Client List

At Jumbo Supermarkten we aim to offer our customers the best service, the largest range and the lowest prices, and we are now delighted to be able to extend our unique formula to our customers via online shopping. With The Netherlands’ online grocery market expected to triple in the coming years, we embarked on this project with Javelin Group almost two years ago to meet the current and future needs of our customers. Javelin Group has been central to the success of Jumbo.com, from initial definition, through design to implementation. It has been a delight to work with such a professional team at Javelin Group and I am immensely proud of what we have achieved together.​
Roland van den Berg, former eCommerce Director, Jumbo Supermarkten.

We hired Javelin Group to conduct a detailed strategic review of our online grocery business, with a big focus on customer priorities. The team brought a wealth of industry knowledge and experience to the table, rapidly identifying the key problems we were facing and working collaboratively with our team to create actionable solutions with significant impact. The roadmap they created with all of the strategic recommendations has now been largely implemented with revenue and profit results ahead of our expectations. I would have no hesitation in hiring them again and would recommend them highly.
Robbie Feather, former Online Director, Sainsbury’s.

Javelin Group perfectly responded to our brief and worked with us throughout the piece of work to ensure they were fully meeting our requirements. It is a testament to their thoroughness and competence that at their final presentation we had no unanswered questions and a clear focus for next steps.
Richard Luck, Manager of eCommerce and Product Ownership, Waitrose.

We are now thrilled to offer our customers a seamless multi-channel experience across all devices, on a robust platform. We have seen a 50% improvement in site performance and an immediate uplift in sales following the launch of our new website. It has been an absolute pleasure to work with Javelin Group and we have already engaged the team for ongoing and future work.
Pieter Heij, Multi-Channel & IT Director, de Bijenkorf.

Javelin Group carried out a detailed strategic review and performance improvement analysis of our online and multi-channel business and identified many high value opportunities in our online marketing, merchandising, user experience and cross-channel activities, which we then implemented. This excellent work can justifiably claim a fair share of the credit for the 88% growth that Debenhams.com then experienced over the next 12 months.
Michael Sharp, former CEO, Debenhams.

The Javelin Group supported eBay with the development of our strategic Click & Collect programme. Playing a lead role in both design and delivery, the Javelin Group team quickly adapted to our culture and became trusted and respected members of the cross functional team. Their experience in retail, logistics and operation management was critical to the success of this programme.
Gerard Sweeney, former Senior Manager, Business Seller Growth, eBay.

Javelin Group has worked with us on both the definition and execution of our omni-channel strategy. Javelin Group’s unique ability to define a strategic vision, while at the same time providing detailed operational recommendations, has helped ensure that the strategy permeates all levels of our organisation. The fact that Javelin Group is working for omni-channel leaders has been key in terms of business and organisation recommendations. We are pleased with our choice to have Javelin Group accompany us on our journey of omni-channel transformation.
Bertrand Jungo, former CEO, Manor.

Javelin Group’s analytical approach was rigorous, flexible and impressive. The team’s recommendations made strong intuitive and commercial sense…we certainly recommend Javelin Group and look forward to working with them again in the future.
Craig Bales, former Property Director, Poundland.

We are very pleased with the work of Javelin Group. Your knowledge and experience of similar projects have been a great help to us and is definitely exactly what we were looking for. Your team got acquainted extremely fast with the project and has adapted very well to the working community and is liked among colleagues in the organization. Our project has got a good start and we are very confident that it will be a success, with Javelin Group’s efforts being an essential part of it.
Bjorn Hoglund, Logistics Director, Stockmann.

Javelin Group helped to give our store roll-out planning a clear direction. It has saved us time by pointing us at the most attractive locations for store openings and is helping us to deliver successfully on our ambitious growth plans.
James Collins, Business Development Director, TOFS.

