Conor Wright, Finance Director at ZELUS, on building a career without university, learning to think commercially, leading through rapid growth and why the future of finance is about far more than numbers.
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How to set your store managers up for the busiest trading week of the year.
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She’s spent the 23 years since recruiting buyers and merchandisers, from Junior through to Director level, across fashion, home and wider retail and consumer brands.
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Discover how retailers can prepare for Black Friday with smarter staffing, seasonal recruitment, effective management and better workforce planning.
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What’s actually keeping retail leaders up at night this November, from conversations across our client base.
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How to bring in seasonal support without burning out your permanent retail team over Christmas.
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Why Christmas temp to perm hiring needs planning now, not in January, and how to get it right.
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How to speed up your Q4 hiring process without compromising on candidate quality.
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When to start Black Friday and Christmas hiring in 2026 to stay ahead of the competition for seasonal talent.
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Fifteen years in retail teaches you a lot that never appears on a job description.
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AI that acts on behalf of the customer is closer than most retailers think…
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Retail sustainability plans only become credible when teams can deliver them. Explore the people and operational ownership employers need.
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Why experience-led retail means retailers are hiring differently, and the roles growing fastest as customer experience becomes the differentiator.
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In 2014 Pharrell Williams told GQ magazine he’s “the laziest person you’ve ever met. That’s a fact.” Maybe it is fact considering he was fired from three different McDonald’s for being lazy, but the music mogul has produced several hit tracks including ‘I’m a Slave 4 U’ (Britney Spears), ‘Happy’ (one of the world’s bestselling
Read more...Sainsbury’s is introducing a virtual queuing system across its UK stores helping vulnerable customers avoid crowds when grocery shopping. Sainsbury’s has partnered with Ufirst to roll out its new virtual queuing system, which it is set to trial at five UK stores in Pimlico, Leicester North, Watford, Newham Royal Warf and Uxbridge until mid-August.
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Deliveroo has sparked fresh speculation that it is considering an Initial Public Offering (IPO) after appointing a new chief financial officer. Ex-Expedia executive Adam Miller will join Deliveroo as its new finance chief bringing a nine-month search to an end, according to Sky News. On Wednesday, Deliveroo’s founder and chief executive Will Shu informed staff
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Retailers face being left with mountains of unsold spring and summer stock. What can they do with all that excess inventory? Sitting in empty shops and piling up in distribution centres, excess stock has become a multibillion-pound problem for fashion retail as the coronavirus pandemic continues to decimate trade.
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