REBAR
Turning strategic ambition into executable change and measurable value.
ReBar brings senior operator and transformation experience to businesses facing growth, performance and change. We connect strategy to execution, aligning proposition, operating model, organisation, data, technology, investment and delivery to turn ambition into results. Our deepest expertise is in retail and complex multi-site businesses, built through more than 20 years leading major transformation across M&S, John Lewis, English Heritage and ReBar clients.
COMMERCIAL & BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION
TRANSFORMATION
We lead complex transformation from diagnosis and strategic choices through operating model, governance, investment, mobilisation and delivery.
Strategy & commercial performance
Operating model & organisation
Transformation programmes & governance
Data, technology & AI
Customer & proposition
Investment & implementation
RETAIL EXPERTISE
Few transformation leaders combine enterprise-level change with proven skills to make retail work. Our experience spans customer, stores, estate, space, range, data, systems and AI.
£1bn+ investment programmes
£350m+ working-capital opportunity
Hundreds of stores transformed
Major space and range transformation
30+ concepts and formats
£5m data, systems & AI programme
FROM STRATEGY TO EXECUTION
UNDERSTAND
CHOOSE
DESIGN
MOBILISE
DELIVER
ReBar works at the point where strategy has to become reality. We diagnose the opportunity, make the choices clear, build the operating and delivery model, and stay close enough to execution to make sure the value actually lands.
EXPERIENCE AT SCALE
£1bn
Capital Programmes -
New stores, relocates, closures, refurbs, >20 new concepts
£2.2bn
Catchment Sales Growth + Catchment Customer Loss Prevention
5,000
Team Members, spanning 412 sites. Proven matrix & complex business leadership
£5m
Investment in data, reporting, insight, systems and AI transformation programme
2.4m
Sq ft of space optimised: 2.4m repurposed to drive LFL sales with new propositions
-250m
Working capital savings through range and stock optimisation
WHERE WE WORK
Businesses undergoing transformation
Commercial, operating model, performance and systemic change.
Retailers, customer & consumer facing businesses.
Deep specialist capability across the end-to-end, omni-channel retail value chain.
Complex and multi-site organisations or change.
Where customer, operations, assets, people and investment have to work together.
Consultancies & specialist partners.
Senior operator and consultancy expertise within large transformation programmes.
CLIENTS
We have partnered with or worked for some of the largest retailers in the UK, and some astonishing boutique SMEs.
INDUSTRY LEADERS
We have delivered over £1bn of retail change, developing relationships with some of the best firms and individuals in the UK.
TOP-TIER CONSULTANCIES
We have partnered with key experts at top tier consultancies as eithre SME or as sponsor of transformational programmes
TESTIMONIALS
Stuart,
Transformation Director
Richard's excellent knowledge allows him to make tough decisions fast and stick with them. He has the respect of those around him and is repeatedly asked to deliver more challenging outcomes.
Matthew
Specialist SME
"Richard is a positive disruptor, skilled at stripping away complexity that hinders progress. Positively enabling teams, peers and leaders to see precisely the change that is needed."
Tony,
Founder & CEO
"Richard's ability to extrapolate on what is said means every minute we invest 121, he delivers more. Most importantly, he understood our brand and stuck with us through to delivery."
