Stuart Margetts

Marketing and Business: Strategy, Project Management / Direction, Brand, Communications, Placemaking, Research and Customer Success.

Playdate dating app – the UK’s first dating app designed specifically for single parents. Founded by single Mum Nevine, Playdate offers up a safe space for parents to chat, connect and date other like-minded parents searching for a meaningful relationship.

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Business Development and partnership director

Sales director - UK, US and EMEA

Springboard is a leading provider of automated customer counting services, sales analysis software, and market catchment research. Delivering solutions across the entire range of customer generating environments: high streets, shopping centres, retail parks, conference, leisure and entertainment venues and transport interchanges across the UK, US and Europe With professional backgrounds in research, marketing, technology and consultancy within the retail and property industries, Springboard's senior management team has a deep and implicit understanding of the requirements for measuring and benchmarking performance and for establishing robust data. Working with industry bodies such as British Retail Consortium, REVO, Association of Town Centre Management, Institute of Place Management and Central Government we provide accurate and consistent measures on retail performance in the UK. My role as Board Director see's me lead the business in sales research, strategy and implementation. Management of global sales team. New product research, design and implementation. Exploration of new sales channels and territories. I adopt a partnership working approach with the operational team to ensure company sales procedures and strategies are implemented accurately business wide to ensure total customer success and driving company valuation of a SaaS model business.

Meadowhall shopping venue covers 1.4 million sq ft of floor space and inhabits 290 stores from top independent and international brands, 50 places to eat and drink, and an 11-screen cinema. Ever since it opened in 1990 on the site of a former steelworks, Meadowhall's been the place to shop in the Yorkshire region. There's also 12,000 free parking spaces and direct access via rail, road and tram. Senior Executive of Meadowhall Shopping Centre, design and implementation of property industry changing retail policies and procedures. Reporting and analysis of all retail trading elements, working with leasing teams on strategy to ensure key valuation growth for the business

Senior Executive with responsibility of designing and selling e-commerce products strategies for key premium branded clients including Reiss, All Saints, Gant, Bench, GioGoi. Management of a team of 35 across merchandising, account management, photography, customer service and technological developers

Cruise - recognised as the leading cutting-edge and influential luxury fashion retailer for men and women. It dominates the fashion retail scene in Scotland and the North of England with an unprecedented reputation for iconic international designer collections, directional street-led fashion and premium denim brands. My role as Company director with overall responsibility for turnover in excess of £45 million and 400 staff. Working with investors and other board directors on strategic planning of company direction, new store openings and markets. Financial planning of all company sales budgets, wage budgets and all retail spend.