With most of New Zealand’s population being an active customer of The Warehouse Group, our ability to better understand and serve our customers relies heavily on advanced customer data processing and marketing. We engaged Javelin Group to help us review and refine our customer data strategy. They brought experience from work with their European and US clients and the Javelin Group consultants had both a strategic outlook and a practical mindset. They helped us identify further opportunities in our strategy and developed a clear vision and process to help us move forward. I am very pleased with their work and recommend them highly.
Simon Turner, CEO, The Warehouse (New Zealand).

We’ve had a really good experience working with Javelin Group. We do things quickly, we’re quite nimble, and they fit in with that. We had a big challenge, they came in, got the culture very quickly, got the brief, and gave us a great solution so we are very pleased.
Nick Robertson, non-executive Director, ASOS.

We commissioned Javelin Group to help us think through our ecommerce strategy in China. As we are in the early phase of execution it was important to develop clarity around the approach. Javelin Group was able to leverage its ecommerce expertise which combined with solid research gave us great insight in to how best to move forward with focus and confidence. We are very pleased with the outcome of this project.
Tim Heard, Senior Vice President, Caleres.

We have a notable percentages of sales coming from retail stores, contact centres and online channels including mobile and tablet. However, we needed the central backbone to tie these channels more closely together to enhance our omni-channel experience for our customers. Demandware’s scalable commerce platform and the digital retail strategy and implementation experience of Javelin Group have resulted in a flawless transformation of the Charles Tyrwhitt customer experience.

The joint effort has equipped us with the resources to continue enhancing our speed to market and developing the new functionality to meet customer needs. The new website launch has gone more smoothly than we could have imagined, and this is testament to the effort, focus and high standard of work involved by everyone in the Javelin Group, Demandware and Charles Tyrwhitt teams.
Simon Kerry, former CIO, Charles Tyrwhitt.

Damart is a multi-channel clothing retailer, operating across France, Belgium and the UK. We decided to centralise our design, buying, and photography, and asked Javelin Group to help with the process and critical path design, the new organisation structure, roles and responsibilities, and the technology enablers. They delivered an outstanding piece of work, which we are delighted with, so we engaged them to manage the implementation, a major change programme impacting the core of our business. This “new vision” programme has been very successful, and I’m very pleased with Javelin Group’s work. I highly recommend them.
Jacques Destobbeleer, International Director of Product Offer, Damart Group.

We engaged with Javelin Group to provide us with an objective view of an appropriate marketing spend, with a specific focus on digital. The response was professional, swift and provided us with credible benchmarking and recommendations to work from in the future… a small piece of work that will make a significant difference.
Mark Seager, Marketing Director, Fat Face.

The quality of the work delivered by Javelin Group went far beyond what even I was expecting. The team delivered a full corporate strategy in just 10 weeks, achieving depth in a remarkable range of business areas, from customer experience and product to technology, operations and international expansion. I was especially impressed by the deep level of expertise as well as dedication and commitment of the Javelin Group team. This was exceptional work and I will be using the delivered plan to drive our business over the next five years.
Gareth Jones, CEO, Missguided.

Javelin Group’s team delivered clear strategic options and very practical recommendations to drive our international, omni-channel, and marketing technology strategies. They gave ongoing high quality support to our international team, more than rose to the brief in the omni-channel area, and gave us great understanding of the right technology for us. We are pleased with their results and found them a pleasure to work with.
Keith Nesbitt, Chief Operating Officer, T. M. Lewin.

Javelin Group played a key role in helping re-define our expansion strategy for emerging markets. The team delivered focused strategic insight and practical recommendations in a collaborative and personal manner.
Richard O’Rourke, Senior Vice President, International, Timberland LLC.

With the new wefashion.com, WE takes a step into the future: easy shopping in an inspiring environment ‘anytime, anywhere and on any device’. In order to stay relevant as a brand you need to be where the consumer is, and nowadays that is everywhere. That is why a strong omni-channel strategy and a perfect integration of the bricks and clicks worlds are so important. We are very proud of what we have achieved and we are convinced that we now offer our customers a unique online shopping experience.
Martine Baarschers, former eCommerce Manager, WE Fashion.

