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Rooney Mara become new face of Calvin Klein fragrance Friday, 17th May 2013
Photo credit: Calvin Klein
Hollywood actress Rooney Mara has been unveiled as the new face of Calvin Klein’s newest fragrance, Downturn, and the company estimate that the fragrance could accumulate USD 120 million in retail sales globally. The company have said that they hope the fragrance will rival its flagship women’s scent, Euphoria, which has proved particularly popular with customers.
Posted in Advertising Campaigns, People, Retail Industry Tagged Calvin Klein, Rooney Mara, Downturn, Euphoria, perfume, David Fincher, Jean-Baptiste Mondino, Coty, Jean Mortier, Catherine Walsh, senior vice president
M&S hires former Next exec Monday, 13th May 2013
Marks & Spencer has hired former Next executive Jo Jenkins as its new director of lingerie and beauty.
Posted in Department Stores, People Tagged Next, Marks & Spencer, M&S, Janie Schaffer, Jo Jenkins, John Dixon, HR News
B&Q exits examinership with approval from the High Court in €2.4m investment plan Tuesday, 7th May 2013
Photo credit: B&Q
B&Q Ireland has exited the examinership today with the High Court approval in the investment plan that retained 640 jobs that were potentially under threat. However, during the procedure its Waterfords store closed after being unviable resulting in 47 employees becoming redundant.
Posted in Home & DIY News, People, Retail Industry Tagged retail, home improvement, Investment, Employement
Stephane Linder named new Tag Heuer CEO Tuesday, 7th May 2013
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Stephane Linder is set to become the new chief executive of watch brand Tag Heuer, owners LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton confirmed on Tuesday. Taking effect on 1 June, Linder will be replacing Jean-Christophe Babin, who stepped down earlier this year to take over Italian jewellery company Bulgari, after their former chief executive Michael Burke became the new boss of Louis Vuitton.
Posted in fashion, Fashion News, Jewellry, People, Retail Industry Tagged jewellery, fashion, chief executive, Louis Vuitton, Tag Heuer, LVMH, Bulgari, luxury
Joseph Wan to depart Harvey Nichols Saturday, 4th May 2013
Joseph Wan, Harvey Nichols chief executive, is preparing to step down as the search for his successor gathers pace.
Posted in Department Stores, People Tagged Joseph Wan, Harvey Nichols, department stores, people, hr news
Starbucks initiates management reshuffle Thursday, 2nd May 2013
Starbucks is making high-profile changes within its management team it says will give its bosses a more thorough experience of the company.
Posted in Drink, People Tagged Howard Schultz, John Culver, Cliff Burrows, Michelle Glass, Kris Engskov, people, hr news, food, Starbucks
Sainsbury’s chief Justin King “not planning on going anywhere” Monday, 29th April 2013
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Sainsbury’s chief executive Justin King was forced to play down reports over the weekend that he could be preparing to leave the retailer. King, who had led the UK’s third-biggest supermarket since 2004, rubbished claims that he could be in line to replace Bernie Ecclestone as chief executive of Formula One, or Marc Bolland as boss of Marks & Spencer.
Posted in Food, People, Retail Industry Tagged justin, king, supermarket, sainsbury's, food, grocer, egon zehnder, move, leave, chief, executive, formula one, marks, spencer
New chief executive for Ben Sherman Friday, 19th April 2013
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Iconic British clothing company Ben Sherman has appointed Mark Maidment as its new chief executive. Maidment has worked with Ben Sherman since 2002, and as the brand’s creative director from 2005. Having played a key role in repositioning the brand into more premium channels, Maidment has said to have helped evolve the Ben Sherman label for a modern audience.
Posted in fashion, Retail Industry, People Tagged ben sherman, fashion, menswear, mark, maidment, brand, label
Puma hires Pandora boss as CEO Thursday, 18th April 2013
Puma has hired Pandora boss Bjoern Gulden as its new chief executive officer.
Posted in Jewellry, People, Sporting Goods Tagged hr news, people, puma, pandora, jewellery, sporting goods, Jean-Francois Palus, Bjoern Gulden
Selfridges charging suppliers for having their invoices settled Monday, 15th April 2013
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Selfridges has been criticised after it was revealed that it was reportedly charging its suppliers a minimum of 3 per cent of their invoice values in exchange for the department store paying bills within 60 days. The suppliers have also been told that they can give up 5 per cent of their invoice to recieve their payment within 21 days or 4 per cent to be paid within 30 days.
Posted in Department Stores, People, Retail Industry, supply chain Tagged retail, news, selfridges, suppliers, invoices
