All Ann Summers articles – Page 2
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AnalysisDeep dive: Room for one more – are co-CEOs the future of retail leadership?
When it comes to leadership, are two heads really better than one? Marks & Spencer seems to think so. Retail Week explores the trend for co-chief executives in retail.
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VideoRetail Question Time: Mike Coupe and Maria Hollins on navigating unprecedented times
The cost-of-living crunch, spiralling business costs and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have created uncertainty and a scale of challenge never experienced by retailers in living memory.
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NewsAnn Summers exits CVA as it swings back into black
Ann Summers has returned to profit as a result of its turnaround strategy, driven by strong online performance during the pandemic.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisAnn Summers (Overview)
Ann Summers is a sex toy and lingerie retailer which sells online and through just under 90 stores in the UK and Ireland. It also operates a Party Plan business, where ambassadors sell products in customers’ homes, while a wholesale division has become increasingly important of late.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisAnn Summers (Financials)
Ann Summers sales rose 4.5% year on year to £104.5m for the 53 weeks to 1 July 2023 (FY2022) driven by customers returning to stores.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisAnn Summers (SWOT)
Following the sad passing of Jacqueline Gold in early 2023, who had been instrumental in making Ann Summers a key presence on the high street, a business restructuring saw her sister Vanessa Gold take up the role of company chair, while Maria Hollins was promoted to chief executive, ensuring ample experience and passion remains within the leadership team.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisAnn Summers (People)
In July 2023, it was announced that Vanessa Gold would take up the role of company chair, with Maria Hollins being promoted to chief executive.
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NewsAnn Summers CVA approved by creditors
Ann Summers has announced that its company voluntary arrangement (CVA) has been approved by creditors following a vote today.
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NewsAnn Summers launches CVA in bid to secure turnover-based rents
Ann Summers has launched a CVA for 25 of its 91-strong store estate in a push to secure turnover-based leases.
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AnalysisNightmare before Christmas: bosses of John Lewis, M&S and The Entertainer on lockdown 2.0
It’s the news the industry dreaded. This Thursday so-called ‘non-essential’ retail will be shut down until December 2 in a bid to stem the spread of coronavirus. Many fear chaos, but could click and collect come to the rescue?
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AnalysisAnalysis: After the most unpredictable year ever, is the five-year strategy dead?
It’s difficult to know what’s going to happen next week, never mind next year. In this environment, can retail leaders work to five-year plans? Grace Bowden investigates.
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NewsAnn Summers CVA ‘likely’ as landlord talks stall
Ann Summers has kicked off talks with the British Property Federation (BPF) that will likely lead to the launch of a CVA after failing to negotiate better rental terms with some landlords.
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OpinionJacqueline Gold: ‘We’ve put more family money into Ann Summers, but now I’m facing a CVA’
The Covid-19 pandemic has been an extraordinary time for all retailers. With all our stores closed at Ann Summers, the focus shifted to online, and thanks to the heroics of our colleagues, we managed to meet a significant step up in demand while people were in lockdown. I can’t imagine why…
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NewsAnn Summers ponders CVA after ‘toughest year’
Lingerie and sex toys specialist Ann Summers is poised to launch a CVA after suffering increased losses in its latest reported year.
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OpinionJacqueline Gold: We won’t let landlords jeopardise our success
You don’t have to be the chief executive of a retailer to know there has been a fundamental shift in the retail property market.
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NewsAnn Summers wins rent deals but CVA on cards for remainder
Ann Summers has won better property terms from landlords on most of its 100 branches but the refusal of property owners to be more flexible means a CVA may be considered for those where terms have not been struck.
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OpinionJacqueline Gold: Why Ann Summers is taking on Google
Receiving the Retail Activist award at the Retail Week Awards last month was one of the proudest moments of my career.
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AnalysisRetail Week Awards 2019: Jacqueline Gold wins first Retail Activist Award
For her tireless pursuit of equality and diversity in business, Jacqueline Gold is our inaugural Retail Activist Award winner
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VideoWatch: Why Jacqueline Gold champions women in the boardroom
Ann Summers chief executive Jacqueline Gold has been a tireless advocate of the importance of diversity in business and in particular has championed equal opportunities for women.
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NewsAnn Summers bolsters board with Game and ex-HOF hires
Ann Summers has snapped up House of Fraser’s former product and trading director Maria Hollins and Game’s chief marketing officer Natalie Amosu.