Buyer chart session
A closed sitting with buyers to read last month’s plates together, line by line, before supplier meetings.
Work the desk will take
Briefings we prepare for shops and small chains
These are the pieces of work a shop can ask for. Each one starts from figures you already hold — a till extract, a range list, last year’s promotional calendar — and ends in plates and a sitting, not in a login.
The weekly trading briefing is the piece most owners return for. The others exist for a single decision: which lines earn their facing, how a peak season is likely to land, or how the floor actually matches the extract.
Category mix review
A single sitting that asks which lines earn their facing, and which only keep a shelf warm.
Floor walk pairing
An afternoon on the shop floor with last week’s extract in hand, matching facings to what the till recorded.
Seasonal trading assessment
A look at the last two peak seasons, drawn before you commit space and orders for the next one.
Weekly trading briefing
A dated set of chart plates and a short note, covering the shops you name and the comparison you actually run.