ARC — Atlas Retail Consultants: Consultant Profile: Paul Haslam
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According to genealogical records Paul's family have been involved in retailing from the early 1870's; the male line running pubs and the female side trading small grocery stores.
His first experience in retail was in his mother's corner shop at the age of four, fetching products for her customers. At age five he took a fifteen year sabbatical to attend school and university, before returning to retail again. From that time he has worked in store operations, buying and merchandising as well as seven years as head of merchandising on the Poundstretcher management executive with both general executive responsibilities and specific responsibility for management information. He also has an MBA from Manchester Business School.
His portfolio includes:
- C & A;
- Dorothy Perkins;
- Top Man;
- Top Shop;
- New Look (inc. New Look France);
- Littlewoods (St Petersburg);
- Poundstretcher;
- Poundstretcher (Poland);
- adidas;
- Select Retail
Paul has a broad knowledge of the retail trade, having merchandised products as diverse as artificial Christmas trees and fashion clothing. His expertise focuses on merchandise planning and store operations. He is able to consult on all elements of store operations and merchandise projects from:
- initial needs and benefits analysis;
- running and documenting requirements definition workshops;
- implementation;
- training and support;
- project management and steering group responsibilities.
Outside of consulting life, Paul lives with Kath and their three dogs and enjoys running, long walks and throwing lots of balls. Sadly, he also supports Bolton Wanderers.