All articles by Tony Gregg
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OpinionMove of the Week: Finance boss Marsh rejoins Dixons in a very different era
When you’re in the middle of a major transformation programme, it pays to recruit leaders with experience of significant organisational change.
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‘Times may be tough, but 2021 brings hope for a fresh start’
Happy new year – in spirit, if not yet in reality for many of us involved in the retail sector.
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‘This rapid change is not destroying retail but reshaping it’
At a time of mass redundancies on the high street it is only right to be sanguine about the prospects for the job market in 2021.
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Move of the Week: Williams tasked with maintaining eBay momentum
In a desperate week for high street retailers, Eve Williams’ move from Asos to eBay serves as a reminder of how the balance of power has shifted in the industry.
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Move of the Week: Steve Carson swaps supplements for sofas at ScS
It takes a brave person to trade selling health and wellness products for big-ticket furniture items on the cusp of the deepest economic downturn in 300 years. Fortunately, Steve Carson has never been afraid of a challenge.
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Move of the Week: BBC’s Matt Grest is a Very good fit
Matt Grest’s move from the BBC to The Very Group demonstrates once again that previous retail experience is not a prerequisite for senior leaders so long as you have the correct skillset.
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Move of the Week: Sainsbury’s leadership team to offer acceleration and focus
Sainsbury’s boss Simon Roberts has wasted little time stamping his mark on the business since he took over the reins from Mike Coupe in June.
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Move of the Week: Tom Athron is a great match for Fortnum & Mason
It’s no great surprise to see Tom Athron assume his first chief executive position at Fortnum Mason. If anything, the surprise is that it hasn’t happened sooner.
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'Self-care and support will get us through this Golden Quarter'
On Sunday at 2am the clocks will go back by one hour. For many people, the moment will symbolise the start of a long, difficult winter – one without precedent in recent history.
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Move of the Week: Can Boohoo’s new supply chain boss prove doubters wrong?
Boohoo’s appointment of Andrew Reaney to the new role of responsible sourcing director is either a significant step on the path to a more sustainable future or an exercise in window dressing designed to relieve pressure on the under-fire retailer.
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Move of the Week: M&S ups digital game with new hire Lumsden
In a week that has seen Tesco chief executive Ken Murphy make his first significant appointment in the shape of new finance chief Imran Nawaz, a less high profile but potentially just as significant hire caught my eye.
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‘As we face a second wave employee wellbeing is paramount’
The best-laid plans often go to waste, but never more so than during the past six months.
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Move of the Week: Morrisons' new marketing chief Rachel Eyre
At a time of great change and disruption, acquiring and retaining talented individuals has arguably never been more important.
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Move of the Week: Big shoes to fill at Booker and Amazon
It’s taken less than a fortnight for the jobs’ market to explode back into life after the summer break with two significant appointments confirmed within hours of one another earlier this week.
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Move of the Week: People director Nikki Humphrey faces a challenge at JLP
Out of the frying pan and into the fire. This is the obvious conclusion to draw from Nikki Humphrey’s decision to leave Virgin Atlantic to become John Lewis Partnership’s new executive director for people.
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Move of the Week: Wilko’s new CFO will need to hit the ground running
It’s a difficult time for anyone employed in retail, and thoughts are with those who have already lost their job or face an anxious wait to see if it still exists as bosses pick through the wreckage caused by Covid-19.
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Opinion: Covid-19 has widened the retail talent pool
As an optimist, it’s in my nature to look for silver linings in difficult situations – and in recruitment terms, I think I’ve found one.
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Opinion: Four ways to maintain healthy work/life balance WFH
I’ve noted several times over recent weeks how Covid-19 has tested the retail (and wider) workforce like never before.
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Opinion: How to sustain team culture while home working
The office dynamic cannot be replicated entirely at home, but businesses can take steps to ensure people continue to feel engaged and valued
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Opinion: How to ace a virtual job interview
It barely needs repeating that retail is entering a ‘new normal’. Some changes, such as social distancing in shops, will hopefully be temporary, while others are set to become a permanent feature of the new business landscape.