We really enjoyed working with the Javelin team, and were delighted with the project’s results which have helped us to refine our location search criteria and to approach new markets with even more confidence.
Peter McTague, former Business Development Director, BrightHouse.

Javelin Group leveraged its global omni-channel expertise to assist Comfy in designing an omni-channel strategy that would drive value in a highly challenging macroeconomic and commercial environment. The Javelin Group team worked closely and effectively with Comfy in order to understand the nature and dynamics of the Ukrainian market. It adapted and tailored its plans to reflect the unique nature of the market and delivered a detailed set of actionable, pragmatic recommendations. We have now implemented many of their recommendations and would not hesitate to endorse them to other retailers.
Gennadii Verbylenko, Chief Executive Officer, Comfy.

We hired Javelin Group to assist in developing a 2 year multi-channel roadmap which prioritised our multi-channel initiatives and created cost/benefit cases for each one. Javelin Group’s forecasts have been highly accurate and we have successfully implemented a number of key initiatives from this work. We recently retained Javelin Group to repeat the exercise for a specific part of our multi-channel programme and again, they have identified significant sales opportunities for the business. Their detailed knowledge of key benchmarks and best practice across both business and IT has been invaluable on both pieces of work.
Robyn Doyle, ‎former Head of eCommerce Strategy & Planning, Dixons Carphone.

Javelin Group has helped us look at our customers and our store network in a new way. Their insight has continued to help drive a series of practical business decisions that is helping us to deliver growing sales in a tough economic environment and is helping us to reach the right decisions on store investment.
Neil Page, Finance Director, Carpetright.

We engaged Javelin Group to help build an omni-channel strategy for our B2B and B2C Building Material businesses in the Nordics. Javelin Group worked closely with us, understood our B2B challenges, and linked the latest ecommerce thinking to our industry. Javelin Group challenged existing strategies, and through a 360 degree approach and a very comprehensive list of projects and initiatives, we now have a real plan for how to become the omni-channel leader in our industry. We’re very happy we choose Javelin Group to help us – they proved to be true omni-channel experts.
Ole Mikael Jensen, President & CEO, Stark Group.

We are extremely proud of our new mobile commerce website and the exceptional user experience it offers our customers. Javelin Group has again successfully delivered a challenging project, and it was a pleasure to work with the team.
Tony Preedy, former Marketing Director, Lakeland.

Working with Javelin Group has transformed our approach to retail store planning. We can now produce consistent store appraisals utilising multiple sources of data quickly and easily. In addition, our investment in Alteryx has allowed us to realise many other uses and applications, for example, our Group Finance team use the software to support their store based financial reporting. We’re very pleased to be using Alteryx and working with Javelin Group.
Gordon Forsyth, Group Property Director, Steinhoff International.

Javelin Group quickly identified a significant stock reduction opportunity and gave us clear guidelines for how this could be achieved. I am very pleased with the outcome of the project.
Nick Wood, former CEO, American Golf.

The team and their work have been exceptional and have won the support of our entire management team. We have already commissioned more work from Javelin Group and have every intention of building a long-term working relationship with the team.
Phil Walker, former Chief Marketing Officer, Gala Coral Group.

Javelin Group understands the cultural and organisational challenge very well and worked seamlessly with both external and internal partners to ensure a complete cross-functional plan was delivered. I recommend them highly. Clive West, Digital Director, Halfords.

Just a quick note to thank everyone at Javelin Group for what’s been achieved with our new website. We’ve been consistently impressed with how efficiently and professionally the project has been run, and how smooth the launch process was. Most importantly of course we’re delighted with the website itself, and the feedback from customers and our staff has been very positive. I know your team has been working extremely hard to make this happen. It’s a pleasure to work with a partner who are so invested in the success of the project, and everyone concerned deserves great credit for a job well done. I look forward to future projects with Javelin Group.
Richard Weaver, eCommerce Director, Majestic Wine.

