Alex Baldock
Alex Baldock is chief executive of Currys
OpinionAlex Baldock: ‘Shareholder value isn’t in conflict with good corporate citizenship’
‘Purpose’ and ‘ESG’ (environmental, social and governance) are buzzwords on everyone’s lips. We all know, don’t we, that companies aren’t just about making money any more.
- Opinion
Alex Baldock: ‘Stores still have a central role – alongside online, not replaced by it’
Everyone knows that one effect of the pandemic will be a dramatic and enduring shift away from stores to online, right? Not quite.
- Opinion
Alex Baldock: ‘Raise rates for warehouses to save the high street’
We’re now only weeks away from the end of the government’s business rates holiday. I’m sure many of us are grateful for a decisive and vital measure that, for some retailers, has made the difference between surviving the pandemic and not.
- Analysis
CEO viewpoints: The case for and against Black Friday
Retail is divided on whether Black Friday is good or bad for the industry. Here two retail chief executives make their case.
- Opinion
Investment in digital infrastructure is vital for Britain’s future success
So the votes have been counted and we should now know – or at least have a good idea of – who will form our next government.
