2009, Iceland’s almost bankrupt economy caused the government to collapse. The small, beautiful and still remote island northwest of Ireland was home to 319,000 people who...
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 | 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...
by Delaney Consulting | Jan 8, 2019 | Merchandising
If you are going to NRF 2019 trolling technology booths in search of an affordable solution that actually does what it claims to improve retail business can be a challenge. I have lost count of how many times I have spent early January in NYC at the Javits Center at...
by Delaney Consulting | May 18, 2018 | Customer Service, Merchandising, Operations, Strategy
Call it curbside delivery or Click & Collect, every grocer in America is looking for the capital to remodel its stores to build a staging area to support customers who want the convenience of ordering on line to pick up at the store. “a significant reduction...