Blog - Retail 

Riverdale’s Serpents Image via: Zimbio Halloween has become big business for retailers in the UK. In 2017, UK sales from Halloween grew to £320 million. Up from 2016 figures of £310 million according to a study by Mintel. Forward-thinking retailers are capitalising on this money making festive day by embracing the “experiential retail” aspect of it. As more and more consumer...

Image Credit: @rawpixels The Directory team participates annually in a handful of career days which focus on giving opportunities to those starting out their career and bringing fresh talent to our talent pool. As the new academic year is in full swing - the team has been reaching out and building their community with a core group of schools. This is ideal for students who a...

Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash As the job market, especially for new graduates, becomes a highly saturated and highly competitive landscape, it’s crucial for recruiters to look beyond what’s on paper. One of the advantages of working with a boutique recruitment agency like Directory is the application process goes beyond a CV to in-depth in-person interviews. Agency founders ...

As luxury brands release the ‘It’ bag and ‘It’ shoe each season, what is their internal ‘It’ must-have to win at the high stakes game to grab consumer dollars at check out? Not surprising at all, it’s not an ‘It’ anything but a ‘Who’. That who is the experienced, customer service-centric Mandarin-speaking sales associate. A 2015 study conducted by Bain & Company reported Chi...

Photo Credit: Photo by Zhou Yu on Unsplash There’s no doubt about it, Fashion Marketing is one of the top career goals for every fashion graduate who comes into Directory. New graduates are eager to get their academic career behind them and start gaining some real-life experience. But with graduate level roles in fashion marketing being rare and hard to come by, what are the...

Image Credit: @belart84 via Unsplash As the academic year winds down students are excited about some well deserved time off from having their head down in books, projects and final exams. Whilst its natural to dream of wearing cute summer rompers and sitting on sandy beaches watching the waves roll in, the reality is, many students need summer work. If you’re one of the hund...

Photo by Eutah Mizushima on Unsplash What are the lessons to be learned with this years much talked about Destiny’s Child reunion at Coachella? The most important one, when it comes to your career… leave on good terms. You never know what the future holds. We all know at one time Destiny’s Child was a 4 woman show. However, jealousy, politics and in-fighting saw two members ...

According to Real Business, the retail and customer service sector pull the most sick days with 6.4 and 6.2 days over a 12 month period. This kind of coverage turns into a juggling nightmare for managers and recruiters alike, especially over peak trading at Christmas. Here are some really easy health hacks for you to stay on your game, enjoy your work and remain healthy, so ...

Earlier this year Directory partnered with chic French online lifestyle brand Sézane. A brief came in to recruit the core sales team for the London Pop Up which is now open on South Molton Street. Sézane is the brainchild of Morgane Sezalory, which came to life due to a mixture of opportunity (the internet) and need (income). She has in a very short time, built the brand to ...

As social media is the new normal, it’s important to identify how to leverage each platform for your career goals. The team at Directory has just finished a cycle of career days at UAL, Met University, University of Coventry - London Campus, GCU as well as others. One thing a lot of students miss out on is not creating a LinkedIn account. In a world where millennials and Gen...