All People articles – Page 117
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VideoWatch: Workday, eBay and Wickes on how to achieve long-lasting D&I success
Organisations that promote employee ownership of diversity and inclusion (D&I) goals will have the greatest success in tackling inequality in the long term, according to Be Inspired’s expert panel.
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AnalysisTech 100: The global leaders disrupting digital commerce as we know it
Retail Week has unveiled its annual index of the top 100 tech leaders influencing retail.
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Opinion‘It’s the power of imagination that makes technology deliver brilliantly for customers’
Retailers are still just scratching the surface when it comes to leveraging tech for the benefit of the consumer, writes Danny Emmett, chief operating officer of AO.com.
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NewsPets at Home boss Peter Pritchard to step down next year
Pets at Home chief executive Peter Pritchard will stand down from his role next May, with a search for his successor underway.
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Opinion‘We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to create an industry with people at its core’
Amidst ongoing pressures facing the retail industry, Chris Brook-Carter from the Retail Trust explains why the charity has launched a new fundraising appeal.
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AnalysisRetail Horizon: Frictionless sustainability, lean machines and digital-first – the trends that will shape retail in 2022
Retail Week has relaunched its subscriber-exclusive strategic toolkit, Retail Horizon, mapping out the winning strategies for businesses in 2022 and beyond. Retail Week research director Lisa Byfield-Green explores the key macroeconomic trends that will shape the sector in the coming year
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AnalysisRetail Horizon: Your exclusive strategic toolkit for the year ahead
Retail Week has relaunched its subscriber-exclusive strategic toolkit, Retail Horizon, mapping out the winning strategies for businesses in 2022 and beyond. Retail Week research director Lisa Byfield-Green explores the key macroeconomic trends that will shape the sector in the coming year
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Retail VoiceHow AI and robotics can help solve the UK’s labour shortage crisis
Companies that embrace AI technology will reap the benefits, says Nigel Lahiri, general manager, EMEA, at GreyOrange
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OpinionReturn of the kings: Leahy and Rose to join Norman in some of retail’s biggest roles
The Keynote: Return of the kings – Leahy and Rose to join Norman in some of retail’s biggest roles
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OpinionSir Dave Lewis: ‘Fix the food system to fix the planet’
The need for international agreement to hold back global warming is as obvious as it is urgent. But WWF UK chair and former Tesco boss Sir Dave Lewis asks: where is the focus on food?
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Retail VoiceThree emerging expectations of store associates
Retailers must work harder than ever to get customers back into stores, says Alan Holcroft, country manager for northern Europe at Cegid.
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AnalysisRetail 2022: 59 CEOs reveal strategy for the year ahead
Leaders from Gymshark, Currys, Pets at Home, Levi’s and Beauty Pie are among 59 chief executives that have spoken to Retail Week in-depth about their 2022 strategy as part of a major new report
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DataData: From potato milk to ‘climatarianism’- Waitrose unveils the biggest food trends of 2022
Waitrose & Partners’ latest Food and Drink Report highlights the emergence of new dairy alternative products and even more climate-conscious consumers as some of the key trends in food for next year.
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Future LeadersBianca Miller Cole: ‘How to reframe challenge as opportunity’
Across industries, leaders are facing fresh challenges and are having to tackle new problems on a daily basis. Bianca Miller Cole, an award-winning entrepreneur, founder of personal branding company The Be Group and former Apprentice finalist, is no different. Ahead of her appearance at Diversity Futures - where she will discuss the future of female leadership - Cole has shared an extract from her new book The Business Survival Kit on building resilience.
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OpinionMove of the Week: What will luxury veteran Jonathan Akeroyd bring to Burberry?
Jonathan Akeroyd’s appointment as new Burberry chief executive should serve to ease some of the concerns surrounding the future of the fashion giant.
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NewsBurberry poaches new chief executive from Versace
Burberry has named Versace boss Jonathan Akeroyd as its new chief executive to replace the outgoing Marco Gobbetti.
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NewsMissguided recruits Holland & Barrett digital boss
Former Holland & Barrett chief digital officer Nick Thomas has moved to the same role at fast fashion brand Missguided, Retail Week can reveal.
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Opinion‘What menopausal women need from employers – and it is not time off’
To mark World Menopause Day, Saska Graville, founder of MPowered Women and upcoming speaker at Retail Week’s Diversity Futures summit, explains why retailers must invest in menopause policies and awareness because to “brush it aside is bad business”.