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...The efforts of Debenhams’ boss Sergio Bucher, who unveiled his “Redesigning Debenhams” in 2017 were cut short on Thursday after he and chairman, Sir Ian Michael Cheshire, were forced off the board by 29...
...Last week, Debenhams chief executive Sergio Bucher wrote: “Almost all of our 166 UK stores are profitable today.”...
...Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley and his key lieutenant Michael Murray had just spent half an hour telling analysts and investors how successful the company’s strategy of moving upmarket had been....
...Sergio Bucher, a former Amazon executive appointed chief executive of Debenhams two years ago, divides opinion....
...Mr Bucher joins from Cardano, the investment adviser. • Michael Reinhard will move in April to Universal Investment as chief operating officer for the €355bn German fund service provider....
...Mr Bucher replaced Michael Sharp, who stepped down as chief executive last year after 25 years at the company amid criticism from activist investors of Debenhams’ performance....
...Mr Bucher added that the company has made progress with its “Debenhams Redesigned” strategy, which aims to drive growth through making shopping a social experience....
...Mr Bucher arrived at the department store this month, taking over from Michael Sharp, who had come under pressure from institutional investors....
...He took up his post this month, replacing Michael Sharp, who had come under pressure from the company’s institutional investors....
...Mr Bucher will take up the role in October....
...Wednesday’s results came just two days before the department store chain’s chief executive, Michael Sharp, is set to step down....
...Mr Bucher replaces Michael Sharp, who announced his decision to leave Debenhams last year after the company came under pressure from activist investors....
...Mr Bucher will replace Michael Sharp, who had signalled his decision to leave Debenhams last year and submitted his resignation last month after the company came under pressure from activist investors....
...It is a little ominous that Mr Sharp will be replaced in September by Sergio Bucher, an executive at Amazon....
...Then, in the early 1970s, a young English scientist, Michael Stanley Whittingham, began to investigate potential battery materials at Stanford University....
...UNITY by Michael Arditti Maia Press £8.99, 384 pages There is more than one Unity Mitford in Michael Arditti’s latest novel....
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