The kind of results you can expect to achieve...
Some Quotes from our Customers
Customer Case Studies

Retail Acumen are passionate about delivering results.

We thrive in an environment where we can add value to our clients, bring new ideas and new insights to the table and deliver pragmatic solutions to your business challenges.

We can do this because all of our consultants have many, many years of hands-on retail experience.

The Retail Acumen consultants are trusted experts who have consistently delivered exceptional results. Examples of some of the business areas where our team have improved retail business performance are below.

If you need to address any of these key performance measures please do not hesitate to contact us.

• Margin Improvement / Profitability Increase
• Increase stockturn / Inventory Reduction / Reduce stock weeks cover
• Releasing Working Capital / Improving Cash Flow
• Reducing Markdown Spend / Improving Sell Through
• Reducing Lead times / Improving Supplier Performance
• Improving on shelf availability
• Increasing space productivity / Return on Space
• Increasing Footfall / Increasing Conversion rate / Increasing Basket Size
• Increasing Retention / Increasing Loyalty
• Increasing Sales
• and so many more besides...

Retail Acumen will not let you down. We have consistently delivered exceptional results that have exceeded our customers' expectations.

Here are just a few quotes from our customers, past and present:

"The Retail Acumen team has delivered a great deal in a very short time frame, moving forward our process thinking in a new area of our business, and supporting Asda in saving its customers money everyday."
Martin Leeming, Central Planning Director, Home and Leisure, Asda - August 2009

"Retail Acumen are retail consultants, first and foremost, with a pragmatic approach"... "Big consultancies can charge a fortune for a similar service"
Yvonne Rankin, CEO, Thresher Group - August 2008

"Retail Acumen kept us focused on developing future thinking in the supply chain space for Woolworths"
Phil Streatfield, Commercial Supply Chain and IT Director, Woolworths Plc, September 2007

"Retail Acumen has delivered significant improvements"... "We are extremely pleased with their flexibility and the quality of work provided to Habitat"
Yves Gauguier, Former CIO, Habitat - August 2007

Thresher Group identifies a 4% profit improvement and 10% inventory savings with help of retail experts, Retail Acumen.

Retail Acumen worked with Thresher to review business processes and to identify potential IT solutions. Analysis of core lines and stock levels required for optimum sales and customer service demonstrated there was considerable opportunity to improve business performance. To see the full case study click on the link below:

Retail Acumen worked with Woolworth from October 2006 to January 2008. To see the case study with regard to how Retail Acumen supported Woolworths please see the link:

Retail Acumen worked with Habitat Group from early in 2005 right through until the end of 2006. We delivered a number of projects primarily focused on improving the accuracy and speed of delivery of business intelligence to the purchasing and supply chain functions within the business. For case study details please follow the link below:

To read the second case study relating to the Retail Acumen Business Intelligence implementation for the Habitat Group please click on the link below: