David Kirkham

high quality ladies- and menswear and shoes.
effectively created the made-to-measure market for austin reed in the kingston/surrey area.
took heathrow terminal 4 branch (annual turnover 1.5 million pounds)in the six years that i was in charge, consistently into the top ten (out of 83 outlets), of the company, having inherited it when it was twentieth! adding nearly 50% to the branch's tunover.
successfully trained my staff that i employed to the extent that of the 10 staff promotions within heathrow airport for the company, 8 were from staff that had been under my wing, including two branch managers and three deputies.
dealt with BAA retail liaison managers on a regular basis.
other duties included...stock taking, merchandising, report writing and presentation, staff development.

Sector: Retail