Strategic vision
In consulting, we combine strategic vision with operational execution to prepare companies for current and future requirements. Our many years of expertise in the fashion, footwear, sports and lifestyle industries enable us, from day one to quickly understand the specifics of your business model and your market challenges and to work together on solutions.
Implementation focus
Our consulting approaches span the areas of strategy, operational excellence, turnaround and transformation management. We stay by your side until the jointly developed concepts have been implemented. Even beyond that, we continue to adapt solutions to changing conditions. We create transparency about the progress of implementation and, if necessary, always adapt solutions to changing framework conditions.
Bringing people together
We believe that the best results are achieved when different characters and skills combine to form a happy and united team. In this spirit, we take your employees with us on the goal-oriented journey at an early stage, awaken their desire for change and train them to actively drive it forward themselves.
Unique database
Our panel of real sales data from hundreds of POS enables us to track market developments with the highest possible timeliness and detail. Through these and other data sources, we stay market oriented. Combined with strategic foresight and deep respect for the specifics of your business history, we create unrivaled solutions.
// Consulting fields
Strategic vision and operational implementation
Selected focus topics where we develop our strengths to the maximum and combine them with operational implementation expertise.
Digital transformation
We develop solutions for the design of multiple channels to consumers and for the digital optimisation of your internal processes.
Sustainability strategy
We support you systematically, starting with the formulation of clear goals and the measures derived from them, in order to meet the increasing demands of consumers and the legislative requirements relating to sustainability.
Direct-to-Consumer (D2C)
By strengthening the qualitative understanding of the target group and at the same time working out the quantitative potential of the product segments, we support you in market-oriented collection design.
Sales Excellence
We support you in readjusting your sales area by precisely localising potentials, finding the right growth levers and at the same time making your organisation and daily work more efficient.
New Wholesale
We replace pure sales models with potential-oriented collaborative concepts that are geared to the needs of consumers.
Product Lifecycle Management
We support the introduction of modern digital product development tools including the harmonisation of all product data.
Category Management
By taking a holistic view of the interaction between the shop floor, purchasing and communication, we increase the appeal of your product range and boost productivity.
Turnaround
In particularly challenging business situations, we clarify the need for action and identify the right measures for a successful turnaround.
Transformation support
In order to consistently bring concepts into implementation, we have created a system which is transparent. If the implementation gets stuck or the framework conditions change, we will always get your organization back on track.
Cleverly managed the networking of our organisation.
"The support provided by h + p has made an important contribution to the comprehensive digital transformation at Ernsting's family. Together with our teams, significant digitalisation potential was identified and managed in all specialist areas and process steps. With this correspondingly immense project diversity, h + p never lost sight of the specific, big picture and cleverly managed the networking of our organisation."
Prof. Dr. Timm Homann
CEO
Ernsting's family
// Strategy
Sustainability in the textile industry
h + p is convinced that both retail and industrial companies must position themselves clearly on the subject of sustainability in order to remain fit for the future. Consumers increasingly expect clear statements in this regard in order to be able to make sustainable purchasing decisions. The h + p team works with universities and entrepreneurs on various innovation projects to improve the sustainability performance of the industry. The specially developed h + p Sustainability Index makes the status quo of manufacturers and brands clear. With our "Round Table" we have also developed a platform for regular exchange between different market players.
Furthermore, we support companies with our consulting approaches named "Roadmap" and "Sustainability 2.0". The 3-step model of the "h + p Roadmap" consists of the creation of a strategic roadmap, the development of a sustainability program based on this roadmap, and support during implementation. We analyse existing sustainability measures of our clients, evaluate them and place them in an overall strategic framework.
// Transformation management
Digitalisation and omnichannel
It is true that digitalisation offers far-reaching potential for interaction between companies, but also for the design of internal company processes. At the same time appropriate actions may appear so confusing and complex that it is difficult to structure them correctly and then to communicate them to the organisation.
As a result, many digitalisation initiatives are still stuck in the conceptual phase or have not yet made a sufficient contribution to business success. In many places, a multi-channel presence has been built up, which has led to increased costs and more complexity, but does not yet adequately meet the needs of consumers. h + p is the partner for sustainable solutions.
// Operational Excellence
Innovating brick-and-mortar retail
While offering the right merchandise in the right location has been crucial to the success of brick-and-mortar retail for decades, today it is faced with customers for whom selection and availability have become a matter of course. In the face of declining foot traffic, brick-and-mortar retail can only succeed if it offers concrete added value beyond the stringing together of merchandise.
We support you in identifying and implementing the relevant added values for your customers and cover the full range from revitalising classic retail traditions to staging the shopping experience and technological innovation.
// Operational Excellence
Customer Relationship Management
Only those who establish and maintain their own stable access to consumers will be able to survive beyond the major platforms in the face of increasing digitalisation. For most retail concepts and brands, this makes the establishment of cross-channel customer relationship management (CRM) essential. This is not only about reaching customers at the relevant contact points, but also about addressing them in a personalised way, i.e., using data to play out the right message or offer for each individual.
Particularly in the area of in-store retail where personal advice plays a role in setting oneself apart from the offerings of the pure players, there are great opportunities to communicate more relevantly in the combination of data and personal contact than is possible "only" based on data. The h + p team accompanies you on your way to a tailor-made CRM.