"Retail" Posts
CBS Reviews: Working Together To Develop A Profitable Future
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Situation
A home furnishing retailer with three locations, engaged retail Corporate Business Solutions’ services for a turn-around project. After being in business close to 20 years, “from a start-up retail operation to a multi-million dollar company, we are nearly bankrupt and suffer from severe Cash Flow challenges. We also have family and a divorce between the owners, who both still work in the company, which presents its own unusual circumstances. All in all, we do not have the best environment to worth with for a turn around, much less a successful business.”
Process
Their CBS business consultant has “filtered through …
CBS Reviews: Made Our Life Easier!
Situation
A client with a company offering funeral products and services utilized his team at CBS Consulting to bring clarity to financial operations, modernize his business systems and processes, and provide mentoring and guidance to management.
Process
“Wow! What an experience!” From a CBS representative calling, “this began a chain of great educational events with some great new friends. CBS, thank you for sharing some of your best people with us.”
First, there was the CBS analyst, who “continues to be part of the growth mechanism from afar as he has helped me with answering questions about a couple competitors …
CBS Reviews: Change For The Better
Situation
After almost 70 years of providing their community with fitness and sports gear/equipment, this family owned company sought Corporate Business Solutions’ services for an outside perspective. “It became apparent that we needed help with a new way of looking at our business.”
The management team wanted to become much more proactive in pursuing growth, while still maintaining sales along with the business’ long established commitment towards providing outstanding customer service.
Process
The CBS consultant was “a huge aid in clarifying where our business is financially and in market placement, while assisting to identify what needs to be done to …
CBS Reviews: Challenged to Rebuild the Foundational Structure of a Business
Situation
A retail business that had evolved in a haphazard fashion based upon ‘things have always been done this way’ family traditions and many periods of reactionary expansion. Client felt that the business was now running the family rather than the other way around.
Process
Reviewed the historical roots and defined the ideas that had started the business. Rediscovered and renewed the core business values. Established stabilizing structures and systems to continuously reinforce the corporate mission and believes, so that they’d never be lost again, and position the business for future growth.
Result
“We now have a greater awareness and …