All People articles – Page 413
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Analysis
Free wheeler
He may have once come close to bankruptcy, but Nick Wheeler, founder of shirt business Charles Tyrwhitt, tells Charlotte Dennis-Jones why he loves being his own boss
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Gillis ups ante for Blacks chiefs with £4m incentive bonanza
Outdoors specialist Blacks is to launch a 4 million incentive scheme for 25 top executives in an attempt to improve shareholder value and restore the retailer to its former glory.
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New Look’s overseas sales to overtake UK
New Look’s Phil Wrigley has said the retailer’s international sales are likely to exceed its UK operation’s in the next five years.
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Opinion
Creating an environment we can be proud of
This store has been open for nearly 10 months and every annual event brings with it a chance to learn about the trading environment and our colleagues.
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Analysis
A star is born
With just three weeks to go before the nominations close for this year’s Rising Stars Awards, Katie Kilgallen finds out how last year’s winners have prospered
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Murphy paid £1.6 million in last year at Kingfisher
Former Kingfisher chief executive Gerry Murphy was paid more than 1.6 million in his last year with the business.
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Liberty changes finance chief
Iconic London department store Liberty has hired a new finance director.
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McPhail named New Look chief executive
New Look has re-shuffled its management team, promoting Phil Wrigley to executive chairman and Carl McPhail to chief executive.
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Baker to join Virgin Active
Former Boots chief executive Richard Baker is to become chairman of Sir Richard Branson’s health and fitness chain Virgin Active.
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AnalysisRetail Power List 2008: 80-100
80 Alan Giles, chairman, Fat Face2007 RANK: 51One of the industry’s most recognised figures, the former HMV chief executive is now firmly established as chairman of rapidly growing surfwear chain Fat Face.He oversaw the£360 million sale of the business to Bridgepoint Capital last March and has embarked on a rapid ...
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AnalysisRetail Power List 2008: 60-79
60 Jgeir Jnesson, executive chairman, Baugur2007 RANK: 3 The Icelander has slipped out of the retail limelight this year, having handed over the role of Baugur chief executive to Gunnar Sigurdsson. He has not slipped out of the headlines, though, as the Icelandic police’s economic crime department are investigating previous ...
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AnalysisRetail Power List 2008: 40-59
40 Tim Mason, chief executive, US, Tesco2007 RANK: 89Tim Mason may well have the toughest job at Tesco right now. The chief executive of the grocer’s fledgling Fresh & Easy convenience store is in the throes of fixing its juggernaut roll-out programme, which was halted for three months in March.To ...
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Analysis
Business partners
Buyers and merchandisers are like two sides of the same coin and, when they work together, they can really lift a brand. So what skills do today’s fledgling stars need, asks Alison Clements
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AnalysisRetail Power List 2008: 30-39
30 Kate Bostock, executive director, clothing, Marks & Spencer2007 RANK: 39A prot駩 of fashion genius George Davies and his Next successor David Jones, Bostock is the most powerful woman in fashion. And she is now in with a chance of becoming the most powerful woman in retail if she succeeds ...
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News
T-Mobile appoints new retail director to drive growth
T-Mobile UK has appointed Andrew Coull as director of retail as it eyes further retail growth.
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AnalysisRetail Power List 2008: 20-29
20 Don McCarthy, chairman, House of Fraser and Aurum Holdings2007 RANK: 31When Don McCarthy was elected to Baugur’s board last June, it signified his role as a key player in the Icelandic investor’s inner circle. And, with his fingers in so many pies, he might now be one of the ...
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AnalysisRetail Power List 2008: 10-19
10 Marc Bolland, chief executive, Morrisons2007 RANK: 18Not many in the grocery sector gave Marc Bolland much hope when he took the helm in 2006. Having come from brewery Heineken, he knew little about UK supermarkets, joining the grocer after the upheaval of its Safeway takeover and spending the first ...
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Analysis
Seeds of growth
When Neil Dixon joined then-budding retailer Julian Graves as a one-man property department, he found the challenge he wanted. He tells Ben Cooper why now’s no time to slow down
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AnalysisRetail Power List 2008: 1-9
1 Sir Terry Leahy, chief executive, Tesco2007 RANK: 1At last, evidence that the UK’s number one retailer is fallible. A nasty skiing accident earlier this year left the Tesco chief executive nursing six broken ribs and put him briefly out of circulation. By the time he returned – sounding, according ...
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AnalysisRetail Power List 2008: 1-9
1 Sir Terry Leahy, chief executive, Tesco2007 RANK: 1At last, evidence that the UK’s number one retailer is fallible. A nasty skiing accident earlier this year left the Tesco chief executive nursing six broken ribs and put him briefly out of circulation. By the time he returned – sounding, according ...