Retail Strategy & Merchandising

Great retail
isn't accidental.
It's designed.

Beautiful stores don't always sell. Method & Merch helps retail brands design merchandising and floor strategy that does both — presentation that performs.

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Nicole Adele Priore, Founder & Principal Consultant
About

This isn't visual
merchandising.
It's retail strategy.

"Beautiful stores don't always perform. The best ones do both."

With more than a decade leading merchandising initiatives across national retailers, I've built a career at the intersection of creative vision and commercial performance. I don't simply make stores look beautiful — I think about customer behavior, decision-making, conversion, and operational execution.

My work bridges luxury thinking and business results. Every recommendation I make is designed to work beautifully on the floor and perform on the P&L.

Nicole Adele Priore Founder & Principal Consultant, Method & Merch
Services

Strategy built
for performance.

Every engagement begins with understanding your business — your customers, your goals, your challenges. What follows is a strategy designed to move the needle, not just move product.

01

Retail Strategy Audit

For brands that know something isn't working — but aren't sure where to start.

  • Store walkthrough & evaluation
  • Customer journey analysis
  • Merchandising assessment
  • Opportunity identification
  • Executive summary & recommendations
02

Store Concept Development

For brands opening new stores or evolving their existing retail experience.

  • Merchandising strategy
  • Fixture recommendations
  • Customer flow & navigation
  • Brand storytelling
  • Scalable store standards
03

Space & Assortment Optimization

Helping retailers maximize productivity through smarter merchandising decisions.

  • Category adjacencies
  • Product density analysis
  • Assortment optimization
  • Space allocation strategy
  • Productivity analysis
04

Fractional Head of Merchandising

Executive merchandising leadership — without the cost of a full-time hire.

  • Ongoing strategic guidance
  • Team leadership & mentorship
  • Cross-functional partnership
  • Scalable systems & standards
  • Flexible retainer engagements
Engagements

Ways to
work together.

Every brand is at a different stage — so engagements are scoped to fit. From a focused fixed-fee project to ongoing merchandising leadership, here's how we can work together.

Approach

How great
retail gets built.

Every project follows a clear, considered process — grounded in your business realities and designed to produce strategies your teams can actually execute.

1

Discover

Understand your business, customers, goals, and the challenges getting in the way of results.

2

Analyze

Review merchandising, layouts, the customer journey, sales performance, and operational constraints.

3

Develop

Build practical, elegant strategies aligned with your business objectives — and grounded in commercial reality.

4

Implement

Support execution while building scalable processes your teams can own long after the engagement ends.

Experience

Proven across
brands that matter.

Over a decade leading merchandising strategy, visual standards, and store experience for some of retail's most recognized names — from luxury home to iconic fashion.

Boll & Branch
Design Within Reach
Lord & Taylor
Juicy Couture
The Children's Place
Gymboree
Bergdorf Goodman
Express
Industries
served.
Apparel Lifestyle Beauty Home & Interiors Luxury Specialty Retail Pop-Up Concepts Omnichannel Emerging Brands DTC Retail Private Equity Portfolio Founder-Led Brands

Beautiful stores don't always perform. The best ones do both.

— The Method & Merch Approach

Why Clients Work With Me

Strategy that
performs as well
as it looks.

  • ✦
    Business-first thinking Recommendations aren't just visually compelling — they're designed to work operationally and improve commercial performance.
  • ✦
    Executive-level perspective A decade leading merchandising strategy across national retailers means I understand the complexity behind every decision.
  • ✦
    Brand owner's intuition As a founder myself, I understand the merchandising decisions that carry real financial weight — not just aesthetic ones.
  • ✦
    Scalable systems I build strategies your teams can own and execute consistently — not solutions that require constant outside support.
  • ✦
    An execution network on call Beyond strategy, I bring an established network of trusted fixture vendors, architects, display and lighting specialists, general contractors, and more — so your project moves from plan to reality without the scramble to find and vet the right partners.
  • ✦
    Creative & analytical in equal measure I balance a strong creative eye with a genuine appreciation for data, productivity, and operational reality.
Contact

Let's talk
about your
retail strategy.

Whether you're launching your first retail location, refining an existing concept, or looking for experienced merchandising leadership — I'd love to learn more about your business.

Based In
New York / New Jersey Metro
Available For
In-person, Hybrid & Remote Engagements
Response Time
Within 48 hours

I'll respond within 48 hours to schedule an initial conversation.