"His no-nonsense approach helped anchor our discussions and provided retail expertise without the overhead of large consultancy firms."
David Potts CBE · Former CEO Morrisons, Tesco Board Member
What we do
Six ways to work together. Each shaped around what you need.
Project Maat
A diagnostic and fix programme for retail estates. Every store visited, every problem paired with a fix and an owner.
From £75,000 — a rounding error against a multi-billion-pound estate
Periegesis
Weekly retail intelligence across 9+ retailers. Lead campaigns, deal mechanics, in-store photography, AI analysis.
From £5,000/month — less than one FTE for weekly intelligence across 9+ retailers
Stores with Steve
Walk yours, competitors, or the wider market. UK or overseas. Truth at the shelf edge, in a single day.
£5,000 per day — one day to see what months of internal reviews miss
Briefings
Exec sessions, conference keynotes, investor briefings. The market through sharper eyes, in your room.
From £3,750 — an hour that shapes a quarter of decisions
Expertise
90+ areas of retail advisory. Build your brief interactively and send it to Steve in one click.
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Kanops AI
Computer vision for retail. Millions of images, a suite of production models, pricing intelligence.
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The depth behind the work
Every recommendation is grounded in real data, real visits, and real photography. Not theory.
17 years
Longitudinal archive
Millions of images across hundreds of retailers. When something changes, we can show you what it looked like before.
9+ retailers
Walked every week
The same fascias visited consistently, plus convenience and variety. Trends surface because the baseline holds.
AI-powered
Cartwright retail intelligence
A suite of production models running on every image: category classification, seasonal detection, product recognition, text extraction, share of shelf, pricing.
First-hand
Not second-hand, not delayed
Every retailer walked by the same pair of eyes, every observation written in the same voice, every week. No desk research.
What others say
From CEOs to fund managers, the feedback is consistent.
"Steve is one of the best retail operators I've ever come across. He's a true force to be reckoned with."
Stuart Machin · CEO, M&S
"The team at Channel Islands Co-op benefitted immensely from working with Steve and the team at Grocery Insight."
Mark Cox · CEO, Channel Islands Co-op
Ready to see the market through sharper eyes?
30-minute call, no commitment. Tell Steve what you need.
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