Our commitment is to support your brand & business ambitions

Providing expert advice on the retail market, across all sectors, utilizing our extensive network and expertise.

About Us

Our Mission

Retail is a passion of ours, and we understand the many challenges it can bring. To our clients we want to be seen as a reliable source of advice and support, from inception to opening and all the stages in between.

Regardless of a companies size or ambitions, being part of a brands success story is what we work for.

Advisory Services

Based on expert knowledge and experience, Seven Fronds can act as an extension of your team. Providing reliable support, accurate data and new ideas to retailers.

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Gain Customers & Sales

Retail is an expensive business. Getting customers is hard, but keeping customers is even harder. We provide insights on current trends, sales performance indicators and retail market intel.

Grow Brand Awareness

Customers are always looking for “what’s next” and therefore a brand needs to be seen in the right place, by the right people. We help find that place.

Services

We're ready to share our advice and experience.

Retail Consulting

Full range of real estate advisory services for existing brands and new to market concepts. UAE & GCC is within our remit to support clients in their expansion plans.

Franchising of Retail Brands

Match making of brands, operators & investors. Through our vast network we look to secure suitable partners for long-term collaboration. 

Real Estate Consulting

We provide expert advice, based upon 15 years of GCC experience to both Landlords & Tenants.

Rent Review Advice

These can be tough situations for business owners, allow us to prepare you for such discussions, or even better we will handle them.

SME Support

We love startups; therefore we offer a 2 hour free advisory meeting to them. The UAE retail landscape is vast, we’re happy to provide some guidance.

About Us & Our Founder

Seven Fronds is a boutique consultancy firm, focused on supporting retail brands in expanding their presence across the UAE & GCC markets.

James is a real estate expert who excels in supporting brands and companies to secure ideal locations for their businesses. He guides clients in the decision-making process based on sound industry knowledge and adopts a relationship-first mentality. Before presenting potential solutions, James focuses on understanding a client’s needs.

With over 15 years of experience in the Middle East, James has represented Fortune 500 companies along with some of the most esteemed developers in the region. His roles have included Director of Leasing for Emaar, Senior Director for EITC, and most recently, Head of Leasing for Misk City. James has now taken on a new challenge: establishing a real estate consultancy startup based in the UAE to make the best use of his skills and network.

Our Clients

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testimonials

Customer feedback is everything in retail.

Here’s what our clients say:

Gitano

‟James supported us in finding an amazing location & operator to launch our brand in the Middle East, we are delighted to have had his support throughout the process.”
Bounce

‟I cannot recommend their services highly enough; it's like having an extended team to rely on. We look forward to working with them for the foreseeable future.”
Da Milano

‟Our flagship store in Dubai Mall is a testament to the support of Seven Fronds and their network reach.”

​​Enduro Supply

‟We are delighted with the services and advice received in relation to a long-term engagement with Seven Fronds. The depth of knowledge and candid advice was extremely valuable to us.”
Varel Energy

‟Our task of securing a new location was made so much easier thanks to the involvement of James, he was there whenever called upon and provided detailed advice at all stages of negotiations.”