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Best of 2023: Is private equity ownership slowly killing retail?

Retail Gazette

The funding structure works by leveraging finance which, more often than not, results in firms borrowing money against the retailer’s balance sheet – in turn generating debt – to use for investment. This begs the question of whether the financing structure still lends itself well to the retail sector?

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

Retail Gazette

Archie Norman Archie Norman has spent the last six years overseeing food and fashion group M&S’s turnaround plan as it looks to re-establish its brand, win back consumers and return to profit. Mark Price With John Lewis in peril, could we see Lord Mark Price return to the Partnership? Sound familiar?