Javelin Group’s space modelling work is delivering 3-4% like for like sales growth in our trial stores. We are now rolling it out across our 200 store estate.
John Farrell, former Group Development Director, Pets at Home.

When trying to determine which adviser to use for the commercial due diligence on Wiggle there was only one option: Javelin Group. Their cross channel credentials meant they understood the challenges faced from all competition: online and stores. Their diagnostic tools allowed us to assess Wiggle against best practice, their assessment of systems in general allowed us to measure scalability. They met a very tight timetable and we were able to invest with confidence.
Vince Gwilliam, Partner, Bridgepoint.

Following a rigorous partner selection process, Arco engaged with Javelin Group in 2016 to work with the business to define its omni-channel strategy. Javelin Group’s approach is best described as detailed, thorough and professional. The quality and experience of the individuals within their team was outstanding. Within a relatively short period of time, the team was able to collate, review and analyse a huge amount of information and data and identify the key takeaways. From this, Javelin Group helped us to define a clear omni-channel vision for the business and a strategic roadmap to help us deliver that vision. Ultimately the project team and the broader business were very happy with Javelin Group and would recommend them as a strategic partner.
Neil Jowsey, Joint MD, Arco.

We engaged Javelin Group to help build an omni-channel strategy for our B2B and B2C Building Material businesses in the Nordics. Javelin Group worked closely with us, understood our B2B challenges, and linked the latest ecommerce thinking to our industry. Javelin Group challenged existing strategies, and through a 360 degree approach and a very comprehensive list of projects and initiatives, we now have a real plan for how to become the omni-channel leader in our industry. We’re very happy we choose Javelin Group to help us – they proved to be true omni-channel experts.
Ole Mikael Jensen, President & CEO, Stark Group.

We engaged Javelin Group to support a strategic review of our website experience and performance improvement analysis based on relevant benchmarking. Their proven track record experience from retail and other sectors has helped to develop a set of recommendations that we are implementing. Javelin Group immersed themselves into our business and delivered a comprehensive review of current state and future potential that could shift the dial to deliver a better digital experience for our customers. We were very happy to choose Javelin Group for this exercise and would positively recommend them to others.
Arslan Sharif, former Digital Director, British Gas.

Travelex engaged Javelin Group to help us understand the strength of our digital organisation structure and processes. They worked closely with my executive team and the Digital function to understand our goals, the challenges and opportunities. Javelin Group’s obvious experience in organisation design, technology delivery and agile processes gave us the confidence we needed that our digital approach, as enhanced by their recommendations, was sound.
Anthony Wagerman, CEO, Travelex.

Javelin Group carried out a review of the Which? subscriptions and entitlements enterprise architecture. The team’s depth of knowledge and their experience of enterprise architecture was clear from day one. They brought a strong approach and provided relevant analysis and clear recommendations to enable us to make informed decisions on the future of these critical components of our technology landscape.
Mike Seery, former Director of Digital & CTO, Which?

Retail plays an important part in the Ben & Jerry’s success story. Our stores are where the brand is brought to life, encouraging consumers to join us in support of our social mission. Javelin Group understands retail and retail technology thoroughly; the team was able to grasp quickly the Ben & Jerry’s brand and identify the technology that would best support the customer experience that we aim to deliver.
Debra Heintz, Global Director of Retail Scoop Shops, Ben & Jerry’s.

We enjoyed working with Javelin Group very much – the team were friendly, flexible and collaborative throughout the engagement. We have used the detailed location recommendations and sales forecasts delivered by the project as a key part of our site evaluation process and have found the work both useful and accurate!
Michael Gardner, Property Director, Nando’s.

The marketing campaign using Javelin Group data gave remarkable and unprecedented results. I was very pleased with the insight this project delivered and would recommend the team at Javelin Group.
Adam Blackwell, Business Development Manager, Citroën UK.

