Retail coaching: the pioneering method that transforms your store managers into Manager Coaches, with tangible impact on the shop floor

We certify retail managers as Manager Coaches using our proprietary ICF-accredited methodology. You see conversion, average ticket and UPT take off.

Retail Coaching, you can experience and measure for yourself — hear the stories of those who lived the transformation

From the shop floor to the meeting room of regional directors, our Retail Coaching changes more than just KPIs. Hear the stories of those who have already experienced this transformation from within their organization.

Loewe – How Retail Coaching by CapKelenn Transforms Store Leadership Worldwide

Azzurra Eydallin, WW Retail Director | How do you move from giving answers to asking the right questions to build high-performing retail teams? In this testimonial, Azzurra Eydallin, WW Retail Director at Loewe, shares how CapKelenn’s Retail Coaching programme has helped Loewe put the store at the center of everything they do, moving toward a […]

Aristocrazy – How do you transform a retail organization while putting people at the heart of the journey?

In this testimonial, discover how CapKelenn has partnered with Aristocrazy to drive cultural transformation and leadership development through our Retail Coaching programme. Since 2018, Store Managers and Area Managers have strengthened their leadership, developed a coaching culture and enhanced both employee and customer experience.

Sephora – In-store leadership enhances the customer experience

Their flagship directors were coached to manage their teams with confidence and a process.

CHALLENGES

The barriers blocking your stores have a name.
And a solution

For nearly 2 decades, we have worked with a wide variety of retail brands across five continents. Languages may change, but the barriers stay the same. Our Retail Coaching methodology identifies and overcomes these barriers by training your people to take leadership and ownership.

Uneven stores

Same brand, same product, same price. Yet sales results differ radically between stores and salespeople.

Manager overwhelm

Your area and store managers are stuck in firefighting mode, which means they can’t implement a long-term vision for their teams.

No selling ceremony

Each salesperson improvises their own sales script. The customer experience depends on the mood of the salesperson instead of on a shared sales method.

Boring morning briefing

The morning briefing happens, but it fails to energize the team. They simply put up with it instead of coming away from it with renewed motivation.

KPIs without guidance

Sales figures are pinned up as targets to be achieved, but they generate no commitment from salespeople since no one knows what to do to achieve them.

High turnover

Salespeople are hired, trained and leave before the time you invest in them yields a ROI.

Stores with no soul

Your brand values are spelled out in black and white in your onboarding manual. But they are nowhere to be seen in customer interactions or team meetings.

Unachievable change

Leadership launches a new initiative. The team nods along. Three weeks later, nothing has changed

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Retail is detail — We transform every in-store interaction into coaching and growth opportunities

The best area manager or store manager isn’t necessarily the one who knows your product the best, but the one who knows how to get the best from each salesperson. Our Retail Coaching methodology focuses on this exact shift: from managing by pressure to leading through coaching, with method, with style and with measurable results from month one.

Our CapKelenn method awakens in every store manager a new way of being present

Whether in the opening briefing, coaching on the floor during a sale, one-on-one conversations with salespeople or the Regional Director's regional Teams meetings. The manager learns how to coach their teams through the selling ceremony, how to transform KPIs into practical avenues for improvement, and how to say what no one else will say, even in the most difficult situations. The result isn't just a team that sells more — it's a team that wants to stay and keep growing.

Retail Coaching: we didn’t adapt from another sector or market — it was built in stores, for stores, with those who know stores the best

Each of our 26 coaches worked in real-life sales and retail environments before becoming certified as ICF coaches. These two aspects of their background are the reason why our programs resonate immediately with store teams.

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Make your five minutes at McDonald’s the best of a hard day

The McDonald’s staff at La Paz University Hospital, the largest hospital in Spain, transformed their customer experience with coaching and a clear mission.

