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Burberry names new CEO

Inside Retail

Akeroyd has served at Versace as CEO since June 2016, helping the brand reorganise and accelerate its growth. Prior to Versace, he was CEO at Alexander McQueen from 2004 to 2016. Akeroyd has also held several senior fashion roles at London-based luxury department store Harrods. “I

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Burberry Names Akeroyd its Next CEO

Retail TouchPoints

Gobbetti is leaving Burberry at the end of 2021 to take the reins at Salvatore Ferragamo. Burberry credited Akeroyd for reorganizing and accelerating growth at Versace by building on the Italian brand’s heritage to elevate product, communications and the customer experience. “I

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Booktopia searches for new CEO after Tony Nash steps aside

Inside Retail

Building Booktopia from a budget of just $10 a day in 2004 into Australia’s leading online book retailer has been an incredibly rewarding journey,” he said. It’s time to hand over the leadership reins to someone who is more capable than me at that job description. Volatile and unpredictable’ market. million.

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Retail appointments of the week

Inside Retail

Akeroyd has served at Versace as CEO since June 2016, helping the brand reorganise and accelerate its growth. Prior to Versace, he was CEO at Alexander McQueen from 2004 to 2016. Akeroyd has also held several senior fashion roles at London-based luxury department store Harrods. “I

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

Retail Gazette

The search for the next chair of John Lewis Partnership is underway after current incumbent Sharon White revealed she would be stepping down at the end of her five-year term. Retail Gazette looks at some of the possible candidates who could replace White. His deep grocery experience could be vital in getting Waitrose back on form.

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The Hummingbird Bakery opens a new Soho bakery in October

A1 Retail

The newest space for the iconic American style bakery at 800 sq.ft Simone Tasker, Operations Manager of The Hummingbird Bakery comments: “We are so happy to be returning to Soho, the store is beautiful and we are so excited to share our ‘Create your Own’ cupcake and ice cream station. We can’t wait to return!”

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8 Reasons Why Blockbuster Failed & Filed for Bankruptcy

Indigo 9 Digital

By Tricia McKinnon Before the advent of streaming Blockbuster was a popular video rental store where customers could rent their favourite movies on VHS tapes or DVDs and watch them at home. At the time Blockbuster could have afforded the purchase price since it had raised $465 million in an IPO a year earlier.

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