All People articles – Page 199
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VideoPennycook on chairing the Government’s retail council
Richard Pennycook joins us in the Retail Week Live newsroom to discuss the importance of his latest role, as co-chair of the Government’s retail council.
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NewsRetail Week Live: Tesco’s Tarry shrugs off D2C threat
Tesco chief product officer Jason Tarry has shrugged off the threat that the emerging direct-to-consumer trend could pose to grocery retailers.
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NewsRetail Week Live: How to win and keep in-store talent
Amid the pressures of the national living wage and Brexit, Retail Week Live brought together a panel of industry leaders to discuss how retailers can create a business that staff love to work at.
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VideoOliver Bonas founder: Gender pay gap is a 'blunt' measure
Oliver Tress talks about how paying the Living Wage made good business sense, and why the gender pay gap measure isn’t perfect.
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VideoSainsbury's Argos boss John Rogers on the future of stores
John Rogers on why he believes that together, digital and bricks-and-mortar are a winning model.
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NewsShop Direct appoints new chief executive
Shop Direct has snapped up casino firm Rank Group’s chief executive Henry Birch to take the reins of the business.
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OpinionToys R Us didn’t need to fail, failure to change killed it
Hard as it may be to imagine today, Toys R Us was once a revolutionary company.
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NewsSainsbury's to hike staff pay amid contract changes
Sainsbury’s is hiking hourly rates of pay for shopfloor staff as part of sweeping contract changes designed to “simplify the business”.
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NewsSir Philip Green tells MPs: ‘Go and tackle Carillion’
Arcadia tycoon Sir Philip Green has urged MP Frank Field to “go and tackle Carillion” and called for a “truce” in their long-running war of words.
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NewsMorrisons faces potential £100m pay compensation claim
Morrisons has become the latest big four grocer to be targeted by lawyers over alleged unequal payments to staff.
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NewsEx-Tesco execs face retrial over accounting scandal
Three former Tesco executives are facing a retrial in relation to the grocer’s £250m accounting scandal.
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NewsProfile: Aldi's new UK boss Giles Hurley
He may have spent much of his career on the Emerald Isle, but Giles Hurley’s rise to boss of Aldi UK certainly cannot be attributed to a luck of the Irish.
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NewsAldi’s Matthew Barnes to leave role as UK boss
Aldi’s UK boss Matthew Barnes is leaving his role as chief executive of the discounter’s British business.
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NewsAsos finance boss Helen Ashton to step down
Asos chief financial officer Helen Ashton is to leave the online fashion giant later this year.
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NewsMaplin staff offered jobs lifeline by Dixons Carphone
Maplin employees who face losing their jobs after the retailer’s collapse may find new roles at rival Dixons Carphone.
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NewsShop Direct reshuffles product team amid further exits
Shop Direct has reshuffled its product top team, promoting its group merchandising director to group product director as its group fashion director exits the business.
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NewsBurberry ushers in Bailey replacement from Givenchy
Burberry has appointed former Givenchy creative director Riccardo Tisci as its chief creative officer, replacing Christopher Bailey.
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NewsAsda becomes latest grocer to reveal gender pay gap
Asda has revealed its gender pay gap and vowed to tackle the “challenge” of employing more women in senior roles.
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OpinionOpinion: Amid retail’s travails, don’t miss the successes
It always looked as if 2018, the first half at least, would be a torrid time for retail. And so it has proved.
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NewsAnalysis: How Tesco plans to close its gender pay gap
Will Tesco’s plan to close the gender pay gap “altogether” set the agenda for the wider retail industry?