At Nestle, we embarked wholeheartedly on our consumer digital transformation journey, from communication to commerce, but needed to dramatically increase our speed and focus. We engaged Javelin Group to help us refine our vision, ambition, strategy, organization and technology, as well as create an execution plan. From the very first meeting, the Javelin Group team was highly engaged and collaborative. They have deep knowledge of all things digital, and gave us immediate confidence that we had chosen a genuine partner that understood our needs. We emerged with a true strategy and execution plan that was supported by all levels of the organization. We were all very impressed with the Javelin Group team, and would highly recommend them.
Rob Case, Chief Marketing Officer, Nestlé USA.

We could not have found a better partner than the Javelin Group team. They were valuable in helping to develop our omni-channel retail transformation. Their collaborative approach embraced our key stakeholders from the start, and they quickly became an extension of our team. Javelin Group’s thoroughness in approach, their understanding of apparel and their global retail experience has provided rich content and insight that is having a significant impact on our business. The final deliverables, inclusive of detailed roadmaps and project charters, provided a practical pace and sequence that was in line with our business maturity and resources. I would not hesitate in working with Javelin Group again on future projects.
David Bortolussi, President & Managing Director and Kate Hann, Consumer Goods Director, Hanes Brands

We have been working with Javelin Group for the past two years to drive our ecommerce and omni-channel agenda. The support that Javelin Group has provided – from strategic proposition development through to website development and implementation – has always been high quality and they combine deep digital expertise with a flexible approach, that has adapted to our organisation. Javelin Group combine a breadth of experience of all areas of omni-channel retail and have shared their knowledge with us, helping us to develop our in-house expertise.

What makes Javelin Group stand out is their ability to work efficiently and to produce recommendations that we can implement quickly, to deliver tangible results. Another differentiator is that we work with the same people throughout the process, from the initial understanding of the brief, during the analysis and project working and then at the end in presenting the outcome; this end to end engagement is a real value add compared to other partners that we work with. We enjoy working with Javelin Group and highly recommend them.
Keith Higgins, Global SVP eCommerce, Unilever.

The redevelopment of Surrey Quays and Harmsworth Quays is not only a very important project for British Land but also a key component in delivering the ambition of the Canada Water masterplan. Creating the right scale of development with the right mix of retail and foodservice at a time when consumer spending behaviour is rapidly changing is critical. We have been very happy with the expertise that the Javelin Group team brought to the project and how they engaged with the British Land development team.
Richard Wise, Head of Retail Development, British Land.

I have been impressed by the professionalism of the Javelin Group team throughout the project and how they have always responded quickly and efficiently whenever I have needed support leading up to important discussions with target tenants. Their experience and knowledge of what a retailer wants to know about a new store opportunity and how to communicate this has been extremely valuable.
Stephen Clark, Managing Director, The Churchmanor Estates Company.

Javelin Group was appointed after a selection process and has done an excellent job for us, working closely with various teams across our business to provide valuable insight on our shopping centre assets. Project delivery in Tableau dashboards has made interpretation of the results and sharing of information across the business so much easier.
Alex Evered, Group Head of Insight, Hammerson.

Hammerson has sought Javelin Group’s advice about the future of retail not only because of their extensive experience working on shopping centre and retailer location strategy projects but also because of their wider first-hand experience of working with retailers on the key issues that are defining how retail is changing. Javelin Group’s insight has been extremely valuable, guiding Hammerson as it implements its strategy of creating retail destinations.
Stephen Brown, Group Marketing Director, Hammerson.

Javelin Group is our first port of call for fast turn-around, independent and objective reviews of target assets. Their knowledge of the changing retail market gives us valuable insight not only into how an asset is performing now but, critically, how it’s likely to do 5 years down the line. The vast amount of retail performance metrics at their finger tips and their direct experience of working with so many different retailers means their advice is well-informed and reliable.
Matthew Hunt, Former Director, InfraRed Capital Partners.

