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Who could replace Sharon White as the next John Lewis Partnership chair?

Retail Gazette

On top of that, she has faced fierce criticism around her turnaround plan, which includes a focus on non-retail activities such as house building. Although, like White, not a retailer by trade, she has much experience in consumer industries from her time leading Whitbread, owner of brands including Premier Inn and Beefeater.

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Bunnings MD Mike Schneider: “I have the best retail job in the country”

Inside Retail

As I progressed through my tertiary studies, I realised that the classroom probably wasn’t for me I’d sort of fallen into education as a little bit of a plan B. I love working with other team members. It was funny, you know, it was Christmas. What year would it have been?

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FMI honors seven food industry executives

Mass Relators

In similar fashion to the “Great Humanitarian” Herbert Hoover, Obray led Associated Food Stores with the dual aim of maximizing consumer satisfaction and uplifting communities in need. Esther Peterson Award for Consumer Service Elizabeth Chace-Marino, Manager of Government Affairs at Ahold Delhaize USA, Inc.,