Having worked closely with Thomas Bogle for a number of years I am pleased to give the following testimonial. Thomas has a wide ranging knowledge and experience of retailing. He worked for a number of years as Manager of an A store where he displayed his qualities of honesty and integrity and where his knowledge of customer service was second to none. He was later promoted to the position of Group Buyer where he had a multi million Euro budget. He has a keen eye for product and he had little difficulty in complying with budget constraints. He later became Operations Director where he was responsible for all shops in the group as well as online sales, HR and the warehouse. He introduced a number of efficiencies and improved work practices into the business growing sales and reduced overhead. He is knowledgeable and proficient in a number of IT programmes. He has always displayed strong inter personal skills and leadership qualities. His extensive business acumen and practical experience will be of enormous benefit to any business.

Thomas has a vast amount of experience in the sports retail industry, as a new business I decided that it was necessary to seek out some support that could offer fresh eyes for what we are trying to achieve. I had worked with Thomas previously and while we didn’t always agree on how to do certain things we always had a great mutual respect for what we were trying to achieve as a team. Knowing the nature of our relationship I knew that I would always get honest feedback with the businesses best interest at heart. We have worked with Thomas for some months now and I am more than happy to give a testimonial for services provided around strategy, new business development, consultancy & mentorship.

We have been working with Thomas for nearly 8 months now, he has been an excellent mentor, provided real world advice on scalability, helped us implement new financial systems and is helping us build up our capabilities, KPIS, systems and procedures. We can’t thank Thomas enough for his help, time and expertise.

I have been working with Tommy Since October 2021 and I am delighted to say that my sales, margin and net profit have all increased hugely since we met. 7 Summits Consultancy was referred to me by another SME retail business who couldn’t speak highly enough of the work that had been done with them around Sales, Operations, Buying and Marketing. I sent Tommy a message asking if he would come and visit our store mostly to receive some constructive feedback. Within in minutes of visiting Tommy identified opportunities to grow sales by investing in stock, implementing budgeting and sales analysis, setting KPI’s and targets for instore and online. He instinctively knew the value of inventory I had on the shop floor after a brief walk through which I thought was very impressive, I even ran off reports and his estimate was spot on! We work collectively speaking weekly and meeting monthly to review the previous month and plan for the months and quarters ahead. I would recommend 7 summits consultancy to any business who wants to grow, understand data better, implement better practices and who need a sounding board to go to get advice. All in all, Tommy comes highly recommended by me and I am excited to continue to watch Spoilt Belle Boutique grow alongside his guidance.

I have worked with 7 Summits for over 2 years, Thomas was referred to me by a supplier in the fashion trade. When we first met it was around marketing and ecommerce however, we quickly parked that conversation as we both believed that other fundamental pillars in the business needed to be addressed before we added new sales channels. Thomas created and implemented a purchasing strategy that has reduced stock by over 25% while increasing sales by over 50%. We have introduced a new department to the store, completed a store refresh, hired a general manager, implemented contracts and numerous polices around stock, cash management and merchandising. With 7 Summits Consultancy’s support, guidance, mentorship and retail experience we are stable and growing. I can highly recommend 7 Summits Consultancy if you want to grow and save money, business owners might think they are doing okay but there is always room for improvement! He has been a massive addition to the business with a real focus of improving and bringing all the team together in the same direction. We really look forward to working with Thomas in the future and growing our business.

I have been working with 7 Summits Consultancy since Summer 2021, I own a children’s clothing shop and managed to survive the pandemic, however due to having to close the store for 192 days we needed to recover those lost sales and put a growth strategy plan in place. The business was overstocked but I decided to use my initiative and got a business consultant (Tommy) to put me back on the right track after covid. Tommy stopped me getting overwhelmed and supported me thought a difficult period while we got the business foundations in place in terms of stock, cashflow, payment terms and brand performance. Together we weathered the storm, I have relocated store, sales are above and beyond anything I could have ever expected. I have a clear plan on what is needed to grow instore and online for the rest of 2023. I would recommend 7 summits consultancy to any business who have started a retail business with a passion for products but don’t understand how to get it to grow and what’s needed to do it correctly.