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OpinionMove of the Week: M&S hopes Evans will give its fashion spark
On the face of it, Maddy Evans has executed an astute escape plan by swapping her role as fashion director at Topshop for the task of revitalising Marks Spencer’s clothing offer.
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Waitrose offloads seven stores putting 700 jobs at risk
Waitrose Partners is to pull down the shutters on seven branches as it focuses on profitability, affecting almost 700 employees.
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Analysis
Don’t give up the day job: embracing side-hustle culture
The side hustle – a way to make money on the side – is going beyond car boot sales at the weekend or selling items on eBay. Many entrepreneurial workers are building their own empires while in full-time employment. Retail Week looks at how your company should adapt to this ...
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Sainsbury’s workers to strike over attendance policy
Sainsbury’s workers at a distribution centre are set to walk out for the second time later this month over a dispute regarding attendance.
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Asos puts more jobs at risk amid Watford review
Asos has put more jobs at risk after kick-starting a review at its customer care facility in Watford.
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Marks & Spencer poaches Topshop fashion boss
Marks Spencer has poached Topshop fashion director Maddy Evans as it grapples to revive its clothing sales.
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M&S clothing boss Jill McDonald exits
Marks Spencer fashion boss Jill McDonald is leaving the business, less than two years after joining from Halfords.
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Exclusive: Sainsbury’s Argos execs Steel and Kibble to exit
Sainsbury’s Argos executives Mark Steel and Gary Kibble are both leaving the business, Retail Week can reveal.
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Analysis
Iceland’s Richard Walker on being retail’s straight talker
Iceland managing director Richard Walker tells Retail Week how the grocer is juggling its rapid expansion of The Food Warehouse with its sustainability drive.
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Opinion
Obituary: Arthur Ryan, Primark founder who blazed a trail
In 1969, Apollo 11 flew Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the moon, Jeff Bezos was just five years old and Arthur Ryan opened the doors to the first Primark store.
