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...Paul Dales of Capital Economics said the acceleration in the core figure left the UK “looking increasingly like the global outlier and the stagflation nation”....
...Argos will use the data it collects about purchasers to better target future adverts during shopping sessions....
..., while Cruise and Argo appear to be rapidly advancing their performance”....
...Before joining Novartis Bertrand was in charge of digital modernisation for Sainsbury’s Argos chain....
...The economic historian Paul David observed that there was a long delay after developing electric motors before they were productively used in manufacturing....
...Large companies such as Dixon’s Carphone Warehouse and J Sainsbury’s Argos have already announced the closure of hundreds of stores across the country....
...Cerberus has been agitating for the departure of incumbent chairman Paul Achleitner for more than a year....
...Once a supplier of tyres, automotive parts and milk-extracting udder liners, under boss Paul McDonald it has focused on defence contracting....
...“Everyone will be looking again at what constitutes a minimum viable range,” said Paul Martin, head of retail at KPMG. Larger volumes of fewer products make for simpler and more efficient businesses....
...But there’s a snag, outlined in the recent Credit Suisse global investment returns yearbook 2020, edited by Professor Dimson alongside Paul Marsh and Mike Staunton....
...The retail and logistics team at Argos will report to retail and operations director Simon Roberts while the commercial team will report to Paul Mills-Hicks....
...Richard Ashton held the same role at Home Retail Group for 15 years until its takeover by Sainsburys, when the company owned Argos, Homebase and Habitat....
...Meanwhile Volkswagen severed its ties to Aurora, a Silicon Valley start-up backed by Amazon, in preparation for an expected partnership with Ford’s self-driving unit Argo AI....
...Possible successors include John Rogers, who heads the Argos business; finance director Kevin O’Byrne — who has also been linked to the coming chief executive vacancy at Kingfisher — as well as Paul Mills-Hicks...
...Morgan (pictured above) has form at effecting change; her determined efforts to hold TSB's management to account for its failures contributed to the departure of CEO Paul Pester, who stepped down after a...
...Find new partners: with Argos now part of J Sainsbury, those concessions will not be returning to Homebase stores....
...Paul Noble, head of tax investigations at Pinsent Masons, said that squeezed living standards meant workers were increasingly likely to speak out if they felt they were not being paid the right amount....
...But code vigilantes worry that Mr Heavey, who sold his vintage car collection to found Tullow in 1985, will stifle his successor Paul McDade, Tullow’s chief operating officer of 12 years....
...He joined the group in 2012 as managing director of Argos, and was promoted to chief executive in March 2014....
...A deal for Poundland would mark Steinhoff’s first success in European dealmaking this year, after failing to acquire French retailer Darty and Argos owner Home Retail Group....
...Paul McDade, currently chief operating officer who has been with the group since 2001, will take over....
...The offer is a 13 per cent premium to Poundland’s closing price of 195p a share on Tuesday, write Arash Massoudi and Paul McClean....
...half of all Argos sales....
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