OB&Co: Your Partner for Driving Retail Transformation
We’re here to help you deliver meaningful transformation, effectively.
Understanding Today’s Retail Challenges
The retail industry is at a pivotal crossroads. Innovations, changing consumer behaviours, and global market shifts have transformed the landscape, ushering in both immense opportunities and unprecedented challenges:
- Evolution of Consumer Preferences: From sustainability to personalisation, today’s consumer is informed and demanding, with plenty of choice open to them. Retailers and brands must rise to meet these ever-evolving expectations.
- Technological Advancements: The rapid pace of tech innovations presents both opportunities and threats. While AI, AR, and IoT promise to revolutionise the shopping experience, harnessing them effectively is a complex endeavour.
- The Omnichannel Conundrum: Seamlessly integrating online and offline retail spheres is no longer an option; it’s a necessity. But achieving this harmonious balance is easier said than done.
- Global and Local Challenges: With international reach comes the challenge of catering to local tastes, preferences, and regulations. But brands must also maintain their local relevance and essence.
Our Approach to Navigating Retail Change and Disruption
We believe in a bespoke approach, that addresses the immediate challenges as well as building capability for the future. Our solutions are designed to be:
- Adaptive: In a world where change is the only constant, our strategies evolve with the times, ensuring you’re always one step ahead.
- Collaborative: We don’t just offer solutions; we partner with you to co-create them. Your insights and category expertise, combined with our transformation specialism results in strategies that resonate and deliver.
- Informed by Real-World Experience: Beyond just theoretical knowledge, our approach is grounded in practical, hands-on experience in retail’s frontlines.
Meet OB&Co’s Founder, Oliver Banks
Meet OB&Co’s Founder, Oliver Banks
I help retail leaders drive transformation and realise their strategic goals. I founded retail consultancy OB&Co to help retailers and brands deliver change to improve customer experience and increase profitability.
Originally, I was a Chartered Engineer and cocktail mixologist, so naturally tend to blend a logical, systematic approach with energy and left-field thinking. Formerly, I worked with UK retail grocery giant, Tesco, and led multiple change programmes, increasing effectiveness and efficiency across stores, online operations and the supply chain. A fantastic grounding for what came next.
Since founding OB&Co, I’ve kick-started transformation projects with global retailers and brands; creating innovative propositions, unlocking new revenue streams, expanding internationally, integrating acquisitions, plus defining, simplifying and realising ideal operating models. Collectively, these initiatives have delivered over £100m of net new annual profits for clients.
I’m honoured to be one of LinkedIn’s Top Voices for Retail and among the world’s top retail influencers, recognised by global retail news and insight firm, RETHINK Retail, and retail media outlet, the Retail Technology Innovation Hub. I host the popular podcast, the Retail Transformation Show, I love inspiring audiences through energising and insightful keynotes, and thoughtfully advising and consulting on navigating transformation and the ever-evolving retail trends.
OB&Co blends my capabilities with associate retail consultants, and tech and consulting partners to perfectly tailor the skills and capabilities for the transformation at hand.
I value time with my family and two children. I’m also driven to complete our home renovations – I’m pretty handy with a spot of DIY too!
The mission is simple: empower retailers with strategies and insights that drive tangible results.
Our goal is to help you deliver meaningful transformation, effectively.
Our core values and attitudes
Relentlessly goal focused
Thrive in uncertainty
Logical and left field thinking
Do the right thing
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