Nick Harbaugh

Nick Harbaugh has been active in the Retail Project Management and Construction industry for over 30 years. Throughout his career Nick has enjoyed and excelled at the development processes on multi-million dollar projects within the Retail and Commercial sector.  These projects range from fixture installations, project management, consulting, remodeling (Tenant Improvement) and new store build-out programs.

Nick consults regularly with top executives from a variety of fields (i.e., Logistics, Design / Architectural / Engineering, Construction and Fixture Manufacturing) to help create synergistic Supply Chain Solutions.

Nick attended Ohio State University and spent time in both the Engineering College as well as the Business School pursuing disciplines in Mechanical Engineering and Business management respectively. He left OSU in 1989 and quickly obtained his experience in the retail construction and remodel industry. Initially as a Regional Operations Assistant for the regional Drug Store chain, Drug Emporium. He cut his teeth there before transferring his services as VP of Operations for MNE Marketing performing Nationwide projects. It was there during his 3 year tenure that Nick honed in on his skill set and determined his career path.

In 1994 Nick co-founded RMS (Retail Marketing Services) which grew into a Multi-Million Dollar business performing services for some of the world’s most respected retail chains, both Nationally and Internationally. He was instrumental in building a client portfolio which contained an outstanding cross section of the retail trade. When these Fortune 100 brands needed retail construction management they knew who to call!  Household names like Walmart, Samsung, Home Depot, Behr Paint, Target, Big Lots, Dyson, Mercedes AMG, Skechers, Sephora, PepBoys, etc (among many others) has relied on Nick to provide them with core solutions. 

After Nick successfully sold his share of his original company, he spent some time crossing adventures off his bucket list (moving to live abroad, study Spanish, etc) before taking his now independent services back to the market. As Nick’s name and reputation continued to grow (within the commercial construction sector) he has been assisting Flexecution in building their Fixture / Millwork and Décor Signage Installation business for the last 8+ years. Nick is a leading industry resource completing projects in over 100,000 locations (in 15+ countries) and an active member of the Shop! Association.  Nick speaks regularly at industry conferences, is a round table facilitator and is a leading member of the MOB (Maximizing Opportunities for your Business).  

In late 2021 Nick mapped out a trip to create Retail content (under the banner The Retail nomad) the following year.  In Jan 2022, Nick started out on a 22 country voyage over the next 12 months  As of October 2025, nearly 200 videos have been produced as well as winning the Top Retail Influencer (2023) award  and the award as one of the Top Retail Experts (in the world) for 2024 & 2025.

Although Nick calls Costa Rica home, he has never forgotten his Ohio roots and the work ethic instilled in him.