Our Focus

Positive financial results are critical to business success. That’s why we focus on helping mid- to large-size companies create actionable, real-world profit development strategies.

P&Ls and balance sheets report history. We provide investment firms and other potential buyers with a strategic perspective of the true long-term earning power of a current holding or potential acquisition.

Information You Can Use

We publish the monthly Retail Trending Report, the $uper $weet $pot newsletter and the annual National Shopping Behavior Study. Sign-up today.

  • The Retail Trending Report goes beyond each month’s comp store results to show national retailers’ sales trends during the past 90 days, 6 months, 9 months and 12 months. These trends offer valuable insights into the real strength of a business. View a sample.
  • In the monthly Do You Know What You Don’t Know? newsletter, you’ll read about people and companies who didn’t know what they didn’t know and how this affected their performance. This information is intended to keep you from making the same mistakes. View a sample.
  • Each year in December, the National Shopping Behavior Study reveals consumers’ answers to carefully crafted questions that shows what motivates them to shop where they do and what matters to them most when shopping. Read the Overview.
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  • The Consumer Shopping Intentions Study reveals where customers are planning to spend their money in 2009. Read the Overview.
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  • The Retail Trend Tracker Survey reveals how consumers are being affected by the recession and where they are planning to spend their money in the 2nd quarter of 2009.
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“What we learned from Bob Gordman provided the basis for an industry-leading strategy. We were able to reduce our selling costs, improve customer service, and turn a stagnant part of our business into a profitable growth engine for the company. This formula has been successful for eight years and is now part of the company’s global strategy,“

– Henry C. Orme, former Vice President of Whirlpool Corporation