All People articles – Page 212
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OpinionOpinion: How GDPR will affect shop staff communications
With less than four months to go until it becomes UK law, I’m sure many retailers feel they’ve heard more than enough about GDPR.
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NewsTesco could face record £4bn equal pay claim
Tesco could face a demand for almost £4bn in back pay from female shopfloor employees, a law firm is claiming.
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InterviewOcado’s Luke Jensen on tech, treks and transformation
Once a year, Luke Jensen hangs up his suit, switches off his mobile phone and disappears on a 10-day solo trekking expedition.
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NewsTesco trial abandoned after Rogberg heart attack
The fraud trial against three former Tesco directors has been abandoned after Carl Rogberg – one of the accused – suffered a major heart attack.
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OpinionOpinion: Retail’s jobs earthquake has only just begun
The law of unintended consequences is writ large over the thousands of retail job cuts unveiled in the last few weeks.
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OpinionOpinion: Tesco's Wilson can cook up recipe for success
Tesco’s hat-trick of revelations ahead of the imminent completion of its £3.7bn Booker acquisition was greeted with a surprisingly subdued response from the market.
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NewsN Brown poaches senior hires from AO and Missguided
N Brown has made a trio of senior hires, poaching its new chief people and information officers from Missguided and AO.
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AnalysisProfile: Tesco's new UK boss Charles Wilson
Tesco revealed this morning that Charles Wilson will succeed Matt Davies as boss of its core UK business following completion of the Booker merger.
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NewsBunnings owner Wesfarmers mulls UK exit
Wesfarmers has admitted it is reviewing the future of Bunnings in the UK after revealing a AUS$1bn write-down relating to its Homebase acquisition.
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NewsTesco names Wilson UK boss following Davies exit
Tesco has revealed that Booker boss Charles Wilson will take the reins of its core UK and Ireland business following completion of the proposed £3.7bn acquisition.
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NewsHouse of Fraser executives Gross and Burnett to exit
House of Fraser is losing two more executives amid a restructure of its senior team.
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NewsMove of the week: Two senior executives quit Pep&Co
It emerged this week that two of Pep&Co’s most senior executives have handed in their notice and will leave the retailer in May.
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NewsLiberty hires new chief executive from Luxottica
Liberty has appointed a new chief executive, bringing to an end its extended period without one.
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NewsHolland & Barrett snaps up former Homebase boss
Holland & Barrett has appointed Homebase former managing director Echo Lu to supercharge its international expansion.
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NewsMorrisons to axe 1,500 store management roles
Morrisons is culling around 1,500 in-store management roles as it becomes the latest big four grocer to shake up its shopfloor teams.
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AnalysisOcado Solutions boss Luke Jensen appointed to board
Ocado has appointed Solutions chief executive Luke Jensen to the board as executive director, effective from next month.
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NewsPep&Co managing director Adrian Mountford quits
Poundland stablemate Pep&Co’s managing director Adrian Mountford and trading director Cathy Haydon have both quit the value fashion retailer, Retail Week can reveal.
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VideoWatch: Are retail leaders prepared for 2018?
There have been some mixed messages emanating from the retail industry in recent months, so how have the industry’s leaders planned for 2018?
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CartoonBlower’s retail cartoon: Ikea founder Kamprad dies
Cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on the death of Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad at the age of 91.
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InterviewSainsbury’s Roberts on costs, colleagues and customers
The peak Christmas trading period may have come and gone, but there is a sense within Sainsbury’s that tougher challenges now lie ahead.