All Interviews articles – Page 16
-
VideoWatch: Feelunique's Palix on finding the perfect tech team
FeelUnique chief executive Joel Palix talks about why online beauty is about to blow up and the impossibility of finding the perfect tech team.
-
VideoWatch: How tech is changing retail property
The rise of new technology is transforming not just retailers, but the wider industry including shopping malls and retail parks.
-
VideoWatch: Spoon Guru's Stripf on personalisation in grocery
Markus Stripf, co-founder and chief executive of Spoon Guru, discusses how personalisation and AI are changing shoppers’ habits and what is going to happen next.
-
InterviewInterview: How Argos creates a culture of innovation
It’s fair to say things have changed a little at Argos since its digital director Mark Steel joined the business more than 20 years ago.
-
InterviewInterview: Why the king of the mall is betting on Westfield
Westfield’s shareholders voted in favour of Unibail-Rodamco’s acquisition of the shopping centre owner this morning. The latter’s boss Christophe Cuvillier reveals why he is making an £18.4bn bet on physical retail.
-
InterviewInterview: Holland & Barrett chief's global ambition
“I’m a big fan of going and doing stuff, and then shouting about it,” says Holland and Barrett’s chief executive Peter Aldis.
-
InterviewInterview: Can embattled BrightHouse turn over a new leaf?
BrightHouse hasn’t been far from the headlines since it came under the scrutiny of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
-
InterviewFeelUnique boss on growth ambitions and fresh investment
FeelUnique boss Joel Palix spoke to Retail Week about seeking fresh investment, international expansion and why bricks and mortar is “a headache”.
-
VideoWatch: Smiggle pledges ‘unwavering commitment’ to shops
At the opening of Smiggle’s biggest-ever store on Oxford Street, boss John Cheston speaks about the retailer’s “unwavering” commitment to bricks and mortar in the UK and why it’s “a bit like Beatlemania”.
-
InterviewLeahy: From boardroom exodus to Tesco's new dawn
In the second instalment of Retail Week’s exclusive interview with ex-Tesco boss Sir Terry Leahy, we examine how what has been termed “an extraordinary act of corporate vandalism” unfolded.
-
Video
Watch: DFS' Filby on cushioning the blow of the market
DFS boss Ian Filby tells Retail Week what’s in store for furniture retailers and explains how the sofa firm is working to navigate the “moribund” market.
-
VideoWatch: Véronique Laury – disrupt yourself or be disrupted
Véronique Laury, chief executive of B&Q and Screwfix-owner Kingfisher, speaks to Retail Week about how the DIY business, and others like it, can evolve to survive.
-
InterviewQ&A: JD.com boss Liu on robots, millennials and the UK
JD.com boss Richard Liu talks to Retail Week at the World Retail Congress about his UK ambitions, Cambridge vs. Silicon Valley and staying relevant.
-
IntervieweBay’s UK boss on the tech that will kill smartphones
eBay’s UK vice-president Rob Hattrell talks to Retail Week about visual search, fidget spinners and how content is driving sales.
-
InterviewInterview: M&S' Steve Rowe on its 'marathon' turnaround
On Saturday April 2, 2016, Steve Rowe returned to the Croydon store he had worked at as a 15-year-old Saturday boy to begin his first day as chief executive.
-
VideoWatch: ScS boss − We are Amazon and Brexit proof
ScS boss David Knight divulges how the sofa and carpet specialist is seemingly bucking the big-ticket blues and delivering like-for-like growth.
-
InterviewOcado’s Luke Jensen on tech, treks and transformation
Once a year, Luke Jensen hangs up his suit, switches off his mobile phone and disappears on a 10-day solo trekking expedition.
-
InterviewSainsbury’s Roberts on costs, colleagues and customers
The peak Christmas trading period may have come and gone, but there is a sense within Sainsbury’s that tougher challenges now lie ahead.
-
InterviewCath Kidston: Building a global brand post-Brexit
Cath Kidston boss Kenny Wilson makes no secret of his global ambitions for the quintessentially British brand, even as the UK’s split from the EU looms.
-
InterviewInterview: Dixons Carphone's new boss Alex Baldock
Dixons Carphone has appointed outgoing Shop Direct boss Alex Baldock to replace Boots-bound Seb James at the helm.
