All People articles – Page 418
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Opinion
If you can’t stand the heat, focus on kitchens
The furniture market is a tough place to be at the moment. Our Sale went well, the store remains busy and people are still buying – but not as much as we thought they would.
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Analysis
The new breed of top dogs
What do Kingfisher, DSGi and HMV have in common? They’re all being run by the new breed of management consultants turned retailers. Charlotte Dennis-Jones investigates
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Analysis
On top of tiles
With the clout of new owner Travis Perkins behind him, Tile Giant chief Mo Iqbal believes he’s got the armoury he needs to take on market leader Topps Tiles. He talks shop with Jennifer Creevy
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News
Downer plans business review and store closures at Borders
Borders UK’s new chief executive Philip Downer plans to close stores and conduct an extensive review of the business following the departure of his predecessor David Roche last week.
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News
Amazon hires finance boss as it rethinks its offer
Amazon UK has appointed a financial director to boost its senior team as it considers new categories for 2008 including food and digital downloads.
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News
Halfords sales growth slows as boss quits
Motor accessories retailer Halfords has posted a slowdown in the rate of its like-for-like sales growth, as it emerged that its chief executive is leaving.
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Halfords boss quits to join Coles
Halfords chief executive Ian McLeod has quit to join Australian grocer Coles as managing director.
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Tesco staff to share £174 million
About 51,000 Tesco employees will share 174 million, after the supermarket’s latest Save As You Earn scheme matured last week.
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Cheshire could earn £16m over four years
Kingfisher boss Ian Cheshire could earn more than 16 million over the next four years in salary, bonus and shares if he succeeds in turning around the DIY and home improvement group.
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Woolworths hires non-exec director
Woolworths has appointed Peter Bamford to its board as a non-executive director.
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Retail job losses to hit 100,000
Fears are growing that more than 100,000 jobs could be cut in the retail sector over the next two years.
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Floors-2-go culls staff
Flooring retailer Floors-to-Go is thought to have made 90 people redundant, about 15 per cent of its total workforce, after like-for-like sales plummeted during January.
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The Works enters administration
Bargain bookseller The Works has gone into administration, as reported in this week’s issue of Retail Week .
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Egan to leave Shoe Studio
Shoe Studio Group (SSG) chief operating officer John Egan will leave the group.
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TM Lewin hires former Asda director
Menswear fashion retailer TM Lewin has appointed Keith Nesbitt, former Asda retail change director, as chief operating officer.
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Opinion
The Retail Week – February 1, 2008
Surveying the wreckage of pub company Mitchells & Butlers, you have to conclude that Sainsbury's had a lucky escape when Qatari bid interest collapsed.
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Opinion
Don't cut back on ethics
With disappointing Christmas trading statements from the high street, forecasts of a stormy global economic climate ahead and the R word on the lips of many a pundit, I have been asked several times recently whether I think UK retailers will be tempted to slash their ethical trade budgets to ...
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News
Kinnaird set on Dolcis revival as landlords rally
John Kinnaird remains confident of launching a bid next week for footwear chain Dolcis, as he continues to rally landlord support.
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News
Shepherdson takes helm at Whistles in retail return
Jane Shepherdson has made her retail comeback by acquiring Whistles from Mosaic in a move first revealed by Retail Week (November 30).
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Opinion
Shepherdson comeback hails new era in ethics
One of the first things Jane Shepherdson will do at the start of her tenure at Whistles will be to bring her ethical nous to the table.