How We
Deliver Results

Turning Big Ideas into Real-World Wins

From bold start-ups to national retailers, tech innovators to high street placemakers, we help ambitious businesses move from vision to execution with clarity, pace and purpose.

Over the last two decades, we’ve delivered success for thousands of clients across the retail landscape combining real-world retail know-how with accredited methods in supply chain, marketing, project delivery and business psychology.

Our approach? Clear process. Commercial thinking. No jargon. No fluff. Just strategy that works and results that stick.

The result: a rigorous, repeatable system that unlocks growth, protects margin and drives long-term resilience.

From the best-selling books, Ten Steps to Retail Success and How to Sell to Retail to hundreds of live projects, events and broadcasts, our methods have been tried, tested and trusted right across the retail ecosystem.

The Retail Champion Method

A Four-Phase Framework That Works​

Structured enough to scale. Flexible enough to fit your world. Here’s how we get results:

Phase 1

Diagnose

What Happens

Data-led review of strategy, operations, customer experience, supply chain, audience and channel mix.

How It Helps You

Retailers and suppliers get commercial clarity. Placemakers gain insight into footfall and tenant mix. Media and event teams spot gaps and opportunities.

Phase 2

Design

What Happens

A clear roadmap with priorities, milestones, resources and KPIs.

How It Helps You

Whether it’s a retail channel strategy, supplier sell-in plan, event agenda or media campaign, you know exactly what to do, when, and how.

Phase 3

Deliver

What Happens

We roll up our sleeves and make it happen through projects, fractional leadership or programme support.

How It Helps You

From category resets to omnichannel launches, BID initiatives to curated conferences; this is where strategy meets action.

Phase 4

Develop

What Happens

We transfer skills, embed knowledge and drive continuous improvement.

How It Helps You

You leave stronger than we found you with tools, training and coaching that build lasting capability.

Why Our Clients Stick With Us

Consultancy

Proven Impact

Over 3,000 project days delivering results across retail, supply chain, events and media.

Credibility That Counts

MCIPS, MCIM, FIPM, FISP, Prince2, ICF Coaching… the acronyms mean something. We’ve got the credentials and the commercial chops.

Advisory
Structure & Strategy

We bring discipline, data and governance to every brief. No guesswork, no ‘one-size-fits-all’, just clarity and confidence.

Training
All Under One Roof

From sourcing to selling, in-store to online, placemaking to PR — we do it all. You won’t need to juggle a patchwork of agencies.

Speaking
Placemaking That Performs

We lead real town centre transformation - Fellowship of the Institute of Place Management, leadership of Visit Knowle and multiple BID advisory roles deliver proven high-street impact.

Speaking
Event & Media Mastery

We’ve designed and hosted some of the UK’s most respected conferences — and our media reach means your story gets heard. 15+ years designing and hosting conferences, alongside regular expert commentary on national TV and radio.

Speaking
Knowledge That Stays With You

We don’t just deliver. We teach, upskill and leave your team stronger, sharper and future-ready.

Ready to Add Structure to Your Ambition?

Whether you’re scaling a brand, launching a new product, transforming your town centre, or curating an event that gets noticed, The Retail Champion consultancy bring the insight, tools and experience to help you go further, faster.

Let’s build something brilliant.
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