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's locked in

One core product, the kind that returns every season. A structured second opinion, not a redesign.

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

YOU RECEIVE

  • The actual fee exposure this decision creates — a number, not a score

  • One of three clear outcomes: On Track, One Decision to Revisit, or Direction Needs Rethinking

  • Which lever actually moves the number for this product — construction, material, or commercial — not a generic checklist

  • The reasoning in writing — for when someone asks later why this was decided

Not limited to this decision window: the reasoning carries into the next core-product cycle too.

1 core product · 90 min session, remote · memo in 3–5 days €1,800 starting from, excl. VAT

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