Retail

Ellis Fairbank’s Retail and Fashion Practice comprises a dedicated team of recruitment consultants who each posses extensive experience within this sector.  Through combining this specialist industry knowledge with Ellis Fairbank’s unique and integrated service proposition, we commit to offering recruitment and HR solutions which are bespoke to the individual needs of our clients and candidates, on an international scale. 

In a candidate driven market where quality talent is scarce, Ellis Fairbank is one of the select few executive search and selection consultancies who entirely specialise within the retail and fashion markets.  Focusing on Mid-Management to Executive Director and Board level positions, our consultants operate exclusively within their designated market sectors, which principally include Fashion, Food and Non Food Retail, Wholesale, Fashion and Luxury Goods, Premium Skincare and Cosmetics and Sports/Lifestyle and Footwear.

Particular disciplines within which we specialise include Buying and Merchandising, Sales, Design, Marketing and PR, Creative Direction, Operations, Product Development and Technologists.

Through working with strong networks of industry contacts and long-established media relationships we remain up to date with   the most topical issues, challenges and trends pertinent to these markets. Moreover, with the added expertise of an in-house team of HR Consultants and Researchers, the advice and thought leadership both client and candidate are offered remains unrivalled in this marketplace.

At Ellis Fairbank, we offer an all-encompassing approach to recruitment which begins by understanding our client’s strategic business objectives, together with individual management principles and cultural values. This consultative approach, combined with our scientific methodologies and industry expertise, means we can provide long-term solutions for both candidate and client, whereby an individual not only has the pre-agreed skills and knowledge required, but also mirrors the organisation’s cultural dynamics.