(PRESS RELEASE) NEW YORK — Crabtree Consulting, a strategic advisory firm serving independent jewelry retailers, has announced the launch of its new Fractional Buyer Service, a solution designed to address the growing operational and profitability challenges facing retailers today.
Jewelry retailers are under increasing pressure from vendor overload, duplicated inventory, inconsistent pricing, and a lack of time for meaningful market research. These issues often lead to diluted vendor relationships, missed margin opportunities, and inventory that turns too slowly or not at all. Crabtree Consulting’s Fractional Buyer Service provides retailers with experienced buying expertise, without the cost of a full-time hire.
The service focuses on streamlining vendor partnerships, eliminating product duplication, and bringing clarity to basic categories such as studs, tennis bracelets, solitaires, hoops, and bands. Through detailed assortment analysis and proprietary market research, Crabtree Consulting delivers clear pricing strategies based on what top local, regional, and online competitors are charging, allowing retailers to price confidently while protecting margin.
The Fractional Buyer Service is fully hands-on. Crabtree Consulting manages negotiations, product selection, program setup, and ongoing vendor relationships, giving retailers more time to focus on sales, team leadership, and growth.
“Our goal is to help retailers simplify their business while becoming stronger partners to fewer, more strategic vendors,” said Crabtree Consulting. “When assortment, pricing, and vendor strategy are aligned, profitability follows.”
Brian Stamey, Vice President of Retail Sales Operations at International Diamond Center, shared his experience working with Crabtree Consulting’s Fractional Buyer team:
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“Working with Crabtree Consulting as our fractional buyer has been a game-changer for IDC’s basics division. Their team thoroughly evaluated our operations, secret-shopped competitors, and even purchased products to assess quality firsthand—delivering eye-opening insights that our internal team simply lacked the time to uncover.
They increased our margins, reduced SKUs and aged inventory, revised pricing strategies, and completely revamped the entire division, transforming a time-consuming overhaul into streamlined success.
Crabtree Consulting’s expertise allowed us to focus on core operations while they handled the heavy lifting—highly recommend for any retailer seeking measurable impact.”
To learn more about the Fractional Buyer Service, visit: https://www.crabtreeadvisory.com/fractional-buyer
