All People articles – Page 427
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News
Tesco clothing executive defects to Figleaves
Tesco’s Central European clothing boss has quit to become chief executive of online lingerie retailer Figleaves.com, prompting renewed suggestions of a brain-drain at the UK supermarket giant.
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Analysis
Star Qualities
Retail is all about entrepreneurial spirit, but is the industry’s landscape tougher than it used to be? Charlotte Dennis-Jones asks some of retail’s stars about the qualities needed to succeed
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Opinion
Entrepreneurs are retail’s lifeblood
Retail, put simply, is about buying stuff for one price and selling for more. Maybe that’s why the most celebrated entrepreneurs this country has produced have been – or at least started their business empires as – retailers (page 26).
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Opinion
Every week’s like Christmas at The Factory Shop
STORE MANAGER’S DIARY Malcolm Oyston, Original Factory Shop, SOMERSET
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Analysis
Kitting out the nation
Responsible for bringing fashion to the world of football and famous for spotting a gap in the market, as he did with George at Asda, George Davies proves he’s got his eye on the ball when it comes to retailing. Lisa Berwin meets him
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Analysis
In a class of its own
As the Oxford Summer School prepares for its 79th course next year, Katie Kilgallen learns why delegates never forget it
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News
Marks and Spencer hunts for 18,000 Christmas staff
Marks and Spencer has launched a recruitment drive to bring an additional 18,000 staff on board for the busy Christmas period.
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News
M and S on hunt for 18,000 Christmas staff
Marks & Spencer has launched a recruitment drive to bring an additional 18,000 staff on board for the busy Christmas period.
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Marks and Spencer on hunt for 18,000 Christmas staff
Marks & Spencer has launched a recruitment drive to bring an additional 18,000 staff on board for the busy Christmas period.
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News
Littlewoods to scrap 280 jobs
Multichannel retailer Littlewoods is poised to axe 280 jobs nationwide in a bid to streamline its operations.
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News
Beales appoints Bhs retail director as chief executive
Department store Beales has appointed Tony Brown as group chief executive.
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News
Lovelock steps down from Jacques Vert
Mosaic chief executive Derek Lovelock will retire as non-executive chairman of womenswear retailer Jacques Vert on November 1.
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News
New Look heir killed in car crash
Andrew Singh, heir to the New Look clothing fortune, has been killed in a car crash in London.
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News
Beales appoints Bhs retail director as chief executive
Department store Beales has appointed Tony Brown as group chief executive.
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Analysis
Holidays are here again
The hike in statutory holiday entitlement that comes into effect this month may be well-received by staff, but how will retailers cope with the extra costs? Katie Kilgallen finds out
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Opinion
Ratty will be fondly remembered by all
Richard Ratner, who died at the weekend after suffering a heart attack last week, was the first retail analyst I ever spoke to.
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News
Asda hires ex-Ilva man to lead Living strategy
Asda has appointed former Ilva chief operating officer Colin Haggerty to the new role of business development director for its Asda Living non-food format.
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Analysis
The Rajah of Retail
Tycoon Kishore Biyani is proving a key figure in the explosion of Indian retail. George MacDonald meets him to find out how he has helped in shaping the country’s retail revolution