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For PE-Backed Consumer Brands

Your Amazon team executes.
We make sure they're executing the right strategy.

PE-backed brands doing $5M or more on Amazon almost always have internal execution capability. What they often lack is a senior strategic layer asking whether the strategy is correct, whether the economics work, and whether the channel is being built to support an exit at a premium multiple.

Principal-led by Shabbir Sharaf. Supported by a curated associate network of ex-Amazon, ex-Microsoft, ex-Boeing, and ex-Starbucks operators for specialist depth.
All channel economics, financial data, and strategic information shared with us is handled under NDA and treated with complete confidentiality.
Monthly
Economics Reviews
Quarterly
Catalog Assessments
Direct
Managing Director Access
The Gap This Fills

Why execution capability alone is not enough

The most common pattern in PE-backed Amazon brands: a capable internal team executing confidently on a strategy that nobody has stress-tested. The tactics are fine. The strategy has gaps. The gaps compound quietly until they become expensive.

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Strategy Without Scrutiny
Internal Amazon teams are measured on ROAS, revenue, and BSR. They optimize what they measure. The strategic questions — are the channel economics sustainable, are we building toward a premium exit multiple, are we managing platform risk — do not get asked until it is too late.
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No Early Warning System
Amazon changes fee structures, algorithms, and policies continuously. Without someone monitoring these changes at a strategic level, brands absorb the consequences before they notice the cause. By then the damage is already in the trailing metrics.
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Growth Without Economics
Revenue growth that does not improve — or actively degrades — contribution margin is a common pattern in Amazon brands scaling without strategic oversight. The 5Angle Diagnostic identifies it. The retained advisory prevents it from recurring.
Most retained advisory engagements follow the 5Angle Diagnostic — so the Fix path is already confirmed before the retainer begins.
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What Is Included

The retained advisory engagement structure

01
Monthly Economics Review
Every month we review your Amazon P&L against prior periods — not the dashboard numbers, the real economics. True contribution margin by SKU, PPC efficiency trends, fee structure changes, and inventory position. We flag anomalies before they become problems and identify opportunities before they close.
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Quarterly Catalog Assessment
Every quarter we run a full catalog re-assessment using our Amazon Profit Blueprint. SKU classifications get updated. The roadmap gets revised. Capital allocation recommendations get refreshed. This keeps your strategy current as the platform and your competitive environment evolve.
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Direct Access — Managing Director
You have direct access to Shabbir — not a junior account manager, not a team member, the Managing Director. When your board is asking Amazon questions, when a platform change has strategic implications, when you are considering a major catalog or capital decision, that conversation happens directly and immediately.
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Board & Investor Reporting
We produce Amazon channel reporting formatted for your board and PE investors — institutional-grade analysis that answers the questions PE firms ask. Revenue quality, margin trajectory, platform risk exposure, competitive positioning, and exit readiness metrics.

Most engagements begin with a 30-minute call.

We take a limited number of retained clients. Every engagement starts with an honest conversation about whether LWA is the right fit for your specific situation.

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