Owners and executive teams
ADVISORY AND ANALYTICS · 01
Growth strategy and capital
Market choices, capital priorities and growth scenarios.
Decision Prioritise growth investments.
Executive decisions backed by scenarios.
Who benefits
Fashion brands, retailers, manufacturers and distributors
Problems addressed
- Revenue grows, but operating profit and cash flow do not improve.
- Limited capital is being spread across competing markets, categories and projects.
- Strategic alternatives are not evaluated on comparable assumptions.
Scope and capabilities
Strategy
- Markets, customers, categories, positioning and differentiation.
- Scalability, competitive advantage and route to market.
Capital resilience
- Working capital, funding needs and financial constraints.
- Investment, transformation and transaction preparation.
Work delivered
- Reconstruct the operating and financial model.
- Compare market, channel, category and partnership strategies.
- Stress-test profit, cash flow, investment requirements and risks.
- Translate decisions into priorities, owners and review milestones.
Deliverables
- Decision map with alternative growth paths.
- Scenario financial model and risk register.
- Implementation roadmap with measurable decision gates.
Engagement stages
- Agree the management question, scope and confidentiality.
- Examine financial performance, data and business constraints.
- Model alternatives and select priorities.
- Set delivery milestones and decision controls.
What we need
- Business objectives, management accounts and financial statements.
- Funding constraints, obligations and shareholder priorities.
Scope and limits. Strategic advisory is not the same as BI implementation or day-to-day buying management.
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