Retail
Our retail practice has placed key talent across UK and global retailers for more than 30 years
Retail is at the core of our business, giving us the opportunity to work with many leading retailers. We span all formats – from convenience to big box – and advise on board-level and strategically important functional roles. We actively track emerging industry talent, and pride ourselves on our leadership insight. The functions we specialise in include CEO/MD, Retail Director, Finance Director, Operations Director, Multi-Channel Director, Commercial/Trading Director, Marketing Director and HR Director.
Our Experience
Books & Entertainment
DIY & Homewares
Home & General Merchandise
Speciality
Department Stores
Electrical
Grocery & Convenience
Sports & Leisure
Discount
Estate Agents
Health & Beauty
Wholesale
Leading a global organisational restructure and sourcing exceptional senior talent in a number of global markets required a search partner who knew consumer markets exceptionally well and worked quickly to understand our brand. MBS was that exceptional partner. They worked with speed, integrity, and outside of hours on many occasions with myself to secure practically a whole new global Leadership team, ranging from Global CEO to a series of Country Head roles.
Latest MBS News & Intelligence
Department stores, part II: the generation game
Moira Benigson
SSP CFO and Deputy CEO to retire. Jonathan Davies is retiring after more than 20 years with SSP. He will be replaced by Geert Verellen who will join in April as CFO Designate. Jonathan will remain on the board until September 2025 and will step down as Deputy CEO in December.
Former Nike head to join REI as CEO. Mary Beth Laughton will assume the role, replacing Eric Artz. She will join as President on 3 February before assuming her role as CEO on 31 March. Mary previously held leadership positions at Nike, most recently as Head of Global Direct to Consumer.
Ralph Lauren appoints new Chief Operating Officer. Ralph Lauren has appointed Bob Ranftl as Chief Operating Officer, effective 30 March 2025, succeeding Jane Nielsen. Bob, who joined the company in 2015, is currently the regional CEO for North America.
