Matalan
This coverage explores Matalan’s strategy and performance in the UK retail sector, focusing on store operations, financial results, leadership decisions, and brand positioning. Reporting highlights how Matalan responds to market challenges and customer trends, offering insights for retail executives, managers, and professionals monitoring value-focused and family-oriented retail.
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Jun- 2023 -22 JuneNews
Matalan makes two senior executive appointments
Matalan has announced the appointment of Phil Hackney as chief supply chain operations officer and Katherine Davis as chief retail officer. These new senior executives will report directly into Jo Whitfield as CEO. The roles have been created to support Matalan’s transformation, unlocking improvements to the customer journey as the…
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Apr- 2023 -19 AprilPeople Moves
Matalan appoints new chief customer and omni-channel officer
Matalan has announced the appointment of Ali Jones as its new chief customer and omni-channel officer, effective from today (19 April). Jones, who was the customer and community director at the Co-operative from 2018 to 2022, will be responsible for establishing a new customer function within the retail group. According…
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Mar- 2023 -29 MarchSport & Leisure
American Golf appoints new CEO
International Leisure Group in conjunction with Endless LLP has announced Nigel Oddy as its newly appointed CEO. Oddy will succeed Gary Favell from 11 April 2023 and assume responsibilities for ILG, including Europe’s leading golf retailer, American Golf. Before joining American Golf, Oddy most recently held the position of interim…
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28 MarchNews
Matalan appoints new CEO and chair
Leading omnichannel fashion and homeware retailer Matalan has announced the appointment of Jo Whitfield OBE as CEO of the company and Karl-Heinz Holland as chair. Holland previously spent 23 years at Lidl Group, six of those as CEO. He also served as CEO of DIA Group, a leading network of…
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Feb- 2023 -23 FebruaryClothing & Shoes
Former Co-op chief emerges as frontrunner to become Matalan CEO
Jo Whitfield, the former Co-op supermarkets chief, has reportedly emerged as a frontrunner to run Liverpool-based fashion retailer brand Matalan, according to Sky News. The outlet reports that following her decision to step down as the Co-op’s food chief last year, Whitfield is now in detailed talks with Matalan’s new…
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Jan- 2023 -16 JanuaryHigh Street
Matalan rescue deal to wipe founder’s control of group
Matalan founder John Hargreaves is reportedly set to lose control of the group after its lenders finalised a rescue deal that eliminates his equity, despite the retail tycoon submitting his own takeover bid for the group. According to the Times, Matalan is set to announce that lenders Invesco, Man GLG,…
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4 JanuaryHigh Street
Matalan lenders close in on takeover deal
A group of investors who have lent hundreds of millions to Matalan are closing in on a deal to take over the company, according to reports from Sky News. Senior lenders, including big names such as Invesco and Man GLG, could agree a deal in the next two weeks which…
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Dec- 2022 -23 DecemberHigh Street
Matalan sets January deadline for sale process
Matalan has announced that it plans to complete its sale process by the end of January 2023, after which a “comprehensive update to the market” will be provided, according to Drapers. The business said that, as of 15 December 2022, it had “received bids from a number of interested parties”.…
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19 DecemberHigh Street
Matalan founder to make final bid for group
John Hargreaves, the founder of fashion retailer Matalan, has announced his final offer to keep control of the company he founded in 1985. According to The Sunday Times, he has teamed up with Elliott Advisers, a private equity firm, for a 50-50 bid for Matalan. Hargreaves is reportedly expecting his…
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Oct- 2022 -24 OctoberHigh Street
Lenders prepare to take control of Matalan as bid deadline hits
Lenders are reportedly preparing to take control of Matalan after the deadline for its rescue bids was hit last Friday (21 October). According to The Telegraph, the bondholders who are owed £350m by Matalan “effectively control the business” after it failed to refinance the debts earlier this year. The Telegraph…
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