Javelin Group’s understanding of retail and retailer performance levels gives us genuine insight into how a scheme is performing.  With this knowledge, we are in a better position to value an asset we are potentially about to invest in.
David Snelgrove, Managing Director, Real Estate Opportunities, Oaktree Capital Management.

Javelin Group’s ability to assess multiple locations at a sufficient level of detail to draw out any concerns was vital in helping us make important decisions about whether to proceed with such a significant investment.
Laurent Luccioni, Head of Commercial Real Estate, PIMCO.

The letting process for Friars Walk has been going very well. We’re 60% let with about a year to go before opening. Javelin Group’s work has been instrumental in helping us get to this point not only in terms of giving us the confidence that this development will be a success but also in persuading retailers that opening a store in Wales, in Newport, close to Cardiff, is going to be a profitable exercise for them. At a time when retailers are re-thinking the shape of their portfolios, having research to support the viability of a new scheme from a respected company such as Javelin Group is essential.
Stuart Harris, Commercial Director & Co-Founder, Queensberry Real Estate.

The team at Javelin Group knows everything about retail! Their understanding of how consumer spending behaviour is evolving and how this affects the viability of retail property was a crucial part of our story in convincing the local authority to reconsider its recommendations. Javelin Group’s support has played an important role in securing the long-term future of the Treaty Centre and, furthermore, has helped us add value to the asset.
Nick Tribe, Partner, Quidnet Capital.

Javelin Group provided us with a valuable alternative evaluation of this prestigious new scheme’s trading potential and the level of rent retailers could afford to pay. We deliberately wanted an outside opinion of which international tenants to target and Javelin Group’s work successfully identified a wider universe of tenants than had previously been put forward.
Irem Yucel Kaymak, former Commercial Manager, Zorlu Holding.

Battersea Power Station will be a unique retail destination, offering a range of new shopping, eating, leisure and cultural experiences and activities for residents of, workers in and visitors to the development. Due to the unique proposition, we wanted to engage a consultancy to help assess the opportunity for our varied audiences. Javelin Group were appointed after a selection process and have done an excellent job, working closely with our team and delivering on a range of requirements for the research.
Jo Skilton, Head of Leasing, Battersea Power Station.

Due to the unique proposition, we wanted to engage a consultancy to help assess the opportunity for our varied audiences. Javelin Group was appointed after a selection process and has done an excellent job for us, working closely with our team and delivering on a range of requirements for the research.
Joanne Skilton, Head of Leasing, Battersea Power Station.

Javelin Group brings an ability to convert business scenarios and diverse data-sets into a smooth modelling process that combines all the key commercial drivers of our business. The CM Model delivers clear, practical outputs that we are able to input into our strategic plan. Javelin Group has been central to the model (and space planning’s) success.
Dave Ellis, Head of Research & Insight, Heathrow.

Javelin Group’s first three years of involvement have exceeded our expectations for the assignment. We have extended our relationship by another three years and are looking forward to working with Javelin Group in making Liverpool ONE the No.1 shopping destination in the North West.
Miles Dunnett, Head of Asset Management, Grosvenor Fund Management.

We selected Javelin Group to help us form a global view on industry trends and develop actionable planning principles for the commercial terminal space, which we have implemented to great success. It was a pleasure to work with such a professional and knowledgeable team.
Richard Gill, Head of Commercial, Birmingham Airport.

Javelin Group brings an ability to convert business scenarios and diverse data-sets into a smooth modelling process that combines all the key commercial drivers of our business. The CM Model delivers clear, practical outputs that we are able to input into our strategic plan. Javelin Group has been central to the model (and space planning’s) success.
Dave Ellis, Head of Research & Insight, Heathrow.

