HOW I CAN HELP.

Flexible fashion consultancy for retailers, brands and manufacturers — bringing a buyer’s eye to product, range, trend and retail strategy.

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FOR RETAILERS & BRANDS →
Buying, product, trend & sourcing support

FOR SUPPLIERS & MANUFACTURERS →
UK market, product & retail strategy

Senior buying and product expertise, brought into your business when you need it.

From a focused range review to seasonal strategy or additional resource during a busy period, Studio C can support projects across product, buying, trend and sourcing.

FOR RETAILERS AND BRANDS.

BUYING & RANGE STRATEGY

Range architecture · Category strategy · Assortment planning · Pricing architecture · Margin & costing · Range reviews

Bringing a commercial buyer’s eye to the range — identifying gaps, opportunities and where product, price or assortment could work harder.

PRODUCT & TREND

Trend direction · Seasonal strategy · Product development · Market insight · Competitor analysis · Comp shops

Turning trend and market insight into commercially relevant product direction, with the customer and end price always in view.

SOURCING & SUPPLIER STRATEGY

Supplier sourcing · Supplier reviews · Product capability · Costing · Vendor strategy · New category opportunities

Supporting brands and retailers in finding and assessing the right suppliers for their product, price point and business needs.

FLEXIBLE BUYING & PRODUCT SUPPORT

Fractional support · Seasonal projects · Range reviews · Critical path support · Short-term resource · Strategic projects

Experienced support that can plug into an existing team for a defined project, seasonal workload or period where additional senior resource is needed.

Projects can be shaped around a specific brief, from a focused one-off review to ongoing fractional support.

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A buyer’s perspective on the UK retail market, helping suppliers shape the right product, proposition and approach.

Studio C works with manufacturers to understand where their strengths fit within the UK market — from product and costing through to presentations, retailer targeting and buyer conversations.

FOR SUPPLIERS & MANUFACTURERS.

UK MARKET & RETAILER STRATEGY

UK market insight · Retailer targeting · Competitor landscape · Customer positioning · Market opportunities

Identifying where your product, capabilities and price point have the strongest fit — and which retailers are genuinely worth targeting.

PRODUCT & RANGE DEVELOPMENT

Range reviews · Product direction · Trend insight · Pricing & costing · Commercial suitability · UK customer insight

Bringing a UK buyer’s eye to product development, helping shape ranges that are relevant to the target retailer, customer and price point.

BUYER PRESENTATIONS & PITCHES

Presentation reviews · Range storytelling · Product selection · Pitch development · Meeting preparation · Buyer perspective

Helping turn manufacturing capability into a clear, commercially relevant proposition that speaks to what UK buying teams actually need to see.

RETAILER OPPORTUNITIES

Retailer targeting · Opportunity assessment · Product & price fit · Buyer approach · New business strategy

Assessing the opportunity first — product, price, capability and commercial fit — before identifying relevant retailers and supporting the approach to buyers.

Support can be shaped around a specific project or ongoing consultancy, depending on the brief.

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