We are the best-kept secret in the retail consulting business - a leading boutique retail consulting firm with 60% of our business in the US. We have been in business in Canada since 1990 and have been creating value for US retailers since 2001.

Our focus is singular: to help retailers achieve meaningful improvements to their financial performance through operational, organizational and process change, with or without information technology.

What sets us apart from our competitors?

• We have unique industry depth and experience, developed by working exclusively in retail
• Our people are 100% passionate about retail - most with more than 10 years of real-world experience
• We are on the pulse of the latest best practices in retail
• We maintain full independence from technology vendors
• We measure our success by our clients' results, not billable hours
• Our recommendations are practical and actionable
• We do not simply write reports, we also implement our recommendations - the true test of a top-rate consulting firm

What do our clients say about Karabus Management?

• Fact-based, practical, to the point
• Delivers results, not just reports
• Fast impact, high ROI
• Refreshing, "roll up the sleeves" style
• Peers with client staff, having "lived in their shoes" before

Who are our clients?

Profitable retailers that want to improve operating margins
We have helped many retailers:

• Improve gross margins and comparable-store sales through improving inventory turns and in-stock position, and optimizing their merchandising value chain in key areas: merchandise planning, allocation, assortment planning, replenishment and markdown optimization
• Reduce G&A costs
• Get more value from their IT investments
• Improve supply chain performance while reducing operational costs
• Implement selected merchandising and supply chain information systems by gaining buy-in from merchants and planners, supported by process and other business changes
• Improve labor scheduling and other store operations tasks

Underperforming retailers that need substantial improvements in financial performance
Our experience includes:

• Developing detailed, practical organization-wide changes in the company's operations
• Developing and implementing operational restructuring or turnaround plans
• Providing temporary executives from our firm to drive significant changes

Retailers acquiring companies or divesting business units/groups of stores

• Our firm has helped many retailers realize the value of the synergies from acquisitions and the benefits of a divestiture. We have also assisted retailers in assessing the economics of potential acquisition candidates (and thus their attractiveness) by examining their potential for financial improvement