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
Sticks’n’Sushi hires CMO. Simon Gaske has been named as Chief Marketing Officer of the premium Japanese restaurant group. He was previously CMO at ETM Group and tech start-up, Ambl, as well as Director of Sales at Stonegate Group.
Miu Miu announces new CEO. Silvia Onofri has been appointed as the new CEO of Italian fashion brand Miu Miu by the Prada Group. She will assume the role on 26 February, succeeding Benedetta Petruzzo, who joined Christian Dior Couture in October.
Iro appoints first Artistic Director. The French fashion label has appointed Nicolas Rohaut to the role. Nicolas, who has previously worked with luxury brands like Paco Rabanne and Dior, will show his debut collection for Iro during Resort 2026, scheduled for release in June.