From 68%
to 84%

Staff friendliness rating by customers after only two months of coaching

+12 points

Improvement in customer satisfaction rating in the shortest time possible

A clear mission defined

Be the most “hospitable restaurant” in the world right where people need it most

Sales and soul

More sales, a better atmosphere and better customer service — all at once and with the same team

Roche Bobois

Shared commercial excellence across three continents through Retail Coaching. A common methodology for developing salespeople and managers in highly demanding international markets.
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Tea Shop

For Tea Shop, the main objective was clear: sales. But the program went further, giving regional directors new tools and, above all, the discipline of integrating coaching into everyday life, at every level, down to the store.

Our own ICF-certified method (as a CCE): the Retail Coaching methodology transforms store management and sparks a multiplier effect across your whole network.

The CapKelenn methodology is not a list of sales techniques or a customer service manual. It’s a certified system that modifies how managers brief their teams or support their salespeople when they need to lift their performance after a difficult few weeks. It is a change in mindset and attitude that is transformative.

Our 26 accredited coaches provide live online or in-person coaching through group and individual sessions. At CapKelenn, we know new habits aren’t formed in the classroom. They are formed in the back of the store, in uncomfortable end-of-shift conversations, or in a briefing that nobody wanted to manage but that ends up being the best of the week. With our Retail Coaching CapKelenn® method, you co-construct a leadership framework alongside us that has a lasting impact on your organization’s processes.

We roll out this transformation on a global scale through our network of 26 accredited coaches, who are able to work with you 100 per cent synchronously, in 14 languages, whilst carefully adapting to your brand’s culture. We don’t simply hand you a theoretical manual; we co-create a flexible operational framework that unifies and elevates your international sales network. Every manager we train becomes a catalyst for the development of their own team.

Three rituals that bring in astounding results
We incorporate straightforward, practical professional coaching into the three key rituals of store managers. This stimulates daily buy-in and an immediate uptick in team performance.
From a one-time course to a permanent store culture

When our Retail Coaching is embedded as a leadership mentality, managers apply it, teams internalize it and the organization makes it its standard of excellence.

Improve motivation and in-store sales

How can you make your sales team as motivated as Kylian Mbappé or Lionel Messi before a World Cup final? Benoit Mahé answers that question in his book using a proven methodology that combines professional coaching, NLP and skilled use of KPIs. The result is that each in-store interaction becomes a unique experience for both the customer and the salesperson who handles it.

BENEFITS AND VISION

A happy team performs — the benefits of Retail Coaching for your business, salespeople and customers

Our Retail Coaching methodology works on the three things that make for a healthy network of stores. Because it is impossible to improve sales results without first investing in your salespeople.

Team energy

We help your teams come to work with a goal and a sense of pride. Customers will feel it, and your sales results will prove it.

Selling ceremony

We give you a shared methodology that transforms each interaction into a coherent, memorable, people-centered brand experience.

Manager involvement

Your managers become leaders who support their teams, understand each team member, and know how to respectfully guide them beyond their comfort zone.

Straightforward KPIs

Conversion, UPT, average ticket size — we turn these metrics into concrete actions that your sales team can take today.

Employee pride

We help salespeople reclaim their role and sense of purpose within a store. A sales team that feels appreciated and respected sells better, and everyone can see it.

Consistency across teams

Customers encounter the same standard, mindset and experience whether they are in New York, London or Sydney.

Empowering meetings

We use fun theory and gamification to make, and keep, your sales teams motivated.

Your sales team grows

And they choose to stay with your brand because they know that their manager sees them, wants to help them, and is willing and able to show them how to lift their performance.

We coach managers in Sales & Retail
to contribute to a better world.

We help organizations develop their sales leverage by unlocking the potential of each of their people.

Because once a manager understands how to coach and once a salesperson discovers that they can make a difference, your results go up and stay up. Be warned: our coaching is not theoretical. What we give you is a team of coaches who are experts in retail and sales, who have extensive experience in the field, and who use this experience to maximize the potential of each of your people.

We apply our methodology to the CEO and retail director first.

Then we focus on your middle managers, who pass our methodology on to your teams. This ensures your teams have a shared goal, take ownership and work together in an environment of open communication. Helping your managers to develop their emotional intelligence gives them confidence and a sense of safety. Which in turn helps them guide their team — including beyond their comfort zone.

