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...She went to Dalton on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, a private school for rich kids that likely inspired the Gossip Girl books and television show, where she was the founder and president of the “Lord of the...
...The festive Italian bread was a centrepiece in its ill-fated move upmarket, with chief executive Dalton Philips boasting in 2010 that in-store bakeries were able to turn them out at half the price of imported...
...Over the race’s history, tycoons from banker J Pierpont Morgan to technology billionaire Larry Ellison have thrown huge sums at teams....
...He set up his own money management firm, J Epstein & Co, insisting he would only serve billionaires....
...He was teaching mathematics at the elite Dalton prep school in Manhattan when his fortunes changed. Impressed by his talents, a parent recommended he go into banking....
...J Sainsbury bought Argos and is acquiring Asda in a two-part attempt at Bezos-proofing....
...Mr Potts joined Morrisons in March 2015 after former chief executive Dalton Philips was ousted following several years of poor performance and a halving of profits....
...J Sainsbury last week highlighted how the major supermarket chains are seeking to find new ways to compete, when it admitted to making a takeover approach to Home Retail Group, the owner of Argos and DIY...
...At the group’s annual general meeting in June 2014, the now 84-year-old honorary president of Morrisons told shareholders that the strategy of its then chief executive, Dalton Philips, was “bullshit”....
...But the ageing Douglas came to resemble Papa Karamazov, as played by Lee J Cobb in the Hollywood movie: all jaw, overacting and penny-dreadful glitter....
...The Bradford-based retailer’s update comes ahead of festive trading results from J Sainsbury and Tesco this week....
...Mr Potts replaced Dalton Phillips, who was ousted following several years of poor performance by the company....
...Previously, the scheme — launched by former chief executive, Dalton Philips, a year ago — automatically checked the prices of products against those of Aldi, Lidl, Tesco, Asda and J Sainsbury....
...Rival J Sainsbury said on Wednesday it was seeing the first volume growth for about five years....
...But it is below a better than expected 1.7 per cent decline at J Sainsbury in its third quarter, and a 0.3 per cent decline at Tesco over the six weeks to January 3....
...Sales at Wm Morrison were also down by 0.4 per cent, although Kantar said this was the best performance for the retailer — which recently ousted chief executive Dalton Philips — since December 2013....
...J Sainsbury, down nearly 30 per cent in the last calendar year, reclaimed 2.6 per cent to 246.8p. Morrison’s bounce higher came after a 22 per cent fall over 2014....
...Dalton Philips says he thinks he “got more right than wrong” in his five-year tenure as chief executive of Wm Morrison. The board, however, appears to disagree....
...The move would follow dividend cuts at rivals Tesco, which said it was jettisoning its final dividend, and J Sainsbury, which said it was adopting a more cautious dividend policy....
...He would not say how much the scheme, which also pledges to match the prices of the other big four supermarkets – Tesco, Asda and J Sainsbury – would cost Morrison....
...The company has a 25-year, £200m partnership with Morrison, which on Tuesday ousted its chief executive Dalton Philips....
...Sainsbury’s confident new boss Mike Coupe has a marginally easier job than Dave Lewis or Dalton Philips, who run Tesco and Wm Morrison, respectively....
...J Sainsbury, meanwhile, is trying to keep above the fray....
...Dalton Philips, chief executive, insisted the price-cutting plan was working, despite the first wave of reductions failing to improve like-for-like sales....
...The incident is the latest embarrassment for Morrison, and its chief executive Dalton Philips....
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