All People articles – Page 396
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News
Johannesson investment firm raided by tax investigators
Stodir, the company controlled by Baugur executive chairman Jon Asgeir Johannesson, has been raided by tax investigators.
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Analysis
BrightHouse's Leo McKee: Safe as houses
BrightHouse may have its critics, but its no-strings credit model is well suited to the downturn. Chief executive Leo McKee tells Nicola Harrison why.
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AnalysisDSGi: The gloves come off
As he approaches the first anniversary of taking charge of DSGi, John Browett faces a mountain of problems. But as he tells Tim Danaher, if he can get the service right he is confident it can turn the corner.
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New chief executive for Instore
Instore, which also trades as Poundstretcher, has appointed Aziz Tyub as its new chief executive.
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Netto UK boss Richard Lancaster quits
Netto UK managing director Richard Lancaster has resigned to join another retailer.
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Entry deadline extended for the Oracle Retail Week Awards
The industry is currently making exceptional efforts to ensure margins are maintained whilst continuing to improve the customer experience.
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Burton e-commerce head joins eCommera
Former Burton head of e-commerce Barry Wyse has joined ecommerce services supplier eCommera as director of marketing.
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More than 100 Otto UK jobs at risk
Otto UK is considering moving its buying and merchandising departments to Germany, which could affect more than 100 jobs at the multichannel retailer.
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Woolworths veteran Roger Jones dies
Veteran Woolworths director Roger Jones, who spent 50 years at the variety store group, died on Sunday.
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Net-a-Porter chief Sven Gaede resigns
Net-a-Porter’s chief executive Sven Gaede has resigned less than six months after joining the business.
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Beales sales director quits
Beales sales director Neil Jones has resigned from the department store chain.
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Opinion
Sainsbury's Justin King is a man of the people
For a while, retailers didn’t want to mention the R word. But now we’ve officially been told we’re moving into a recession, it seems many retailers are having to think about the other R word – redundancies.
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Sainsbury's King defends food imports
Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King will defend the importing of food despite concerns over food miles.
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Spindler: mutual decision to leave Debenhams
Debenhams managing director Angela Spindler has denied she has been restructured out of the department store retailer, saying her exit at the end of the month was based on a mutual decision.
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Opinion
City insider Jennifer Creevy: Debenhams is in safe hands
Just a week after leading a preview tour of its new store at Westfield London, Debenhams revealed managing director Angela Spindler is to leave the business.
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Analysis
Nicky Kinnaird: The Beauty of it
Nicky Kinnaird’s Space NK launch was a bold move for beauty retailing and there’s more growth to come. By Jennifer Creevy.
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Waterstone’s hires operations chief
Waterstone’s has appointed Alex Rayner as operations director.
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Sainsbury's to offer GCSE-level training
Sainsbury’s is to become the first retailer to offer its entire workforce the chance to gain GCSE-level equivalent qualifications.
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Liberty appoints new buying director
Liberty, the iconic department store, has appointed Edwin Burstell as buying director.
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Moss Bros hires new buying director
Moss Bros has appointed Paul Sheldon as its new director of buying.