The Trailblaze brand grew out of a desire to make sure kids could grow up in a healthy and fun environment, we love being outdoors and active with the whole family and we want others to do the same. We were inspired by the idea of creating outstanding products for toddlers to adults to enjoy that are safe, designed to last and of course incredibly fun. Welcome to the Trailblaze world.

Sales Consultant in the Hackney office

Sourced revolutionary new nail machines from China that can print any design on to natural or false nails and negotiated a six-month contract for sole UK exclusivity.• Set-up an e-commerce website selling false nail sets where customers can upload images or photos and create their own totally bespoke nails.• Conducted a business pitch to Topshop, winning an offer to operate as a concession at the flagship store in Oxford Circus, London and maintained high sales targets set.• Used industry contacts to create and build brand awareness.

A large, well established UK importer of home & gift, garden and toy products supplying retail, wholesale & mail order.• Built up a successful sales area that was previously bringing in little to no sales. Achieved by proactively sourcing and approaching new customers whilst maintaining great customer relations.• Experienced an extremely steep learning curve as the company philosophy encouraged freedom in buying choices and learning from mistakes quickly. This was magnified by the deteriorating world economic climate where any mistakes were amplified more than usual.• Recognized the company was missing out on a potential online market so established ‘Ackerman Online', an e-commerce website that enabled the company to cater for a profitable new market. After just six months of online trading, the company was earning an extra £20,000 a month in revenue with higher profitability than the main business activities• Rewarded for the years of hard work and successful buying and selling roles in both the giftware and garden divisions by becoming a company director in 2011• Radicalised the outdated sales procedure of showcasing the product ranges with photo albums by researching, sourcing and introducing iPad versions. The increase in efficiency, time management and staff morale were noticeable immediately