GoldStar Consulting - Welcome! Thank you for visiting our website. We'll use this page to briefly introduce you to GoldStar Consulting, explain our Mission and describe how we've designed this site. GoldStar Consulting - Mission and Goal - GoldStar Consulting was founded in 2003 to provide affordable, high quality consulting services to medium-sized firms in the retail and packaged goods community. Our efforts concentrate in the areas of business process improvement, business strategy development, pricing and revenue management, organization alignment and merchandising systems evaluation.
GoldStar Consulting - Through its founder, Michael J. Gold (Mike), GoldStar draws on both extensive experience in retail and packaged goods industries and eight years of retail and CPG consulting with the business consulting units of Arthur Andersen, LLC and BearingPoint. In addition, through numerous affiliations with other small, like-minded consulting groups, GoldStar has access to a wide range of additional resources
HQ Business Process Improvement –merchandising, advertising, pricing, promotion planning, merchandise planning, store communication, trade promotion Business Analysis and Strategy – performance analysis, merchandise analysis, merchandise planning, assortment review, financial planning, growth strategy Pricing & Revenue Management - pricing strategy, promotion strategy, pricing software review and selection, promotion planning, in-store marketing Organization Alignment – roles and responsibilities, organization structure, performance metrics, job levels/description, career pathing, training requirements
Welcome! Thank you for visiting our website. We’ll use this page to introduce you to GoldStar Consulting, explain our Mission and key capabilities and describe how we’ve designed this site.

Mission and Goal
GoldStar Consulting was founded in 2003 to provide affordable, high quality consulting services to firms in the retail, services and packaged goods community.

Our role is that of Subject Matter Experts engaged to supplement client capabilities with specific expertise and objectivity.

 

Our key competencies include:
Headquarters Business Process Improvement
  • Merchandising and marketing operations
• Merchandise planning and financial planning
• Pricing strategy and promotion planning
• Inventory management
• Procurement and vendor management
• Brand and private label management
• In-store presentation and layout; planogramming
• Store communication and feedback
• Business reporting, meetings management
Business Analysis and Strategic Planning
Organization Alignment, Roles and Responsibilities
Headquarters Merchandising Systems Evaluation
 
Our goal is to apply our industry and Big 5 consulting experience to help clients accelerate business improvement and run a smarter, more profitable enterprise. . . all at a fraction of what these services might cost from a large consulting firm.

GoldStar Guiding Principles

We take pride in making every effort to:

  • Clearly understand your needs and objectives.
  • Provide you with straightforward and honest counseling and feedback.
  • Work hand-in-hand with your employees to deliver the results.
  • Ensure the knowledge is left behind to enable your employees to carry forward after we leave.
 

About Our Website

Our website is designed to demonstrate proven capabilities. Here’s how.

  • Resume - Word Formatted version of Mike Gold’s complete background.
  • Credentials - examples of engagements specific to each of several subject headings.
  • Papers and Presentations - evidence of thought leadership offered in the area of Pricing and Revenue Management.
  • Practical Skills - specific core competencies of GoldStar
  • Links – to other related sites of value
  • Contact Us - so that we may get acquainted or answer any of your questions.
 
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