All Interview articles – Page 19
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InterviewWatch: Kingfisher's Woreczek talks bold leadership
Kingfisher chief customer officer Pierre Woreczek explains how strong leadership is the key to avoiding becoming lost in a busy marketplace.
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InterviewInterview: What Mike Logue’s Dreams is really made of
Dreams’ well-documented turnaround story is indeed the stuff of dreams – an inspirational tale of a retailer transformed from rags to riches.
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InterviewHow Ikea boss Gillian Drakeford is building for the future
Ikea UK and Ireland boss Gillian Drakeford has big plans to double the size of her business in the next three years. She tells Retail Week how.
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InterviewPocket Shop steams into WHSmith's travel heartland
The launch of Swedish bookseller Pocket Shop in the UK has caused some ructions, according to its boss Anna Borné Minberger.
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InterviewFortnum's boss Venters on Christmas, reinvention and Johnny Depp
Pulling up a chair in Fortnum & Mason’s beautifully antiquated fifth floor boardroom in Piccadilly, Ewan Venters wears a proud smile.
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InterviewInterview: House of Fraser chairman on why all is on track
Despite the slew of executive departures and volatile trading, House of Fraser executive chairman Frank Slevin insists it’s on the right track.
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InterviewDwell’s founder on why it's sitting pretty at DFS
Dwell founder and boss Aamir Ahmad says his furniture and homewares business has been revitalised since DFS snapped it up in 2014.
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InterviewWhy The Entertainer boss is confident about Christmas
It’s the most wonderful time of the year for toy retailers, and The Entertainer boss Gary Grant is feeling chipper.
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InterviewInterview: Véronique Laury's vision for Kingfisher
When Véronique Laury replaced Sir Ian Cheshire as chief executive of Kingfisher in January 2015 she became the most powerful woman in retail.
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InterviewRetail Week Live: Q&A with Pets at Home boss Ian Kellett
Pets at Home chief executive Ian Kellett speaks at Retail Week Live next March. We find out more about him.
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InterviewInterview: Carpetright's Hannah Moakes – retail's rising star
Former apprentice Hannah Moakes reveals her ambition to get ‘to the very top’ after winning the 2016 Rising Star Award.
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InterviewInterview: H&M's Carlos Duarte on building his British empire
H&M’s Carlos Duarte says the UK is the toughest country and its shoppers have high expectations, but he is confident the retailer can meet them.
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InterviewInterview: Lakeland marketing boss on its new era of growth
With a new chief executive and an Australian launch ahead, Lakeland is changing. Marketing boss Tony Preedy says its values will remain.
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InterviewInterview: Body Shop’s UK boss on being the world's most ethical retailer
The Body Shop’s UK managing director Simon Coble talks to Retail Week about the retailer’s ambitious expansion plans online and in-store.
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InterviewInterview: Poundland's Jim McCarthy looks back on his 43 years in retail
Jim McCarthy is rarely stuck for words. Anyone who knows the gregarious retail veteran will testify to that.
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InterviewInterview: Hotel Chocolat’s Angus Thirlwell on the IPO – and David Bowie
When Angus Thirlwell and Peter Harris opened the first Hotel Chocolat in Watford back in 2004, world domination seemed a million miles away.
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InterviewInterview: Alibaba UK boss on globalisation and being an online landlord
Alibaba wants to be UK retail’s gateway to China. Ahead of her talk at Retail Week Live on Thursday, we spoke to UK managing director Amee Chande.
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InterviewInterview: Dreams chief executive Mike Logue on its dramatic turnaround
Dreams boss Mike Logue admits the prospect of turning around the failing beds business intimidated him when he took the job in August 2013.
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InterviewInterview: Boots chief sees bright future in UK bricks-and-mortar retail
Boots boss Simon Roberts on why the UK high street has an important role to play in the community and the growth of click-and-collect.
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InterviewNRF: Q&A with Holland & Barrett director of projects Ray Aldis
Holland & Barrett’s director of projects Ray Aldis chats to Retail Week at NRF about innovations that have caught his eye.