End-to-end consultancy for independent retailers.
Who this is for
Independent retailers and small chains, typically one to five locations, opening a first or next store, renovating an underperforming one, or turning a good shop into a growing business.
Signing your first commercial lease and wanting every dollar of the build-out to work as hard as you do.
Doing steady trade but stuck at the same revenue, ready to find the next level of growth.
Adding a second or third location and needing the model to travel without losing what made the first store work.
Wanting tenant spaces that lease faster, open stronger, and last longer.
What I do
I take a retail business from idea to profitable operation, end to end. Most consultants advise from the sidelines. I have spent fifteen years running stores and shopping destinations myself, holding full P&L accountability, negotiating leases, managing build-outs, and leading the teams that deliver the numbers. Every recommendation here has survived contact with a real shop floor.
Before money is spent, we make sure the concept can win. Positioning, customer, assortment, and the math that proves it: build-out budget, twelve-month P&L projection, breakeven analysis, and the KPI scorecard we will manage against.
The lease you sign shapes the next five to ten years of the business. Site scoring on foot traffic, visibility, co-tenancy, and demographics. Letter-of-intent review and negotiation on rent structure, inducements, fixturing periods, and renewal options. I have sat on both sides of the table, as a tenant operator and on the landlord side.
From empty shell to trading store. Layout and floor planning around how people actually shop the category. Fixture, lighting, and signage specification. Construction delivered by our own team of skilled contractors, with milestone scheduling, line-item budget control, and weekly cost tracking through to deficiency close-out.
In a small store, the display is the marketing budget. Brand presentation standards, window and entrance displays that stop foot traffic, planograms mapped to margin and turn, a twelve-month seasonal calendar, and team training with photo references so the standard holds after I leave.
A beautiful store that runs badly will still fail. Standard operating procedures written for your store. POS and inventory setup, SKU structure, and reorder logic. Staffing models tied to traffic patterns, and hiring plus service training built around selling, not just serving.
Opening day is the starting line. Grand opening plan, ninety-day ramp plan with weekly priorities, monthly P&L reviews with clear actions, and growth decisions, a second location, a renovation, an expanded category, planned with the same rigour as the first store.
Construction
Design is only half the job. Jasper Consulting carries the project through construction with our own team of highly skilled contractors, so the budget, the timeline, and the design intent stay under one roof.
How engagements work
Fixed scope, fixed fee, fixed timeline. New store build-outs, renovations, visual merchandising overhauls. Best when you know what you need built.
A monthly allocation of time for ongoing guidance: P&L reviews, seasonal planning, hiring decisions, a standing call. Best when the store is trading and you want a senior operator in your corner.
I join your leadership for a set number of days per month and own the retail function: strategy, team, numbers. Best for growing chains that need director-level leadership without the full-time hire.
Every engagement starts with a complimentary discovery conversation and a written proposal. No two stores are identical, so no two proposals are either.
Timelines compress or extend with project size. The sequence does not change.
About
Retail consultancy, operator led
Jasper Consulting is led by a retail operator with fifteen years leading stores and shopping destinations across North America, from luxury flagships to large shopping destinations, with full P&L accountability at every step: leasing strategy, store operations, visual standards, and team building at scale.
Known for building teams that own their numbers and operations that run on systems, not heroics.
Contact
Tell me where your business is today and where you want it to be. I will tell you honestly whether I can get you there, and what it will take. The discovery conversation is complimentary and without obligation.
