All People articles – Page 219
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NewsWilko sheds 1,000 staff following consultation
More than 1,000 people are to exit variety store group Wilko following a redundancy consultation involving 3,712 staff, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsLloydsPharmacy to close 190 stores due to funding cuts
LloydsPharmacy plans to close nearly 200 of its UK stores as government funding, business rates and the apprenticeship levy have made “market conditions challenging”.
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AnalysisInfographic: Retail job cuts and Harrods’ profits
Words and numbers, October 27, 2017: Retail job cuts, including Sainsbury’s plan to axe 2,000 staff, Shop Direct’s refinancing deal and Harrods’ full-year profits
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NewsMove of the week: Jo Jenkins leaves M&S for White Stuff
Executive search is a rigorous process that requires bespoke solutions and deep market knowledge.
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NewsRecord fall in retail employment as jobs and hours cut
Retail employment fell at the steepest rate in almost a decade over the three months to September.
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NewsNew Sports Direct hire to review strategic stakes
Sports Direct has recruited a head of strategic investments who will review all the retailer’s stakes in other businesses.
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John Lewis Partnership director Tom Athron exits
John Lewis Partnership group development director Tom Athron will leave the business next spring.
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NewsM&S fashion head leaves to run White Stuff
Marks & Spencer fashion boss Jo Jenkins is quitting the bellwether retailer to take the reins at White Stuff.
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NewsDixons Carphone retail director Smith quits to join DFS
Dixons Carphone retail director Nick Smith is exiting the retailer after 30 years to create the same role at sofa specialist DFS, Retail Week can reveal.
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OpinionOpinion: New Look is right to turn to an old face
We’ve been here before. With New Look battered, bruised and seemingly on the ropes, the embattled business desperately needs a saviour.
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OpinionOpinion: How will you create your retail legacy?
With UK politics in such a precarious state, the huge unknowns flowing from the Brexit referendum and the changes in consumer shopping behaviour, I find it hard to remember a more difficult era for retailers to steer their businesses along the best path for long-term prosperity.
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NewsNew Look axes 400 store management roles
New Look has axed nearly 400 store management roles following a redundancy consultation which affected 1,000 staff, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsWin Be Inspired mentoring with c-suite retailers
Retail Week is launching a Be Inspired mentoring competition, giving applicants the chance to win a year’s mentoring with a c-suite retailer.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Who are retail’s next chief executives?
Retail Week speaks to headhunters and industry-watchers to determine who will be in the driving seat of Britain’s biggest retailers in the next few years.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Should retailers ditch gender labels?
John Lewis grabbed many headlines when it decided to remove the boys and girls tags from its kids clothing last month.
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NewsNew Look turns to ex-boss McGeorge in turnaround bid
Former New Look boss Alistair McGeorge has returned to the ailing fashion chain following the departure of chief executive Anders Kristiansen, Retail Week can reveal.
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OpinionTheo Paphitis: Every employee needs a workplace pension
Business leaders must make sure all employees have a workplace pension, urges Theo Paphitis.
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AnalysisBoomerang CEOs: Leaders who returned to ex-employers
Flying Tiger Copenhagen co-owner Philip Bier is to return to the business as executive chairman, Retail Week revealed this week.
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NewsMove of the week: Bier’s Flying Tiger Copenhagen return
There’s a received wisdom in the sporting world that you should never go back to your old team in a bid to recapture former glories – think Kevin Keegan at Newcastle or Kenny Dalglish at Liverpool.
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NewsDebenhams appoints former HoF executive Adams to board
Debenhams has appointed former House of Fraser deputy chief executive David Adams as a non-executive director.