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... 
by Delaney Consulting | Jun 23, 2022 | Managing, Merchandising
Omnichannel shopping and new technology create new roles in Space Planning for retailers. Some retailers may already have them. Or they are emerging. Maybe they are shared across teams. But as Space Planning matures, new roles develop. You may decide to create FTE... 
by Delaney Consulting | Jun 14, 2022 | Managing Projects, Merchandising
Any good marketer knows the key to successful campaigns is A/B testing. Its a standard practice that marketers regularly use. A/B testing puts 2 versions of a campaign in front of an audience and then measures which one performs better. Then the winning campaign gets... 
by Delaney Consulting | Jun 8, 2022 | Managing, Strategy
Space planners at smart retailers work across boundaries and include Space Metrics to improve financial forecasts and customer retention. The Space Planning teams contribute to promotional planning, real estate, new business development, supply chain, vendor...