We bring 30 years of combined experience delivering tailored, automated retail solutions. Let us turn your data into decisions and your inventory into profit.

HI THERE. WE’RE YOUR RETAIL STRATEGY PARTNERS

We don’t just hand over reports and walk away. We collaborate with you to build custom tools, train your team, and turn insights into smarter decisions.

With experience across businesses big and small, we know how to make your retail strategy better meet your goals and drive lasting results.

Whether you need fractional support, project-based help, or expert gap coverage, we build strategies designed for sustainable success.

Financial Planning

Create integrated forecasting tools that bridge top-down financial targets with bottom-up plans, enabling teams to align operational decisions with strategic objectives and maintain accountability across functions.

Demand Planning

Build automated forecasting tools and define key demand drivers to improve accuracy and deliver an aligned operational plan across sales, marketing, and supply chain functions.

Merchandise & Assortment Planning

Build structured assortment plans by category, season, or channel, aligning product mix, depth and breadth to achieve sales and margin targets.

Inventory Management

Define KPIs and implement reporting frameworks (Open-To-Buy) to optimize inventory levels, minimize stockouts and overstocks, and improve inventory turnover.

Pricing & Promotional Strategy

Deliver data-driven pricing strategies, promotion calendars, and markdown cadences (e.g., discounts, bundles) to drive revenue and margin

Product Lifecycle Management

Align financial targets with product strategies from inception through in-season management, markdowns, and end-of-life decisions to maximize product profitability.

Retail Expansion & Channel Strategy

Conduct a comprehensive assessment and establish success metrics to guide new market or channel entry (e.g., pop-ups, wholesale, DTC) and ensure strategic alignment and performance tracking.

Retail Analytics & Reporting

Create automated dashboards and reporting tools (e.g., sales, margin, product mix, inventory) and train teams to interpret data for faster, smarter decision-making.

AI Integration for Automation

Identify high-impact opportunities to embed AI and automation into planning workflows, increasing efficiency and reducing manual overhead.

Meet the Team

We bring 30 years of combined experience to deliver a full suite of retail consulting services.

  • With over 15 years of experience in merchandise planning, financial strategy, and strategic leadership, Fanny brings a wealth of expertise to help scaling businesses thrive. Having held senior leadership roles at NZXT, Carbon38, Guess, Kate Spade, and Saks Fifth Avenue, Fanny has a proven track record of driving profitable growth for both DTC and wholesale operations across apparel, lifestyle, and consumer electronics. From building planning functions from the ground up to optimizing inventory with Open-to-Buy frameworks, she scaled businesses and reduced excess stock all while enhancing margins and streamlining operations.

    Fanny’s approach blends strategic vision with hands-on execution. She’s implemented automated forecasting tools, refined promotional strategies, and led assortment planning for businesses managing up to $800M in annual sales. Her work at Carbon38 honed her ability to align cross-functional teams—merchandising, buying, and finance—around data-driven decisions, while her time at NZXT saw her spearhead enterprise-wide planning and even step into interim GM roles during critical Q4 periods. Fanny combines technical mastery with a knack for translating complex analytics into clear, actionable plans.

  • At the core of Deborah's approach is her belief that retail planning is both a science and an art. With almost 15 years experience in financial planning, merchandising, and cross-functional strategy across diverse retail environments, she has a forward vision to create tailored, strategic solutions to help growing brands optimize operations and drive success. 

    Deborah began her retail planning career at Macy's in their home division. She then expanded her expertise from large-scale department stores to the brand side, spanning multiple fashion categories at Kate Spade. After taking on a leadership role in wholesale planning during Kate Spade’s acquisition by Coach, Deborah spearheaded the evolution of the shipping forecast to drive weekly action and provide visibility to the new parent company, Tapestry, on expected performance. Her contributions were recognized when she was honored with the Lew Award, celebrating her as a standout leader within the Tapestry corporate team. During the pandemic-induced supply chain crisis, she led a taskforce for the wholesale division to reprioritize shipping containers and reallocate inventory, aligning channels and maximizing margins through swift, data driven decisions. 

     Most recently, she transitioned into a mid-size tech startup, further expanding her planning expertise by refining tools and establishing key drivers to align bottom-up demand forecasting with top-down financial planning for both Global B2B and DTC.

    Recognized for her creative and collaborative approaches both in times of change and in crisis, Deborah's expertise enables her to support and elevate brands in their own vision forward.

Contact us

Ready to work smarter? Let’s talk.
Whether you’re navigating growth, facing a challenge, or just want a fresh perspective, we’re here to help. Contact us for a free consultation; no pressure, just a conversation about what’s possible. Together, we’ll explore how our tailored tools and hands-on approach can drive real results for your retail business.