Product and brand leadership for fashion and lifestyle businesses.

BAM works with founders and leadership teams to shape product vision, buying direction, and brand clarity at moments of growth, change, or recalibration.

The focus sits at the intersection of creativity and commerce, helping brands make confident decisions about what they put out into the world.

Areas of Focus

BRAND DIRECTION

Define and sharpen the brand’s point of view - how it looks, feels, and sounds, ensuring consistency across product, content, and retail.

PRODUCT DIRECTION

Translate brand ambition into clear product strategy, including category roles, range architecture, and long-term product vision.

BUYING & COMMERCIAL DIRECTION

Bring focus and discipline to assortments by editing choice, clarifying priorities, and ensuring ranges feel compelling, coherent, and commercially sound.

BAM supports brands across one, two, or three of these connected disciplines.

Selected Works

A curated overview of strategic projects across brand, product, and buying.

How it Can Work

From targeted strategic support to embedded leadership.

STRATEGIC PROJECTS

Focused, time-bound direction, such as brand product or commercial audits, or strategy for a specific moment or challenge.

Best when: a brand needs senior input at a specific point in time.

ONGOING / FRACTIONAL LEADERSHIP

Embedded, senior partnership operating as an extension of the leadership team, providing ongoing brand, product, and commercial leadership as the business evolves.

Best when: a brand needs senior oversight without a full-time hire.

Founded in 2015, BAM is led by Ben Matthews, who brings over 20 years’ experience across buying, product strategy, and brand building.

A true merchant and creative strategist, Ben combines commercial insight with a deep understanding of product to help brands grow and succeed. His background spans senior roles at NET-A-PORTER and Topshop, followed by independent work with global fashion businesses, luxury groups and emerging brands.

Profile

Get in Touch

For new projects, partnerships, or advisory support, please get in touch to discuss how we might work together:

ben@bam-consultancy.com