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Family-owned Safety Equipment and Hospitality Apparel Company Turnaround

Family-owned Safety Equipment and Hospitality Apparel Company Turnaround Client Situation A $20 million catalog B2B marketing and manufacturing company had experienced high turnover in the President’s position due to conflicts with the matriarch and patriarch founders of the business. Family influence and cronyism had crept into the organization affecting sales and morale. Solution An experienced senior executive, now a NextLevel Partner, was hired as a new CEO to implement [...]

Family-owned Safety Equipment and Hospitality Apparel Company TurnaroundAnn2020-01-15T00:13:39+00:00

Household Equipment Manufacturer Triples Revenues Prior to Sale of the Company

Household Equipment Manufacturer Triples Revenues Prior to Sale of the Company Client Situation An outdoor home equipment manufacturer had a single owner who had acquired the company in 2007 and wished for the company to grow prior to sale. However, revenues and earnings had not grown appreciably by 2012. The company had outsourced its manufacturing to multiple factories in China, but lacked appropriate control processes. It also had not [...]

Household Equipment Manufacturer Triples Revenues Prior to Sale of the CompanyAnn2020-01-15T00:27:25+00:00

NextLevel Keeps Large Retailer on Pace with Strategic Plan with Interim CIO Services

NextLevel Keeps Large Retailer on Pace with Strategic Plan with Interim CIO Services Client Situation This company is one of the largest third party providers of mobile phones and a major retailer in five states of aftermarket car accessories and audio equipment. The organization was in need of an interim CIO. Solution A NextLevel partner provided interim executive management including leadership of ongoing IT operations and support of key [...]

NextLevel Keeps Large Retailer on Pace with Strategic Plan with Interim CIO ServicesAnn2020-01-15T00:34:35+00:00

Retail Grocery Chain Brings On Interim Leadership to Navigate Staggering Growth

Retail Grocery Chain Brings On Interim Leadership to Navigate Staggering Growth Client Situation An 80-year-old retail grocery chain entered into a purchase agreement for the acquisition of stores that were being divested by two large competitors who were consolidating. Within a 90-day period, this increased the number of locations and size of the company nearly 10-fold to a $3+ billion business. The existing controller was leaving the company so [...]

Retail Grocery Chain Brings On Interim Leadership to Navigate Staggering GrowthAnn2020-01-15T00:36:53+00:00

Real Estate Internet Startup Raises $47 Million in Venture Capital

Real Estate Internet Startup Raises $47 Million in Venture Capital Client Situation A venture-backed startup firm purchased two non-Internet companies. The startup required leadership to combine the two companies’ operations, develop a website and convert the business to Internet-only operations. Solution A NextLevel executive, as Division GM, assisted the owners (Board) and CEO in building the business. The NextLevel executive expanded division operations staffing up to 170, obtained warehousing [...]

Real Estate Internet Startup Raises $47 Million in Venture CapitalD Barka2020-01-15T21:40:24+00:00

Internet Commerce Company Improves Marketing Cost and Retains Subscribers

Internet Commerce Company Improves Marketing Cost and Retains Subscribers Client Situation A top 100 Internet Commerce company providing services to 8 million consumers, while fulfilling 36,000 sales order transactions per day across 400 internet partners, was facing significant issues with managing partner performance and profitability; subscriber retention; revenue recognition; financial transparency; collections; and contact center performance. Solution After assessing the situation, a NextLevel partner defined the structure for managing [...]

Internet Commerce Company Improves Marketing Cost and Retains SubscribersD Barka2020-01-15T21:44:11+00:00