Customer experience mirrors employee experience.

By looking after your talent and helping them to upskill through Retail Coaching that is designed for sales teams, we set in motion a natural process that elevates their service to customers and improves your business KPIs. A happy sales team that has a sense of belonging automatically has more genuine interactions that impress customers and add value to the buyer experience.

FAQ — EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OUR RETAIL COACHING

It’s normal to have a few questions

Here are answers to frequent questions our clients ask about Capkelenn’s Retail Coaching.

What is Retail and Sales Coaching?

Our Retail Coaching takes the methods and style of professional coaching and transposes them into the world of retail stores and sales team management. The program is CCE-accredited by the ICF. It was designed based on our own experience in the field, and it establishes new leadership rituals, transforms the mindset of retail managers, and generates quick, tangible, lasting changes in conversion, average ticket size and UPT within the first weeks of coaching.

How do you ensure your retail sales training has the same quality in different countries?

Our coaches speak the language of each market, but they also understand its retail culture inside out. Each coach in our network has proven experience in multiple sectors and industries. This is another point of difference between the CapKelenn methodology versus generic one-time courses — we adapt to the needs and reality of each of our clients.

Independent family-run businesses can access these programmes

Yes. CapKelenn supports bakers, chemists and other independent businesses through sector-specific trade associations and chambers of commerce.

How do I contact a CapKelenn coach to discuss the needs of my organization?

It couldn’t be simpler. Simply tell us what challenge you’re facing and we’ll lead you in the right direction. You don’t even need to have clearly defined what your needs are just yet. Just fill in the contact form or request a call with one of our coaches.

Your stores have potential. Our retail sales training is the framework that translates this potential into results

We custom-design retail management coaching for agencies, restaurants, sales locations and networks of stores that want lasting, systemic change.

Would you prefer to explore all our Sales Coaching options before you decide?

We have an entire page dedicated to our Sales Coaching options, methodology and case studies to show you how we can adapt our coaching to your organization.

Do you manage B2B sales teams and want to learn a certified sales leadership methodology?

Our Sales Coaching program applies the same thinking and attention to detail to B2B sales as our Retail Coaching program. Our methodology is certified by the ICF and gives you measurable results within the first weeks.

Liberate the untapped productivity of your organization

Our programs equip you to achieve long-term business success and help your brand culture shine on every shopping street and in every shopping mall. We help you develop a culture of leadership and excellence in your organization to make your retail brand more people-centered. Because we believe that retail and sales can play a role in building social connection and cohesion, and so contribute to the emergence of a better world.

TOKYO

Our Japanese coaches are trained in the country with the most refined culture of customer service.

Berlin

We provide coaching in German for B2B teams and distribution networks in one of the most demanding markets in Europe.

LISBON

Our coaches in European Portuguese have deep knowledge of the Iberian market and its connections with the Brazilian market.

MADRID

This is the head office of CapKelenn and where we design our programs for the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America.

PARIS

Our French coaches are experts in the luxury, cosmetics and French supermarket sectors.

Milan

These coaches specialize in the sectors for which Italy is famous, and where the selling ceremony is an integral part of brand identity.

Dubai

We run programs in Arabic and English for the luxury and premium retail sectors, which are rapidly expanding in the Middle East.

SEOUL

Our Korean coaches are specialists in a market that has a refined sense of innovation, customer experience and attention to detail.

Hong Kong

Our local coaches run programs in Cantonese and English for sales teams in the luxury and retail sectors in the financial hub of Asia.

Los Angeles

Our bilingual, multicultural coaches operate in the most competitive consumer market on the planet.

Shanghai

Our programs in Mandarin are designed for teams operating in one of the world’s most complex and fast-changing markets.

MEXICO

This is our center of operations for all programs deployed in Spanish throughout Latin America, where we also have a deep awareness of local culture.

Every great transformation begins with a brave conversation. And at CapKelenn, we specialize in great conversations.

With our help, let’s nurture your people. Discover the immediate impact of our methodology on the performance of your teams.

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