“I bring real change in retail to large companies all over the world”


My specialty is rapid changes in retail strategies. Together with my partner Karin Montagne I travel all over the world, and help impatient executives of large companies to change direction. The reason these guys prefer us over in-house staff or the large consultancies is our out-of-the-box thinking, and rapid, creative, pragmatic approach.




What we do in short


Eysink Smeets is one of the world’s leading retail strategy consultants. We work for large retailers, brand manufacturers and banks all over the world. Rapid and - often - radical changes in strategy are our niche. What makes us special is that we translate the new-found strategic direction in all the tangible details of retail; format, assortment, marketing, store planning and so on.

A crucial and integral part of their work is trend-forecasting. How else could we develop such a strong vision on the future? That is how we help our clients look 5 or even 10 years into the future; determine their position then. And then work our way back to the action that is needed right now. Pragmatic and creative.




Sectors we work in


Regular retail

That is where we started; supermarkets and department stores. We have learned invaluable lessons about how to change the behavior of masses of consumers and masses of staff on many locations.

Financials

Financial retail has lots of lessons to learn from regular retail. We bring those lessons. Over the years we have come to understand what makes bankers tick as well.

Brand manufacturers

Since the call-centres started in force somewhere in the 1990-ies, direct banking become more and more real. We have helped

Automotive

There is no consultant with such a track record and so much personal international experience in retail strategy.
Sectors we work in >>sectors.html




More detail


Retail is all we do

Our world is the world of chains of stores and branches. About selling lots of products, lots of services, to lots of people, in lots of places.
What retail is about >>http://web.me.com/hans_eysink_smeets/Reserve/retail_only.html



In times of change.

We are at our best in the confusing phases of change. Old reflexes do not work anymore. New thinking is needed. We feel right at home in times of confusion and chaos.
Times of change >>periods_of_change.html



Many functions for our clients.

We act as sparring partner, coach, creative think tank and implementation pilot for our clients. Communicate the trends, analysis and vision. Than we turn it into action.
More on functions >>functions.html



A small team.

Unlike most big-name consultancies we work as a very small team. Our clients prefer that, they like the directness. And -not unimportant- our fees are much lower, because of our speed, and because we cannot truck in busloads of juniors.
More on the team >>team.html



We work world-wide.

We have done projects -personally- in 27 countries on 4 continents. Probably in your country too. That international perspective works wonders in each project.
More on countries>>worldwide.html





Our clients


Top-companies.

We work for the top companies in their countries and in their fields. Quite a nice client list for such a niche consultancy.
Read the impressive client list >>companies1_dailygoods.html



Top-clients.

Our dynamic, impatient and result-oriented managers appreciate how we get the most out of them and their companies.
Read client interviews >>i_interview_list.html



Quotes from clients.

Don’t believe what we say, but ask our clients. We have organised quotes from our clients on relevant subjects. The most easy way to find out what they think on topics that matter to you.
Select client quotes per subject >>q_nutshell.html






Our functions


Sparring partner.

We are the unbiased, open and honest partner for you, the executive.


Coach.

We are in more processes of rapid change in a year than most managers in their entire career. That is why we can help you get the most out of yourself, and guide you through the change process.


Creative strategy maker.

We have developed a very strange and fast way to come up with new insights and with very creative strategies, that can be turned into immediate action.


Personal scout.

We have the time and freedom to roam your markets and your company. We bring you the -sometimes unwelcome- truth.


Implementation pilot.

Once we have defined the strategy, we assist you with very effective methods to get it into action.


Key note speaker.

Hans Eysink Smeets is one of the most rewarding key note speakers in the world of retail. Used to large audiences at conferences or small teams in in-house workshops.
More on the functions we have for clients >>functions.html




Who we are


Different

We are totally unlike the big-name consultancies. And we would not survive within a company. We are different by talent and education. That is why our clients like us. Alone, in combination with a big-name consultancy, and always as an inspiration and educator to their own staff.


Out of the box

We bring new, fresh unorthodox thinking to change processes. With unbiased, undiplomatic frankness we bring real out of the box thinking.




Contact


We are used to start within days and get first results in no time at all. Just a simple mail or phone call will help you find out how Eysink Smeets can help you.

Find address, phone numbers, routes >>contact.html
 

‘I use Hans to keep me informed of what’s going on in the retail industry all over the world.”

Göran Byqvist, Executive, Axel Johnson AB, one of Scandinavia's largest food importers and retailers, Sweden


‘It’s great to have someone at the table who is as fast as lightning, intensely committed, creative, forward-looking and extremely good at stepping up the pace and broadening the issue.’

Hans Hokke, CEO of Postkantoren and later of TKP, the pension company of KPN and TPG Post.


‘His combination of astute business acumen and an amazing capacity to come up with ideas from a totally individual angle make him ideally suited for the job.’

Gert Beijer, former CEO of Macintosh, the international non-food retailing group.


‘He has a unique talent in that he can switch from general strategies to exceedingly down-to-earth astute action just like that.’

Lars Nordström, former CEO of Nordea, the leading Nordic bank, Sweden, for whom I have worked many years as his personal sparring partner on retail banking and the post offices.


‘He is a high calibre ideas generator.’

Anders Dam, CEO of the highly successful Jyske Bank of Denmark, who implemented our innovative ideas to the full and were very happy with them.


“Expensive? No, just the opposite. If you consider his price per minute, or per hour, then yes, he’s expensive. But in relation to the amazing speed at which he produces applicable, commercial ideas, he’s cheaper than all the others, whose price per day may be half as much, but who need five times as long to do the work.”

Antti Tiito, Executive, Haka, retail mall developers, Finland and Russia

More quotes >>q_nutshell.html
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