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Retail

Partnering with direct-to-consumer, luxury and high street businesses, our retail executive search firm delivers commercial leadership for future growth.

They were great fun to work with, positively challenged our brief, and always delivered great work on time.
Lenny Nash, CEO at Visualsoft

Creating growth in a changing retail landscape

With an unprecedented number of ways to buy – from the high street to ecommerce, marketplaces to social commerce – shoppers are more fragmented than ever. One of the biggest challenges facing retail leadership is the increasing trend of ‘shopping around’ (Brainga). 

As customers seek the best value for their money, retail businesses need to ensure they have the right portfolio to attract different segments. To achieve this, mitigate risk and continue to grow, you need a strong commercial leadership team. 

With over two decades of experience in delivering executive search for the retail sector, our Partners have built global networks of commercial leaders. Our tailored sourcing strategies leverage human insight, data-led thinking and innovative technologies to deliver strong leadership teams.

How we've helped businesses like yours

Supporting your growth

Each of our partnerships are built around our Advise, Attract, Develop model. This approach helps you understand the skills your team needs, provide you with the talent to build high performing leadership and continue working with you to ensure your long-term success.

Our approach

Advise

Our consultative approach ensures your talent strategy is tailored to achieve your business objectives.

We partner with boards and CEOs to advise on structure, succession, capability gaps and long-term revenue engine team design.

Attract

Each of our search partners specialise in a specific skillset or industry, giving an unrivalled understanding of and access to senior talent.

We run a rigorous seven-stage search methodology to approach and appoint the right senior leaders.

Develop

Our partnership doesn’t end when an appointment has been made. We are dedicated to delivering the best search experience you’ll ever have.

We support new leaders post-appointment through our tailored communities, leading events and ongoing advisory input.

Your Executive Search Partners

Every search will be run end to end by a Partner and their team, and will be accountable for the process at each stage.

Get in touch to discuss your needs in more detail and learn more about how we can support your search.

Charlie Rawstron Co-founder

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