The Very Group operates Littlewoods and Very as digital-only, finance-centric retailers. It covers most product categories from fashion to electricals and homeware. Originally conceived as a catalogue retailer under the name Shop Direct, it stopped the presses in 2015 to focus on its online customer experience through the early adoption of personalisation and AI. Retail Week provides news, analysis, features and opinion about The Very Group and the online retail sector.
The Barclay familyâs ownership of The Very Group officially came to an end today (November 10) as it completed a transaction for global investment firm Carlyle to take over.
The US private equity giant Carlyle is buying The Very Group, once known as Shop Direct, from previous owners the Barclay family
The Very Group has hailed âa year of real progressâ after it posted its highest EBITDA margin recorded in the online groupâs 22-year history.
Some retailers have just set up their own retail media networks, while others have been in the game for years.
The Very Group has tapped former Superdrug head of retail media Paul Stafford to run its own Very Media Group.
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