All People articles – Page 404
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Opinion
Competitiveness is key for M&S
No apologies for returning to the biggest story of the week, the trials of Marks & Spencer. After all, food is at the root of its problems.
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Opinion
The Retail Week – July 4, 2008
The magic has well and truly evaporated from the retail Camelot created at Marks & Spencer by Sir Stuart Rose.
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News
Ideal appoints Aujila to board
TV and online shopping channel Ideal Shopping Direct has appointed Pamela Aujila to its board as commercial director.
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Analysis
Raise your site
Some retailers are reaping the benefits of e-recruitment, but many others struggle to master its operational and accessibility basics. Fine-tuning the technology is crucial, finds Katie Kilgallen
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News
Argos staff hold strike ballot as 4% pay increase rejected
Distribution staff from Home Retail Group’s Argos demonstrated at the company’s AGM this week ahead of a strike ballot in protest at the 4 per cent pay increase offered by the retailer.
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Analysis
Bags of passion
Having launched Liberty of London’s standalone store, Tamara Salman tells Amy Shields about her aims for the luxury accessories brand’s expansion
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News
JJB hires MD for lifestyle division
JJB Sports has appointed Chris Lee, founder of men’s lifestyle store chain Microzine, to head its new Sports Lifestyle division.
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Rose may be forced to step down
Marks & Spencer chief executive Sir Stuart Rose may be forced to step down or resign after yesterday’s shock profit warning wiped 1.2 billion off the value of the retailer.
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Esom out as M&S issues profit warning
M&S has this morning issued a shock profit warning as it announced that its director of food Steve Esom has left the business.
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Fashion Academy to use Oracle package
The retailer-backed Fashion Retail Academy is implementing a buying and merchandising system from Oracle Retail in time for its new academic year.
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Arcadia overseas chief takes up Alshaya post
Arcadia’s international managing director Amir Afkami has been appointed chief operating officer of Middle Eastern trading house Alshaya’s retail division.
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Obama tackles Leahy over union row
US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has this week written to Tesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy ahead of the grocer’s AGM today, urging him to start discussions with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW).
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Opinion
Store manager’s diary: Liverpool launch has been inspiring for staff
It’s a really exciting time at John Lewis at the moment. We are moving full swing into the biggest period of expansion that we have undertaken to date, doubling the size of the business over the next decade.
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AnalysisRole of honour
Glamorising job titles is an easy way for employers to make roles sound more appealing, especially to new recruits, but do they serve their purpose of motivating staff, asks Liz Morrell
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News
Primark poaches New Look's Marchant
Primark has poached senior New Look director Paul Marchant as chief operating officer.
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Analysis
Well suited
Claudio Del Vecchio has a long-standing affection for Brooks Brothers and planned its turnaround when he was just a customer. Now that he is chief executive, the sky’s the limit. By Amy Shields
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News
Moss Bros shareholders demand new chair
Moss Bros chief executive Philip Mountford faced a hostile reception at the retailer’s AGM yesterday.
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M&S shareholders urged to block Rose dual role
Marks & Spencer shareholders are again being urged to vote against chief executive Sir Stuart Rose’s promotion to chairman at next month’s AGM.
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Obama appeals to Leahy over union recognition
Tesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy has been asked by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to meet with and engage with American trade unions.
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Ilva Furniture collapses
Ilva Furniture has gone into administration becoming the latest big-ticket retailer to be hit by the downturn, Retail Week can reveal.