Working with ambitious
Indie Retailers and Brand Owners

to turn inventory overwhelm into sales, profit and cash.

I help retail (boutique, brand, wholesalers) entrepreneurs BUILD their business on a solid foundation through financial strategy, inventory management, and assortment planning.

—Darlene

Working with ambitious
Indie Retailers and Brand Owners

to turn inventory overwhelm into sales, profit and cash.

I help retail (boutique, brand, wholesalers) entrepreneurs BUILD their business on a solid foundation through financial strategy, inventory management, and assortment planning.

—Darlene

Wherever you are in your journey, there is a full-service package for you

Babe

Finally going after your dream!

This service is for you if you don’t know where to start and want to know – “how much should I buy”

The Babe service helps you:

Gain a solid foundation
Understand how you can poise your inventory for growth and profit
Know what your sales goal should be to have business pay for itself
Gain a structured approach to buying your inventory

Get Me Started…

Boss

Growing that empire!

This service is for you if the idea of “buying more depth” is frightening

The Boss service helps you:

Get all the help from the Babe service +

Go big on the right items at the right time
Market to a clear sales plan for optimal ROI on your marketing dollars
Execute the right promotional strategy

Help me grow…

Beast

Scaling to new heights!

This service is for you if are thinking “how do I keep this going”?

The Boss service helps you:

Get all the help from the Babe + Boss service +

Know sales needed to grow your team
Build long-range plans
Know when to choose depth over breadth in assortment

Tell me more…

Ready to grow your business?

Let’s chat about how you can stop leaving dollars on the table (and on your racks).

Book a Discovery Call

Success Stories

I was really impressed with how quickly Darlene learned our business and developed working relationships with our leaders and team members in the US and UK. Using her retail expertise and footwear experience she helped us develop a strategic approach and tools to roadmap our strategy for all our channels of business.

Lorraine H., President—Top Pick Global

I have been working with Darlene for almost a year now and she has been instrumental in growing my brand. She’s so much more than an inventory planner! She is a Boutique Coach with knowledge in many areas from inventory & assortment planning, to financial strategy. I love that Darlene has been able to adapt to my style of learning and create a roadmap unique to me.

Jes B., Owner—JBrooks

Darlene keeps me focused on what is most important at the moment. Since I began working with her I have a much clearer picture of my inventory and where we need to focus our efforts in terms of sales and marketing those items. Her planning takes some of the guesswork out of buying and gives me a lot more confidence when making order edits.

Rachel, Owner—Grapevine

Darlene changed everything! She has been a great asset to my business! It has been so nice to have an objective point-of-view for my boutique. Darlene came in and analyzed previous years sales and developed an open-to-buy plan based specifically on my business and the categories I sell. She set monthly sales goals and a plan on how to achieve those goals. It has been so nice transitioning from shopping, with absolutely no plan, to now walking into market with a specific plan of how much to spend per category, per month, and per season. It’s such a relief to have a well thought out, strategic plan, to support the hopes, dreams, and goals I have for my boutique!

Emily S, Owner—GrayBird Boutique