All People articles – Page 418
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Analysis
Foreign exchange
Local knowledge is an invaluable asset for retailers looking overseas for growth potential. But, as Katie Kilgallen finds out, posting staff abroad can bring a wealth of benefits too
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Analysis
Bright ideas
There’s nobody better placed to find ways to improve your business than the staff who are in the thick of it. Charlotte Dennis-Jones finds out how retailers are encouraging shopfloor suggestions
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Opinion
M&S has been here before
A retail bellwether hovering around the £1 billion profit mark; an executive chairman almost synonymous with the business itself; signs of deteriorating trading and a clutch of directors eager to move into the top job. Sound familiar?
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Tesco takes axe to costs as cooling climate bites
Tesco has embarked on what is thought to be its most extensive round of cost-cutting for more than five years, as the UK retail sector faces a challenging year.
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Shoplifters face jail terms as Retail Week campaign pays off
Retailers breathed a sigh of relief this week as plans to abolish the penalty of imprisonment for persistent shoplifters were shelved.
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Tesco Thailand chief picked for senior US role
The chief executive of Tesco Thailand is to take a senior role at the grocer’s Fresh & Easy convenience store chain in the US.
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Non-execs to meet to finalise Rose pay package
In the face of mounting opposition to Sir Stuart Rose’s promotion to executive chairman, Marks & Spencer non-executives are to meet to thrash out a new pay package for the retailer’s chief executive.
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M&S investors slam Rose's promotion
Marks & Spencer investors have hit out against the retailer’s announcement yesterday to elevate Sir Stuart Rose to executive chairman, which some claim is in clear defiance of the UK’s corporate governance code.
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Musgrave poaches Home Retail exec to be FD
Musgrave has hired a Home Retail Group executive as finance director.
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Rose to become executive chairman of M&S and stand down in 2011
Rose’s change of responsibility becomes effective from June 1 and is part of a raft of management changes at the high street giant.
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Sainsbury’s poaches Next homewares manager to ramp up non-food
Sainsbury’s has hired a senior manager from fashion retailer Next as part of the expansion of its 2 billion non-food business this year.
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Sir Ken Morrison to be honoured upon retirement
Morrison’s board is planning to honour its chairman Sir Ken Morrison when he retires from the retailer on Thursday after 56 years.
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Aga appoints non-exec chairman
Ovens manufacturer and home retailer Aga has appointed former House of Fraser chief executive John Coleman as non-executive chairman.
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Selfridges appoints Oxford Street director
Selfridges has appointed Meave Wall as store director for its flagship Oxford Street branch.
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Opinion
Store manager's diary: investing in people will always reward you
I have been the manager of the Wood Green store for 18 months and have been with Peacocks for more than four years.
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Analysis
Star quality
Managers who go above and beyond the call of duty can take their stores into a different league. But just how do you spot a potential great among the crowd? Katie Daubney investigates
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News
People Tree appoints head of design
Ethical retailer People Tree has appointed a head of design to lead its UK design team.
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Minimum wage hike to hit retailers
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced that the national minimum wage will rise by almost 4 per cent to 5.73 in October.
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Fat Face shakes up senior team as sales grow
Lifestyle and fashion retailer Fat Face has reshuffled its senior management team.