All Halfords articles – Page 7
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NewsRibble Cycles poaches Boardman Bikes exec as new boss
Ribble Cycles has pedalled in Boardman Bikes managing director Andy Smallwood as its new chief executive.
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NewsTofs appoints former Halfords exec Emma Fox as new boss
Tofs, previously known as The Original Factory Shop, has appointed Halfords’ former commercial director Emma Fox as its new chief executive.
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NewsToday in retail: Tesco heeds Pennycook’s rallying cry
It is all too easy to blame the likes of Sir Philip Green and Mike Ashley for retail’s image problem.
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NewsBreakfast briefing: B&M, M&S and more
Retail news round-up: B&M chief executive receives double pay package; former Halfords boss misses out on bonus; and Burberry appoints non-executive director.
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OpinionOpinion: Halfords needs to rev up its auto division
While foreign exchange pressure caused Halfords’ margins to back-pedal, bolstering its Autocentres is needed to ensure the group remains resilient to future headwinds.
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NewsToday in retail: Thursday’s throng of financial updates
Today brought a flurry of results as B&M, Pets at Home, Halfords, Card Factory and Conviviality updated the market.
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NewsMarks & Spencer appoints strategy director
Marks & Spencer has drafted in Melanie Smith to the new role of director of strategy.
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NewsHalfords profits fall despite full-year sales rise
Halfords has reported rising full-year sales but falling profits in its last year under chief executive Jill McDonald.
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AnalysisAgenda: B&M, Dixons, Halfords, Kingfisher and M&S update
Retail Week looks ahead to the next seven days, including updates from B&M, Dixons, Halfords, Kingfisher and M&S.
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NewsOpinion: Norman and Rowe could be the M&S dream team
Marks & Spencer’s appointment of Archie Norman as chairman, starting in September, was great news.
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NewsToday in retail: M&S ends week with heavyweight hire
M&S dominated the headlines for the third day running today by unveiling its new chairman – ex-Asda boss Archie Norman.
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OpinionNick Bubb’s verdict on Jill McDonald’s move to M&S
Halfords chief executives never seem to last very long, but then M&S clothing managing directors never seem to either.
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AnalysisAnalysis: M&S gains McDonald’s customer focus
The appointment of Halfords chief executive Jill McDonald to one of the most pivotal roles at Marks & Spencer came as a bolt from the blue.
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NewsM&S poaches Halfords boss McDonald to lead clothing
Halfords chief executive Jill McDonald has resigned from the cycling retailer to join Marks & Spencer as managing director of clothing, home and beauty.
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AnalysisHalfords’ ex-offenders scheme is CSR at its best
The Audit Partnership CSR Initiative of the Year prize was handed to Halfords for its category-busting initiative to give released prisoners a second chance.
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NewsHalfords boss McDonald on the retailer’s ‘secret sauce’
Halfords boss Jill McDonald believes the retailer’s customer service proposition will prove to be the “secret sauce” in her strategy.
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VideoWatch: Halfords boss McDonald on the value of services
Halfords boss Jill McDonald visits the Retail Week studio after her speech to explain the importance of services for the retailer’s plans.
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NewsUpdate: Conviviality poaches Halfords people director
Halfords is losing another member of its executive team with people director Jonathan Crookall poised to depart, Retail Week can reveal.
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DataData: Top 50 retailers by sales during 2015/16 financial year
Retail Week’s ranking of the UK’s top 50 retailers by sales for the 2015/16 financial year sees The Range, Inditex and Asos enter the table for the first time.
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NewsToday in retail: Aldi topples the Co-op to hit high five
Aldi greeted this morning’s news that it has toppled the Co-op to become the fifth largest grocer in the UK with little fanfare.