Clients & Testimonials

Pepkor UK - Pep&Co

The clothing arm of Pepkor trades as Pep&Co and I have worked as a consultant for 18 months initially focusing on the store roll out into Poundland and helping implement and structure merchandising processes for Pep&Co as it grows rapidly within the UK and Western Europe. Other projects were on allocation & replenishment, introduction of automated WSSI, small spaced stores & the potential for further store roll out, store grading and recommendations on the strategic focus for the range and relationship with poundland

Bella Unica

Start up website specialising in Made in Italy women's fashion - involved in set up and implementation of monitoring systems and ongoing analysis to maximise trading

J&L (Leic) Ltd

J&L is a sourcing hub for retailers to access UK factories for both brands & white label

Work on setting up supply base, liaising with potential customers, launch of brands (Ame de Vie & Erreur Humaine)

Working with supply base of online specialists

Improving Sustainability credentials

LInks to articles - Pep&Co

Poundland Rollout

Further store expansion

Testimonials / References

Derek Lovelock -

I have known James from working with him at Mamas & Papas

James built great relationships at all levels across organisational boundaries. He gained the trust and the respect of both his peers and team members, which was paramount as he restructured departments and introduced a cross departmental Global Trading Calendar.

During a period of significant change at M&P, James kept a professional attitude at all times showing tenacity, resilience and the determination to seek out opportunities to improve the business, taking broad responsibility and making decisions at pace

On a personal level, I found James very enjoyable to work with and really appreciated the fact that he was prepared to challenge the status quo whilst, at the same time, supporting his arguments with well worked facts

I found James made sound commercial decisions based on the right balance of intuition and analysis, to grasp opportunities and drive performance. He not only established and managed the trading calendar, but also undertook significant ownership of the Transport Strategy and the Store Location Strategy

I would have no hesitation in recommending James as a great asset to any organisation

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