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Richard Fitzpatrick is head of Retailmap's clothing and footwear consulting division. He has worked in retail consulting and research for over 15 years, having worked for Management Horizons Europe for 7 years before founding former retail consultancy comp shop. Prior to this he worked for the Gap in the USA and Arcadia in the UK. contact...

Mark O'Hare is head of Shoppermap (a division of Retailmap). He has worked for over 20 years developing and providing IT-based solutions to blue-chip companies, having worked for GEC, Smiths Industries, Select Software Tools and Misys, providing solutions to clients including Next, Microsoft, IBM and UBS. contact...

Lynn Bradbury is head of Retailmap's furniture, upholstery and homewares division. She worked as a buyer for 16 years for large blue chip companies such as Arcadia and Next before joining retailmap in January 2002 to head up the home division. contact...

Other members of the Retailmap research team have relevant backgrounds in buying, merchandising and visual merchandising. Most have worked for large multiple retailers in head office-based roles prior to joining us. Many also have degrees in industry-related subjects including fashion, textiles, business and marketing.