I just wanted to thank Javelin Group for all the hard work and effort that went into producing Network Rail’s Space Optimisation Model. We are really looking forward to utilising the tool to help drive the continual development of our tenant mix and through that deliver additional income which is then reinvested back into the Rail industry. I’m sure we will be working together again soon.
Daniel Charles, Retail Operations Manager, Network Rail.

Javelin Group’s work has been very important in communicating how Grand Central, with John Lewis as its anchor, will be the catalyst to Birmingham finally attracting spend from the many affluent catchment residents who currently shop elsewhere.
Keith Stone, Leasing Director, Network Rail.

Javelin Group did an excellent job in evaluating an investment opportunity in the food retail space. It was refreshing to work with a genuine specialist in this area, and their team of consultants who’d actually ‘been there and done it’ were able to offer us invaluable insight across a wide range of areas, including the target’s commercial proposition, the expansion opportunity, supply chain efficiency and IT adequacy. Combining retail expertise with well honed due diligence skills, Javelin Group was able to produce a comprehensive, robust and thoughtful review of the opportunity, which gave us the confidence to compete hard in the process.
Jamie Rivers, Partner, BC Partners.

When trying to determine which adviser to use for the commercial due diligence on Wiggle, the online-only cycle retailer, there was only one option: Javelin Group. Their multi- channel credentials meant they understood the challenges faced from all competition. Their diagnostic tools allowed us to assess Wiggle against best practice; their assessment of systems in general allowed us to measure scalability. Inevitably there were gaps in information but Javelin Group was able to adapt and redirect work to drive towards resolution of key commercial issues. They met a very tight timetable and we were able to invest with confidence.
Vince Gwilliam, Partner, Bridgepoint.

Javelin Group consultants are specialists, who worked with us on the commercial growth strategy for an online building supplies company that we had recently acquired. They did a great job, quickly getting up to speed with the business and developing an excellent collaborative working relationship us. Their rapid performance assessment provided rich insight on the strengths and improvement opportunities. By working with Javelin Group we have real clarity on where to focus and how to meet our ambitious growth targets for the business, plus a implementation roadmap. Our management team are already beginning to implement Javelin Group’s recommendations. We will be working with Javelin Group again, and I would highly recommend them to both retailers and investors.
Alex Bayliss, Managing Director, Cairngorm Capital.

Javelin Group’s due diligence work gave the perfect balance of strategic breadth and analytical depth in a very short timeframe. Our evaluation benefited significantly from their expert opinion as a retail specialist, and we would readily use them again.
Steve Petrow, Managing Director, Change Capital Partners.

Javelin Group is well recognised in the PE community for the quality of its work in evaluating store portfolios. The primary purpose of this particular exercise was to assist Lion Capital in assessing future financing options, but it also helped us to further guide management to the right future property decisions. The project met all our expectations and provided us with very useful insights.
Fabrice Chesnais,former Principal, Lion Capital.

Javelin Group’s understanding of retail and retailer performance levels gives us genuine insight into how a scheme is performing.  With this knowledge, we are in a better position to value an asset we are potentially about to invest in.
David Snelgrove, Managing Director, Real Estate Opportunities, Oaktree Capital Management.

This was our first experience with Javelin Group. We were operating under an extremely tight timetable to complete the transaction in a sector where obvious data points and market information was in short supply. Due to the deep retail expertise and experience of the Javelin Group team, we were provided with an extremely well-constructed report. Javelin Group used genuine innovation in the data around the report to allow us to understand the main drivers, risks and mitigating factors of the business we were looking to acquire. Javelin Group brought to life the potential of the business opportunity through use of data and really helped unlock the acquisition for us. We would not hesitate to use Javelin Group again.
Michael Burt, Partner, Promethean Investments.

Javelin Group’s retail experience was essential to understanding the dynamics of our target’s business. What also impressed us was the speed with which they understood the critical success factors of the business and its technology infrastructure. This deep understanding enabled them to produce a very challenging and valuable evaluation of our target’s growth plans.
Nigel Hammond, Partner, Vespa Capital.