All People articles – Page 400
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Opinion
Sainsbury's Justin King is a man of the people
For a while, retailers didn’t want to mention the R word. But now we’ve officially been told we’re moving into a recession, it seems many retailers are having to think about the other R word – redundancies.
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News
Sainsbury's King defends food imports
Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King will defend the importing of food despite concerns over food miles.
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News
Spindler: mutual decision to leave Debenhams
Debenhams managing director Angela Spindler has denied she has been restructured out of the department store retailer, saying her exit at the end of the month was based on a mutual decision.
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Opinion
City insider Jennifer Creevy: Debenhams is in safe hands
Just a week after leading a preview tour of its new store at Westfield London, Debenhams revealed managing director Angela Spindler is to leave the business.
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Analysis
Nicky Kinnaird: The Beauty of it
Nicky Kinnaird’s Space NK launch was a bold move for beauty retailing and there’s more growth to come. By Jennifer Creevy.
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News
Waterstone’s hires operations chief
Waterstone’s has appointed Alex Rayner as operations director.
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News
Sainsbury's to offer GCSE-level training
Sainsbury’s is to become the first retailer to offer its entire workforce the chance to gain GCSE-level equivalent qualifications.
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News
Liberty appoints new buying director
Liberty, the iconic department store, has appointed Edwin Burstell as buying director.
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News
Moss Bros hires new buying director
Moss Bros has appointed Paul Sheldon as its new director of buying.
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News
Laura Ashley finance director stands down
Laura Ashley finance director David Cook has resigned.
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News
Jaeger appoints new design director
Jaeger has appointed Stuart Stockdale as its new design director.
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News
Angela Spindler in shock exit from Debenhams
Debenhams managing director Angela Spindler is to leave the department store retailer after less than a year in the role.
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News
High pay for retailers ‘not helping strategy’
Retail chief executives are paid disproportionately more than their counterparts in other industries but have less time than ever to spend on strategy, a study has claimed.
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Analysis
Tony Brown: A natural born seller
Department store retailer Beales has changed its direction since ex-Bhs chief Tony Brown joined, with morale on the way back up. He tells Amy Shields how he is reviving the loss-making chain.
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AnalysisH&M’s Magnus Olsson: Swede success
H&M has transformed the UK fashion market. In a rare interview, UK boss Magnus Olsson tells Lisa Berwin the secret of its success and why the downturn could be an opportunity.
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News
Littlewoods Direct spends heavily on Christmas ad campaign
Littlewoods Direct is launching a Christmas campaign that will be the biggest investment the company has made in mass media advertising.
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News
Ann Summers appoints new managing director
Ann Summers has hired a former Asda director as managing director.
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News
Woolworths shakes up its management
Woolworths has made a raft of changes to its management structure as part of its plan to “simplify the business and create clear accountability lines and responsibilities”.
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AnalysisBest Buy Europe: Charles Dunstone’s best move?
It will launch into the toughest retail market for a decade, but Charles Dunstone believes that Best Buy will be a hit in the UK. Tim Danaher joined him in Chicago to find out why.
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Analysis
Jacques-Antoine Granjon: UK Confidential
France’s leading private sales web site Vente-Privee may have chosen a precarious time to launch in the UK, but founder Jacques-Antoine Granjon says the potential is there. He tells Lisa Berwin why.