Find Retail Talent That Shapes Your Future

Millman Search is a premier retail and luxury retail recruitment agency trusted to deliver visionary leaders through industry expertise and personalized service. For 40 years, we’ve helped retailers elevate their brands and accelerate growth with exceptional leadership matches.

Setting New Standards in Executive Recruitment

Our proven approach pairs deep expertise with unwavering integrity, setting industry standards for excellence in executive retail recruitment.

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Retail Recruitment With Purpose

The competitive world of retail and luxury retail demands visionary leaders who can navigate shifting consumer preferences, disruptive change, and evolving market dynamics. For retailers, hiring leadership talent comes with significant challenges.

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The Complexity of Retail Recruitment

Today’s retailers face mounting pressure and increasing competition to fill critical leadership positions while managing the substantial costs of vacant roles. Extended vacancies don’t just impact revenue—they strain existing teams, delay strategic initiatives, and cause repercussions throughout the organization.

Adding to this complexity, many retailers lack real-time market intelligence about compensation trends and available talent pools in their target markets.

Millman Search Advantage

Why Partner With Retail Recruiters

Expert retail recruitment partners transform these hiring challenges into opportunities. The right retail placement agency brings deep industry knowledge, established networks, and refined processes that accelerate hiring while elevating quality.

This expertise becomes particularly crucial in luxury retail, where discerning brands require leaders who understand both operational excellence and the art of premium customer experiences.

The Millman Search Advantage

For 40 years, we’ve helped retailers navigate these complexities with a proven signature approach that delivers results:

Access to Talent

We maintain relationships with high-performing retail leaders, including those not actively seeking new roles.

Risk Reduction

We guarantee regulatory compliance and proper vetting, ensuring your peace of mind.

Accelerated Hiring

Our refined Millman Search method eliminates idle waiting, improves candidate experience, and shortens time-to-hire.

Market Intelligence

Our extensive insight provides live intelligence about compensation trends, competitor moves, and candidate pools.

Trusted Partnership

Retail recruitment isn’t just job filling to us—it’s building a leadership team that drives our clients’ long-term success.

Placing Retail Leaders With Precision

Retail executive search requires extensive industry connections—but it excels when combined with a refined, systematic approach.

In-Depth Initial Consultation

First, we listen. We learn all we can about your company’s brand, history, values, mission, culture and needs. From skills to mindsets, we capture the information we need to develop a customized leadership search strategy for your business.

Using our industry expertise, extensive database of over 100,000 candidates, and active network of retail industry partners, we map the market and build a comprehensive list of qualified talent, including passive candidates.

Our experts conduct an efficient yet exhaustive evaluation and screening to refine a curated shortlist of the top interested candidates. You will only meet the most qualified leaders.

We provide a comprehensive profile of each shortlisted candidate, including key insights and information gathered during our research and interviews.

We conduct thorough reference checks for final candidates through a structured, consistent process while maintaining clear communication throughout.

We maintain close communication at every state, serving as a trusted liaison between you and candidates, negotiating everything from compensation to relocation.

We manage the interview process, ensure all parties are well prepared, and maintain smooth scheduling.

From offer negotiation to onboarding and beyond, we guide you and your new hire through every step, ensuring a seamless transition.

Areas of Expertise in Retail

Since 1982, we’ve partnered with numerous companies to launch and maintain their presence across retail segments like:

General Merchant Retailers

Department Stores

Discount Stores

Specialty Retailers

Home Improvement & Furnishings

Grocery & Food Retailers

Specialty Food Stores

Convenience Stores

Health & Personal Care Retailers

Beauty & Cosmetics

Online Retailers (Ecommerce)

Luxury Retailers

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Let's Begin Your Search for Top Retail Talent

We’re ready to connect you with exceptional retail and luxury retail talent! To start the conversation, please complete the form. 

Please Note: This form is exclusively for companies seeking executive search services. We currently do not offer services for individual job seekers.