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Why Invest

 The Ti School of Retail provides the consumer goods industry with capability-building and advisory solutions through face-to-face and online public and customised workshops.

OUR APPROACH - Programme and workshop content is underpinned by the Ti research methodology of extensive engagement with decision-makers across South Africa's FMCG suppliers and retailers providing insights required to effectively trade and engage.

OUR FACILITATORS - Programmes are facilitated by experienced Ti analysts who connect annually and bi-annually with key stakeholders enabling dynamic content presented with knowledge and insight from collective decades of experience.

PROGRAMMES

Onboarding

 

Upskill new entrants and non-customer facing staff on the SA retail trading landscape





 

 

Presentations

 

Understand the market landscape and trends for better strategic decisions
 

Workshops

 

Kick-start your annual business planning calendar with the right data, intelligence, insights and discussions

Commercial Capability

 

Gain skills to increase profitability and improve trade relationships
 

 

 

INDEPENDENT TRADE FORUM | 19 to 20 October 2021

DELEGATE FEEDBACK

  • "Best industry training in the market. A logical approach to retailers in South Africa."

    Demand Planning and Strategy Manager

  • "Very impressed. Very insightful and relevant to my current position."

    Trade Development Manager

  • "Excellent presentation taking theory to practical, really appreciated the international examples."

    Key Account Manager

  • "Best industry training in the market. A logical approach to retailers in South Africa."

    Demand Planning and Strategy Manager

  • "Great course, giving us all time to take a step back and see where we are at as a business and plan our way forward with our customers."

    Key Account Manager | Premier FMCG

  • "A clear ‘situation-analysis' of our Customers' current and expected trading reality and the implications for our business."

    Customer Executive

  • "This programme has given me a practical, simple template that I understand. I came out with a working tool which doesn’t just sit on my shelf."

    Account Manager | Adcock Ingram

  • "Excellent presentation taking theory to practical, really appreciated the international examples."

    Key Account Manager | Premier FMCG

  • "Great course, giving us all time to take a step back and see where we are at as a business and plan our way forward with our customers."

    Key Account Manager | Premier FMCG

  • "My shelves are not elastic. I need suppliers who think not only about their brands, but about the growth and profitability of my category when they bring me new products."

    Merchandise Executive – Grocery Retailer

  • "Great workshop! Hope we have a follow up during the year so we can sink our teeth into this area more."

    - Brand Manager – RCL FOODS

  • "Valuable learning about our retailers- they are the gatekeeper to our shopper."

    - Marketing Director – FMCG Manufacturer

  • "An informative, educational and fun workshop. Workshop gave a number of different views and also brought high quality information. Very well facilitated and conversation guided and probed."

    - Divisional Sales Manager

  • "Great interaction with group. Excellent insights"

    - Operational Intelligence Manager

  • "The briefing gave my team invaluable insights into the context in which we are building our business, brand, shopper, supply chain and customer plans"

    CEO, major manufacturer

  • "Excellent insights into our key trading partners. Well presented with great subject knowledge."

    Customer Executive

  • "Our mission is to show up as a customer-centric business in the eyes of our retail customers – the briefing helped me to understand what this means in the current and future environment."

    - Sales Director

  • "Excellent presentation taking theory to practical reality"

    Key Account Manager

  • "The programme has given me a practical, simple template that I understand. I came out with a working tool which doesn’t just sit on my shelf."

    Key Account Manager

  • "Enjoyed the margins and calculation of profits."

    Regional Manager

  • "Great work on the presentation, the content, and your level of engagement and facilitating the workshop. I highly recommend this workshop."

    - National Commercial Director

  • "My expectations were met and exceeded. I found the program very engaging and the practical examples helped to put into practice what we were learning. "

    - KAM

  • "Content was informative and practical, to improve effective execution in trade."

    - Regional Sales Manager

  • "Great balance of theory, tools and practice to sharpen my skills."

    - Client Executive