ADVISORY
Product-level decision clarity ahead of regulatory implementation
This advisory is founder-led by Henrietta Szakonyi and works closely with product teams facing regulatory and structural change. Work begins before companies invest in new systems, processes, or remade structures, when clarity is needed on what to develop, adjust, reduce, or stop.
WHY ACT NOW
Regulatory, material, and market pressure on product decisions is increasing: for products still in development, and for stock that already exists. Early decisions determine whether future repair, remade, and compliance costs stay manageable, or become structural. The same logic applies whether that decision is still open, or already sitting in a warehouse.
One method, two moments: before a product exists, and after it didn't sell
Product Futures Check
UPSTREAM · before it is locked in
One product group. Start with one representative product, leave with a decision logic your team applies every season.
WHEN THIS IS USEFUL
A carry-over decision is due: keep it, adjust it, or replace it
A material or construction choice already shipped, and no one has calculated what it costs under current fee rules
The same complaint keeps appearing at the same point
A regulation lands and someone asks whether the core range is exposed
HOW IT WORKS
Stage 1 · Pilot. One representative product, worked through with your team. You receive one of three clear outcomes (On Track, One Decision to Revisit, Direction Needs Rethinking), the fee exposure where fee rules apply, the lever that actually moves the number, and the reasoning in writing.
90 min session, remote · memo in 3 to 5 days · from €1,800 excl. VAT
Stage 2 · Rollout. The decision points become a template for the whole product group, built to fit your tech pack or PLM, with a short team training. On request.
Stage 3 · Season Review. A fixed session before each tech pack sign-off, so the logic keeps pace with the range. On request.
Surplus Recovery Assessment
DOWNSTREAM · after it didn't sell
One product. A decision between several possible paths, not a design study.
WHAT YOU GET
Why it underperformed, read from your own sell-through and return data
Concrete intervention variants: Repositioned, Made to Last, Reconstructed
Visuals, estimated time and cost per piece
One clear recommendation, including how to split stock across paths
REALITY CHECK
"We won't recommend producing a new collection's worth of stock. The goal is solving today's surplus without creating tomorrow's."
Full picture: diagnosis + intervention options · within three weeks €4,800, excl. VAT · or €450, excl. VAT, for the diagnosis alone, if no viable path is found