All People articles – Page 398
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AnalysisRising Star Awards: The next generation of retail leaders
With The Retail Week Rising Star Awards 2009 on the horizon, we talk to some of last year’s winners to see how industry recognition has helped their careers flourish
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NewsAsda chief marketing officer given Wal-Mart international role
Asda chief marketing officer Rick Bendel has been promoted to a new role of international chief marketing officer for parent company Wal-Mart.
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NewsWaterstone's to axe up to 650 positions
Waterstone’s is to axe up to 650 positions across all its 300 branches following the retailer’s move to a new distribution centre and a change in working patterns.
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NewsCarpetright director John Kitching leaves board to focus on sister brand
Carpetright executive director John Kitching will leave the retailer’s board to focus on his role as managing director of sister brand Storey Carpets.Kitching will leave the board of the UK’s largest flooring retailer at the end of this financial year on May 2, 2009.He will remain at Carpetright to “concentrate ...
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NewsCarphone Warehouse seeks talent to prepare for Best Buy debut
Carphone Warehouse is to strengthen its sourcing and product development teams as it gears up for the debut of Best Buy next year.
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AnalysisRetail finance directors: More than just number crunchers
No longer just bean counters in ivory towers, the role of the finance chief has evolved, and those who can marry the maths with commercial nous are in high demand.
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AnalysisKate Swann
She may have a formidable reputation, but there’s no doubting Kate Swann’s success in reshaping WHSmith
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News
Entries being taken for Rising Stars 2009
Retail Week has begun its annual search for talented young professionals in the retail sector with the launch of the Rising Stars 2009.
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NewsTop retailers attend launch of national skills training scheme
A scheme that promises to overhaul the way retail skills training is delivered was unveiled last night at an event attended by some of the industry’s top names.
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NewsJacques Vert womenswear managing director steps down from board
Womenswear retailer Jacques Vert has announced that its managing director of womenswear Shena MacDonald has stepped down from the board and will leave the group.
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NewsAxe looms over all Monsoon shop staff
All Monsoon store staff are facing potential redundancy as the retailer enters into a consultation period with every employee at its shops.
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Space NK chief executive leaves after five years
Space NK chief executive Judith Pilkington has stepped down from the luxury beauty retailer.
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AnalysisThe e-tail recruitment challenge
Online retail specialists are in short supply and huge demand, Ben Cooper discovers
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B&Q awards £9m of shares to staff
B&Q is awarding £9m of shares in parent company Kingfisher to more than 300 store managers in order to maintain high store operating standards.
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NewsFashion Retail Academy students’ idea to represent UK
An e-tail idea created by students from the Fashion Retail Academy, Updatemywardrobe.com, will represent the UK in the Retail Futures Challenge at the World Retail Congress.The students were asked to come up with a business idea they believe represents the future of the sector and ...
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AnalysisLife after retail redundancy
Losing your job in this climate is a massive blow, but it needn’t be the end of the world. Five individuals from different retail backgrounds discuss their experiences
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AnalysisOcado ups ante as online food battle hots up
With soaring sales and a price campaign taking on Waitrose and Tesco, Ocado’s confidence is growing. Jennifer Creevy meets co-founder Jason Gissing
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Opinion
People are your most powerful asset
A financial services sector wrestling with toxic assets, a housing market in steep decline, unemployment rising inexorably… the harbingers of gloom have much to gorge upon.
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AnalysisDavid Wild
Halfords hasn’t escaped the recession but former Tesco and Wal-Mart man David Wild says he’s confident of light at the end of the tunnel