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Regulation is Coming to POS Finance: Why Responsible Lending Will Benefit Retailers

Retail TouchPoints

As economic pressures and living costs surge, more people than ever are considering using point-of-service (POS) finance — such as buy now, pay later and installment loans — to manage their cashflow. It’s clear that there is a consumer-driven need for more flexible finance and smarter buying power. .

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The Very Group appoints Lionel Desclée as group CEO

365 Retail

Between 2005 and 2016, Lionel held a number of senior roles at global retail business Delhaize Group, with responsibility for 750 franchised or affiliated stores in Belgium and Luxembourg and more than 1,600 supermarkets on the US East Coast.

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Who is Peter Ruis, the man tasked with reviving John Lewis?

Retail Gazette

Ruis joined the business in 2005 and transformed its fashion offering by ditching its more conservative brands in favour for big names like Jaeger, Hobbs, Mango and Whistles. Hyman says: “Peter will want to have a big impact in the turnaround plan and he’ll want to be using his plan.”

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

Inside Retail

When I joined Bunnings back in 2005 our full year revenues were around the $4 billion mark and it’s certainly grown significantly since then, you know, it was 2015 as a business, we hit a billion dollars on the bottom line for earnings. I was interviewing for a couple of different roles and a role at Bunnings came up in 2005.