Market & positioning
- Who is your U.S. customer, and what makes your product relevant to them?
- Which channels fit your brand, assortment, and starting point?
- What would meaningful early traction look like?
The Global Ops / A conversation guide
Your U.S. readiness checklist.
Eighteen questions to help you frame the work ahead. Use this to prepare a conversation about your brand, your commercial priorities, and your operation.
Download the PDF ↓Commercial planning
- Have you considered channel costs, fulfillment, and returns in your margin planning?
- Are your pricing and assortment choices coherent across channels?
- Who owns commercial decisions and performance review?
Product & presentation
- Are your product descriptions, imagery, and attributes ready for each channel?
- Can a buyer understand the collection from your line sheets and lookbook?
- Are product identifiers, sizes, materials, and care details consistent?
Inventory & fulfillment
- Who owns the stock record and channel allocation decisions?
- Are storage, handling, packaging, and fulfillment requirements defined?
- Can replenishment planning account for stock on hand and in transit?
Returns & customer care
- How will returned products be assessed and saleable stock recovered?
- Who will answer customer questions and manage after-sales issues?
- Can the service team see the order and returns information it needs?
People & systems
- Are responsibilities clear across your team and operating partners?
- Which product, order, and inventory connections need to be in place?
- How will people review results and improve the operation?
Use these prompts as a starting point; requirements depend on the brand, product, and channel. Discuss your priorities with us at partner@theglobalops.com.