Executive Group

ART VARTANIAN - General Director and founder of Retail Solutions has 18 years of retail experience with multi-national firms in the US, Europe and Russia, including 14 years in Russia, Central Europe and former CIS countries in senior management with companies such as Tesco, Kmart and Deloitte. He has a BA from Wayne State University Michigan and Certified Internal Auditor from Altamonte Springs, Florida.

 

PATRICK HOPPER - Director with a broad financial background including management and restructuring of international multi-store locations. Experience includes Board Member of Tesco BV Holdings, Tesco Central European Projects Director, CFO for Tesco Hypermarkets Czech Republic/Slovakia, CFO Little Switzerland and various positions at Kmart US and Europe. He has an undergraduate degree in Finance from Duquesne University Pittsburgh and Masters in Accounting from Walsh College. 

JOSEPH SURAN - Director with operational expertise who was responsible for a number of company implementations, program rollouts including responsibility for regional and department restructurings throughout his career. Formerly Country Manager at Tesco Stores and Kmart Stores Central Europe. He has an MBA from Florida State University. 



Partnerships

Supply Chain Management - Grigori Nazaryan, PH.D. is Managing Director for Fablog consulting operating in Armenia and the CIS markets. Our partnership enables Grigori to work under the Retail Solutions umbrella offering supply chain solutions to our retail clients. It also enables us to tap into the Fablog supply chain infrastructure for more complex retail consulting projects. Fablog-Consulting is a German logistics consulting and engineering firm specializing in logistics planning. 

 

Store Design - IAN BRYAN Associates (IBA) is a British, Czech and international team of architects and designers and our partner. Established in 1997 the company has carried out numerous retail interior branding projects for various retail and non-retail companies working from initial concepts, through pilot studies to detail design and full fit-out. 

 

Private Label - We have experience in Germany, Europe, UK and Russia with various experts that have product and collection development knowledge as well as training capabilities that complements our team working under the Retail Solutions umbrella. This structure enables us to draw upon the experience needed that best meets our clients needs as we initiate a project. 

Category Management - Retail Solutions partners with various experts that have category management experience that complement our team working under the Retail Solutions umbrella. This structure enables us to draw upon the experience needed that best meets our clients needs as we initiate a project.