John Ryan
Retail Analyst, Founder of Newstores
As founder and managing director of ‘Newstores’ he provides a service that delivers details daily of new stores from around the world for retail boards in the UK and overseas.
John is, among other things, European editor of VMSD, a contributor to Retail Week and Stores + Shops in Germany, as well as a regular speaker and writer for the World Retail Congress . On the consultancy side, his clients range from Marks & Spencer to Sainsbury’s, Primark to John Lewis.
In a previous life, he spent 13 years at C&A as a buyer and marketer.