All Interviews articles – Page 15
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InterviewInterview: Made.com boss on why the etailer is sitting comfortably for homewares boom
From one of its London showrooms, Made.com’s Philippe Chainieux talks expansion, sustainability and reaping the benefits of 2020’s shift to online.
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InterviewInterview: Asda strategy boss Preyash Thakrar on turning supermarkets into retail destinations
Having unveiled a flurry of recent in-store partnerships with the likes of The Entertainer, B&Q and Greggs, Asda’s chief customer officer tells Retail Week why the grocer is leaning so heavily into collaboration.
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InterviewInterview: Music Magpie boss on how recycling and reinvention has spurred success
As Music Magpie goes public, co-founder and chief executive Steve Oliver tells Retail Week about its brand evolution and how it is incentivising customers to buy into the green economy
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InterviewInterview: Feelunique boss on its restless drive to be a ‘destination for beauty’
Feelunique chief executive Sarah Miles tells Retail Week why she believes the business will “be a real destination for beauty” post-pandemic, despite competing in an increasingly crowded online market
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InterviewNotonthehighstreet boss Claire Davenport – building an empire powered by women
After a bumper year that has not just brought soaring sales but a new majority shareholder, Notonthehighstreet boss Claire Davenport is eyeing growth. That growth will be powered by an army of women both within, and outside, the business
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VideoFace time: Richard Walker discusses his new book and Amazon’s Climate Pledge
Iceland managing director Richard Walker talks to Retail Week about what he hopes people will take away from his new book The Green Grocer and why the business has become the first food retailer to join Amazon’s Climate Pledge initiative
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VideoFace time: Why eBay is ‘putting purpose front and centre’ post-Covid
eBay UK’s head of social impact, Chris Gale, tells Retail Week about the launch of the etail giant’s new ‘eBay for Change’ programme, the consumer appetite to support social enterprises and the importance of “putting purpose front and centre” following the pandemic.
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InterviewInterview: Ikea UK boss Peter Jelkeby – stepping up sustainability and taking on the high street
Ikea’s UK boss Peter Jelkeby on stepping up sustainability and taking on the high street.
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InterviewInterview: How grocery delivery firm Weezy plans to take localism national
Since its launch, Weezy has ridden the pandemic-driven wave of online home delivery growth. They speak to Retail Week about how they plan to harness the rise of localism to stand out in an increasingly competitive market.
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VideoFace time: Joules boss Nick Jones on its new homewares acquisition
Joules chief executive Nick Jones explains why now was the right time to acquire homewares, outdoor and gardening retailer Garden Trading.
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InterviewInterview: How Asics plans to outrun its sportswear rivals
Asics executive Gary Raucher tells Retail Week how the Japanese brand is going back to its roots in a bid to outrun rivals like Nike and Adidas in the fiercely competitive sportswear market
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InterviewInterview: Beauty Pie founder Marcia Kilgore – the retail rebel
Serial entrepreneur Marcia Kilgore tells Retail Week about the conversation that triggered her retail rebellion, driving growth in a pandemic and the Weston family advice that inspired her to start Beauty Pie.
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VideoFace time: Dixons Carphone’s Ed Connolly on consumers’ new relationship with tech
With tech at the forefront of consumer’s lives to keep in touch and keep working during lockdown, Dixons Carphone chief commercial officer Ed Connolly talks to Retail Week about this behavioural shift
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VideoFace time: Tesco’s Tony Hoggett on sustainable superstores and the post-Brexit border
Tesco’s chief operating officer Tony Hoggett discusses the grocery giant’s first new superstore in six years, protecting frontline staff as the pandemic grinds on and issues at the border following Brexit.
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InterviewInterview: How B&Q boss Graham Bell plans to ‘beat the pureplays’
In his first interview as B&Q chief executive, Graham Bell tells Retail Week how the DIY giant ‘got its mojo back’ and why it has the tools to topple Amazon.
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InterviewHow retail changed my life: Pano Christou – from flipping burgers to running Pret
There was something slightly different about Pano Christou’s closing address at his first company conference as Pret a Manger chief executive.
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InterviewInterview: Fenwick boss on delivering the ‘best Christmas’ despite Covid
John Edgar took over at the department store chain during the first lockdown, but betting big on online and taking a novel approach to Christmas are paying off for the new CEO.
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InterviewInterview: Shopify’s Harley Finkelstein – The man powering one million retail websites
Shopify president Harley Finkelstein tells Retail Week how retail now is a battle between the resistant and the resilient.
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InterviewInterview: Pano Christou’s plan to save Pret a Manger
The CEO looks back on his whirlwind first year in charge and ripping up the rulebook.
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InterviewInterview: Very boss Henry Birch – ‘If it’s not a record peak, I’m resigning’
If you were compiling a list of retailers that are doing better today than they were two years ago, it probably would not be a very long one.