Antony has a track record for spotting what’s next. He called the threat of e-commerce early on, predicted Amazon’s upheaval of retail, and knew e-commerce would cannibalize retail sales and negatively impact profits. With an eye on the future and an understanding of industry patterns, Antony helps clients anticipate disruptions early.
ABOUT KARABUS
Profitably Transforming Retailers Through Disruption
Antony helps retailers transform and thrive. He’s a seasoned strategic advisor who delivers the financial acumen, operational excellence, and deep retail experience needed to drive performance and enterprise value creation.
In the continually transforming retail industry, Antony cuts through the clutter and focuses on the few initiatives that really matter to drive substantial operational improvements and enterprise value creation.
Read Antony’s StoryTHE CURRENT RETAIL LANDSCAPE
Helping Retailers See Results
When a CEO is hired to lead a retailer, they enter a fight with heavyweights like Amazon, Wayfair, Walmart, Costco, TJX, and more, depending on what sector the retailer is in. Profitably battling for market share means tackling a range of complex problems all at once. In an environment of rapid-fire disruptions, sequential strategies aren't enough - retailers need a concurrent approach.
- Finding the right profitable balance of brick-and-mortar to e-commerce sales.
- Determining the role of AI in improving the effectiveness of business decisions and forecasting of key functions.
- Combatting pressure on consumers from record-high consumer debt.
- Facing accelerated market share shifts from full-priced, conventional retailers to value-priced players.
To profitably compete, retailers need to undertake a small number of high-impact strategies that leap-frog performance, rather than launch a large number of incremental improvement initiatives that don’t. To adapt in the face of these disruptive forces, retailers need an advisor with deep experience.
- They need a strategist focused on the top priorities for transformational change.
- They need a partner they can trust as an extension of their leadership team.
- They need someone who cares.
SERVICES OVERVIEW
Strategic, Financial,
and Operational Excellence
Antony is uniquely skilled at uncovering a retailer’s most important areas of value creation. With a battle-tested understanding of what creates successful retail businesses, he partners with retailers to substantially improve operations and profitability.
ANTONY DELIVERS:
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Total Focus On Retail
developed while creating substansive value for more than 150 chains over a few decades.
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Powerful Financial Acumen & Knowledge
of the metrics that move the needle.
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Experience Developing the Retail Industry’s First Robust P&L Benchmark
as a foundation for prioritizing operational changes that create the best results.
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Proven Operational Strategies
and how to promote employee buy-in to change.
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True Understanding
of what’s most important to CEOs, CFOs, Chief Merchants, and COOs.
Seeing Around
Corners
“After receiving underwhelming results from global consulting firms, we hired Antony to help us out. He immediately identified value creation and designed strategies to help us take action. Antony’s work yields real results.”
“When our business was searching for profit improvement solutions, Antony directed a thorough analysis of our labor, inventory, and operational processes. With his assistance, the company transformed its operations and significantly increased profits and service.”