Board
This coverage highlights board-level developments shaping the UK retail industry, from executive appointments and leadership reshuffles to governance strategy and corporate direction. Retail Sector reports on boardroom changes across major retail brands, supermarkets, and e-commerce operators, analysing how leadership decisions influence company performance, culture, and market positioning. Coverage includes director appointments, succession planning, governance best practices, and strategic decision-making at the highest levels. For retail professionals, these insights illuminate how leadership dynamics drive operational change, investor confidence, and long-term growth across the sector.
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Nov- 2020 -26 NovemberDepartment Stores
ScS appoints new CEO as trading remains steady
ScS has reported its trading remains “in line with expectations”, alongside the announcement of a new chief CEO ahead of the retailer’s AGM. The furniture retailer said its like-for-like order intake increased by 15%, from 26 July to 1 November, but declined by 65.2% in the three weeks to 21…
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24 NovemberNews
Burberry appoints non-executive director
Burberry has announced that Antoine Bernard de Saint-Affrique has been appointed to the board as a non-executive director and member of its audit and nomination committees. His roles will come into effect from 1 January 2021. Bernard de Saint-Affrique is currently CEO of the Barry Callebaut Group, a manufacturer of…
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23 NovemberNews
The Very Group names former BBC tech director as CIO
Online retailer The Very Group has named Matt Grest as chief information officer (CIO), with his role set to come into effect on 21 December 2020. Grest joins from the BBC, where he worked as director of digital platforms and oversaw the transformation of the corporation’s digital and broadcast products…
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18 NovemberOnline & Digital
Hut Group appoints non-executive director
The Hut Group (THG) has appointed Damian Sanders as its independent non-executive director. Sanders, who until recently was a senior audit partner at Deloitte, is set to join the group’s board and take up the position of chair of the Remuneration committee with immediate effect. Last October, Sanders was appointed…
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18 NovemberComment
Planning for the new digital saltation
Digital evolution, over the last 10 years, has been a steady move from offline to online. Since the mid-noughties until very recently, we’ve seen gradual increases in online sales compared to overall retail sales. Then COVID-19 happened, and the world changed. But our desire to purchase didn’t. We still needed…
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17 NovemberClothing & Shoes
Boohoo appoints chair of audit committee
Boohoo has announced the appointment of Shaun McCabe to its board as an independent non-executive director, where he will assume the role of chair of the audit committee. Following his appointment, which takes place with immediate effect, he will also sit on the group’s remuneration and nomination committees. McCabe brings…
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16 NovemberComment
The future of retail, where one size fits none
When writing this introduction, perhaps somewhat naively, I Googled ‘what was the most challenging time in all of history for retailers?’; thinking I could find some anecdotes about a time when retailers overcame hardships greater than those we face currently. As it turns out, the most challenging time in modern…
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13 NovemberSupermarkets
New Asda owners sell stake in EG holding company
The Issa brothers, the new billionaire owners of supermarket giant Asda, have reportedly generated hundreds of millions of pounds by offloading a stake in its holding company to a number of global investors. According to Sky News, an Abu Dhabi sovereign fund and two Canadian pension funds have acquired a…
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9 NovemberAdvice
How retailers can change the way they make decisions
How often have we heard of the demise of a retailer being linked to poor decision-making? For a long time (at least pre-pandemic), an inability to combat the rise of ecommerce was often positioned as the reason for many retailers’ struggles. Just look at Blockbuster – we’ve all heard how…
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5 NovemberClothing & Shoes
Joules trading exceeds expectations
Joules’ recent sales are exceeding expectations, according to the group’s trading update in the financial year to 31 May 2021. The clothing retailer is reporting “strong” year-on-year e-commerce growth of 35%, which accounts for 70% of the group’s overall sales for the period. Stores performed “ahead of the board’s expectations”…
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