All People articles – Page 201
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Analysis
Dobbies’ new green-fingered boss Nicholas Marshall
To describe Dobbies’ new chief executive Nicholas Marshall as a garden enthusiast would be an understatement.
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News
Shoe Zone resoles board with new finance chief
Shoe Zone has appointed finance director Jonathan Fearn to its board as chief financial officer.
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News
Secret Sales reveals redundancies weeks after sale
Secret Sales has confirmed that it is making “a number” of back-office staff redundant, just weeks after it was sold to a private-equity firm.
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News
Update: Conviviality poaches Halfords people director
Halfords is losing another member of its executive team with people director Jonathan Crookall poised to depart, Retail Week can reveal.
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News
Move of the week: Gary Kibble joins Sainsbury’s Argos
There’s a clear logic in the appointment of Mothercare’s global brand and marketing director Gary Kibble as the new marketing director of Sainsbury’s Argos.
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News
Sir Philip Green to double Arcadia pension contributions
Arcadia boss Sir Philip Green will double annual pension fund contributions to £50m across the group’s brands, including Topshop and Dorothy Perkins.
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Sainsbury’s to axe up to 400 jobs in stores shake-up
Sainsbury’s is cutting up to 400 jobs across its store estate as it strips out the role of price controller from its operations.
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News
Today in Retail: Boots’ photo division fails to develop
The changes Boots is making within its photo business, which were revealed by Retail Week today, would not have come as a surprise to many.
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Opinion
BHS deal goes some way to restore Green’s reputation
For the best part of a year, Sir Philip Green has been a near-exile from his own stores.
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Analysis
Retail Week Live: Sessions and speakers you can't miss
With Retail Week Live just one week away, we look at the speakers and sessions you need to see.
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News
Boots to cut up to 400 jobs as it reshapes photo business
Boots is axing up to 400 jobs amid a restructure of its photo business, Retail Week can reveal.
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News
Amara appoints Maddie Melson as first ever CCO
Luxury homewares etailer Amara has appointed Maddie Melson, formerly of House of Fraser, as its first chief customer officer.
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News
Mothercare restructures executive team, creates CCO role
Mothercare is restructuring its top team, creating a chief customer officer role for the first time.
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Sir Philip Green pays £363m to settle BHS pension deficit
Former BHS owner Sir Philip Green has settled the collapsed retailer’s pension scheme by agreeing to pay up to £363m.
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Opinion
Tesco and John Lewis job decisions are tough but right
In a ferociously competitive environment awash with cost pressures, shops need to fulfil two functions.
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News
Sainsbury’s Argos poaches Mothercare marketing director
Sainsbury’s Argos has poached Mothercare executive Gary Kibble to take on the role of marketing director.
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Topshop retail director exits amid spate of departures
Topshop/Topman retail director Craig McGregor has left the business to take up the same role at Specsavers.
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Tesco to axe 1,700 deputy managers in c-store shake-up
Tesco is axing thousands of deputy manager positions in its convenience stores as the grocer shakes up the management structure across its Express estate.
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Opinion
Opinion: Communicating hard decisions in the right way
Taking over the reins at BrightHouse has been an absolute privilege and one that I am relishing. But with privilege comes a ‘to do’ list that never seems to get any shorter.