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AnalysisRetail Power List 2008: 80-100
80 Alan Giles, chairman, Fat Face2007 RANK: 51One of the industry’s most recognised figures, the former HMV chief executive is now firmly established as chairman of rapidly growing surfwear chain Fat Face.He oversaw the£360 million sale of the business to Bridgepoint Capital last March and has embarked on a rapid ...
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AnalysisRetail Power List 2008: 60-79
60 Jgeir Jnesson, executive chairman, Baugur2007 RANK: 3 The Icelander has slipped out of the retail limelight this year, having handed over the role of Baugur chief executive to Gunnar Sigurdsson. He has not slipped out of the headlines, though, as the Icelandic police’s economic crime department are investigating previous ...
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AnalysisRetail Power List 2008: 40-59
40 Tim Mason, chief executive, US, Tesco2007 RANK: 89Tim Mason may well have the toughest job at Tesco right now. The chief executive of the grocer’s fledgling Fresh & Easy convenience store is in the throes of fixing its juggernaut roll-out programme, which was halted for three months in March.To ...
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Business partners
Buyers and merchandisers are like two sides of the same coin and, when they work together, they can really lift a brand. So what skills do today’s fledgling stars need, asks Alison Clements
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AnalysisRetail Power List 2008: 30-39
30 Kate Bostock, executive director, clothing, Marks & Spencer2007 RANK: 39A prot駩 of fashion genius George Davies and his Next successor David Jones, Bostock is the most powerful woman in fashion. And she is now in with a chance of becoming the most powerful woman in retail if she succeeds ...
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T-Mobile appoints new retail director to drive growth
T-Mobile UK has appointed Andrew Coull as director of retail as it eyes further retail growth.
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AnalysisRetail Power List 2008: 20-29
20 Don McCarthy, chairman, House of Fraser and Aurum Holdings2007 RANK: 31When Don McCarthy was elected to Baugur’s board last June, it signified his role as a key player in the Icelandic investor’s inner circle. And, with his fingers in so many pies, he might now be one of the ...
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AnalysisRetail Power List 2008: 10-19
10 Marc Bolland, chief executive, Morrisons2007 RANK: 18Not many in the grocery sector gave Marc Bolland much hope when he took the helm in 2006. Having come from brewery Heineken, he knew little about UK supermarkets, joining the grocer after the upheaval of its Safeway takeover and spending the first ...
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Seeds of growth
When Neil Dixon joined then-budding retailer Julian Graves as a one-man property department, he found the challenge he wanted. He tells Ben Cooper why now’s no time to slow down
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AnalysisRetail Power List 2008: 1-9
1 Sir Terry Leahy, chief executive, Tesco2007 RANK: 1At last, evidence that the UK’s number one retailer is fallible. A nasty skiing accident earlier this year left the Tesco chief executive nursing six broken ribs and put him briefly out of circulation. By the time he returned – sounding, according ...
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AnalysisRetail Power List 2008: 1-9
1 Sir Terry Leahy, chief executive, Tesco2007 RANK: 1At last, evidence that the UK’s number one retailer is fallible. A nasty skiing accident earlier this year left the Tesco chief executive nursing six broken ribs and put him briefly out of circulation. By the time he returned – sounding, according ...
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AnalysisDunkirk spirit
The fortitude of M and M Direct’s staff was part of the attraction for ex-Tesco man Steve Robinson. He talks Lisa Berwin through his plans to propel the multichannel retailer’s sales to £200 million
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Hamleys chief to step down after four years
Hamleys chief executive Nick Mather is to leave the legendary Baugur-owned toy retailer after four years at the helm.
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News265 shopfloor jobs to go at Ethel Austin
The administrator of value fashion retailer Ethel Austin has announced that 265 shopfloor jobs will be lost when it shuts down 33 loss-making stores over the next three weeks.
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Opinion
Daring thinking needed at DSGi
If you fancy a new plasma TV, you could help out DSGi boss John Browett by buying a Philips model from Dixons.com for £569.99. But one of Browett’s problems is you can get the same telly on Amazon for £550.09.
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Liberty commercial chief exits amid sale confusion
Liberty commercial director James Crespo has left the luxury retailer. His departure comes as confusion mounts over a potential sale of the business.
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Opinion
Store manager's diary: reading campaign makes waves on the radio
The cold weather over Easter was good news for us, with people happy to come in and spend a couple of hours in the store, keeping warm and browsing.
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Making a comeback
Going back to a job after a long spell of leave can be daunting for both employers and employees. But, with the right support network in place, it needn’t be. Katie Daubney and Katie Kilgallen report
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Ex-MFI director Round to take over at Robert Dyas
Former Kingfisher and MFI director Steven Round has been named chief executive of private equity-owned hardware retailer Robert Dyas.
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Boots’ Pessina vows to accelerate growth
Alliance Boots executive chairman Stefano Pessina has pledged to ramp up earnings by at least 10 per cent a year while he runs the business.