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NewsMike Ashley takes helm of Sports Direct as chief executive resigns
Sports Direct chief executive Dave Forsey has quit and the retailer’s founder Mike Ashley has taken on the role “with immediate effect”.
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OpinionRetail surgery: How can retailers portray their values to incoming staff?
How can retailers portray their values to incoming staff?
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VideoThe Retail Week: Majestic, Bonmarché, fashion woes and changing employment
Looking back at the week the team discusses fashion issues and innovators and the changing face of employment within the sector.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Why retailers need to create better jobs – and how they can do it
Retail is rightly proud of its meritocratic employment and promotion track-record, but a new approach is needed in changing times.
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NewsM&S staff that reject pay changes could lose jobs, says MP
MP Siobhain McDonagh claims that leaked documents from Mark & Spencer indicate the retailer could cut staff that reject a pay deal.
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NewsMorrisons trials student discount offer across bricks-and-mortar estate
Morrisons has launched a three month trial to give students a discount on their shop across its stores in an effort to boost loyalty.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How should you tackle the living wage conundrum?
The introduction of the national living wage has sent shockwaves through retail that will reverberate for many years to come.
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NewsLess shelf-stacking, more science as retail jobs reflect radical change
Retailers now employ 100,000 people in roles that did not exist five years ago, illustrating the pace of change in the industry.
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OpinionOpinion: Retailers must face axe-grinding MPs or risk their reputation
Collective groans will have emanated from retail boardrooms last week after MPs announced they were launching a probe into corporate governance.
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OpinionOpinion: New times need new leaders with a different worldview
The world we live in today has changed unrecognisably since the 1980s and 1990s. Leaders needs to modernise for better results.
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VideoWatch: Made.com boss Ning Li has reasons to smile as he looks ahead
Made.com boss and founder Ning Li discusses the UK market and what is next for the furniture retailer as its growth continues.
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NewsArgos’s Bodson at the helm of digital and marketing post-acquisition
Argos digital director Bertrand Bodson’s remit has been expanded to include marketing and customer experience at Sainsbury’s-Argos.
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NewsMPs launch probe into executive pay and corporate governance
The MP-led committee that probed BHS’s collapse today launched a fresh inquiry into executive pay and corporate governance at FTSE companies.
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NewsFashion retailers face struggle to bridge digital skills gap
Fashion retailers face an urgent struggle to hire digital experts as the industry moves at a “breakneck” speed, a new report has warned.
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VideoRetail Week Buzz: House of Fraser's Julian Burnett on seeking innovation
Chief information officer Julian Burnett explains how listening to the right innovations is more important than listening to all innovations.
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VideoRetail Week Buzz: Sainsbury’s Argos’s George Goley on presenting to boards
Retail Week Buzz: Sainsbury’s Argos’ George Goley’s top tips for presenting to the board
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NewsWinners of the Retail Week Tech & Ecomm Awards 2016 revealed
Digital department store retailer Shop Direct won the Overall Award for Excellence at the Retail Week Tech & Ecomm Awards 2016.
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NewsRetail Week Buzz: Co-op digital boss on collaboration and overcomplication
The Co-operative chief digital officer Mike Bracken says retailers must work together to solve their common technology problems.
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NewsEx-BHS execs Topp and Hitchcock head to LK Bennett
Former BHS chief executive Darren Topp and chief financial officer Michael Hitchcock have been hired by upmarket fashion retailer LK Bennett.
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NewsMP demands Sports Direct’s Mike Ashley cut ties with employment agency
MP Iain Wright has called on Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley to stop using Transline employment agency to recruit staff for Shirebrook.