YANA AVERBUKH

Founder

Yana Averbukh is a strategic retail leader with expertise in retail technology and analytics. She brings tremendous experience in retail and wholesale planning, merchandising and digital marketing for luxury and mass market retailers.

As a member of executive teams at prestigious fashion houses, she has been the expert of retail experience innovation by bringing cutting edge processes and technology to global brands.
Since 2016, Yana has served as Retail Consultant where she advises senior executives on strategy, innovation and data visualization. Previous positions Yana has held include Vice President of Retail at Elie Tahari and Assouline Publishing. Prior to that she was Director of Retail Planning at Chanel, USA.

Yana holds a B.A. in Psychology from NYU and M.B.A. from Baruch College.

JOHANNA PUDDA

Consultant

Johanna is a strategic, solutions-focused, leader with over 10 years of success in global supply chain management. She has a proven track record in identifying distribution needs, analyzing options based on requirements, and implementing fit-for-purpose solutions to enhance the effectiveness of supply chain operations.
She has managed the end-to-end global distribution operations and logistics of multi-channel customers, vendors, and strategic partners and optimized supply chain network across interfaces.

Her experience includes 3PL logistics management, continuous process improvements, project and performance management as well as strategy design and implementation. 

LAURA KOLAR TODOROV

Consultant

With a background in luxury client-centric marketing and operations, Laura brings leadership experience from fashion and interior design, matching her individual creativity to the needs of her clients.

Formerly, Laura spent eight years at Chanel, Inc., where she honed a broad set of skills spanning brand strategy, advertising, digital marketing, and event planning.   Additionally, she led Carlisle’s flagship showroom in the A&D Building in NYC, a luxury flooring company used by the top architects and designers globally.  

Her wide range of capabilities and broad understanding of both day-to-day and high-level management allow her to plan strategically, anticipate opportunities and solve for complex client needs.  

Laura graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Business from Eastern Connecticut State University and earned her MBA from LIM College.