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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. Potts joined the supermarket in 2015 after almost four decades at Tesco, where he started on the shop floor aged 16 and rose through the ranks to run its Asian operations. Sound familiar?

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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? There’s a lot of ground you have to cover every day.

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FMI honors seven food industry executives

Mass Relators

As senior vice president and chief financial officer, he oversaw the development of the 2020 and Beyond Plan , which analyzed every facet of business at Associated Food Stores to identify opportunities for improvement. In 2001, industry relations was added to Rick’s responsibilities.