Douglas Bowen

Douglas Bowen - Chairman / Senior Consultant e-mail: Douglas Bowen started his retailing career with Littlewoods in store management and with Henry’s Stores, a department store group based in Manchester where he had a wide range of responsibilities in store management, merchandise management and new store openings. At C&J Clark he managed Torlink, a Division responsible for improving sales and profit performance of Clark stockist retailers through business consultancy and development of new retail businesses including franchising from its start in 1966 to 300 retailer clients and 70 new businesses in 1976. He joined Bally UK as Group Marketing Director with responsibilities which included all own-retail and franchise development from 12 shops in 1976 to over 200 in 1987. After Harvard Business School he was for four years Head of Bally’s Wholesale Division in addition to his marketing responsibilities and worked internationally on product development, research, promotion and retailing projects. He joined Fripp Sandeman in 1988, became Managing Director in 1990 and became Chairman in 2002. He has extended the company’s range of retail advisory work, carries out individual projects and ensures consistency of approach in all FSP output to clients. He also acts a Retail Expert, speaks to trade gatherings on retailing and shopping centre issues and writes training and other material including case studies.