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• New Tesco boss is not the obvious choice for chief executive | Nils Pratley

  02-10-2019 23:44
  It’s a surprise that supermarket group did not recruit internally after Dave Lewis jumpedIf you want to wind up Dave Lewis, point to Tesco’s share price. It was 230p when he arrived in September 2014 and, after five years of effort that have prompted the chief executive to want to “recharge my batteries”, it has reached only 240p. All that struggle to go sideways?Lewis resents the share price comparison as much as he dislikes his “Drastic Dave” label and, actu
  
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• Tesco incoming chief: tough but charming

  02-10-2019 21:05
  Tough, but charming Irishman Ken Murphy called a ‘great fish in the executive pond’
  
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• 'Ken the Unknown' not the obvious choice as Tesco chief executive

  02-10-2019 20:30
  It’s a surprise that supermarket group did not recruit internally after Dave Lewis jumpedIf you want to wind up Dave Lewis, point to Tesco’s share price. It was 230p when he arrived in September 2014 and, after five years of effort that have prompted the chief executive to want to “recharge my batteries”, it has reached only 240p. All that struggle to go sideways?Lewis resents the share price comparison as much as he dislikes his “Drastic Dave” label and, actu
  
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• Dave Lewis declares ‘mission accomplished’ at Tesco

  02-10-2019 20:25
  CEO ‘who saved Tesco’ to move on having restored profitability at UK’s largest grocer
  
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• Boris Johnson Brexit plan 'risks damaging Northern Ireland economy'

  02-10-2019 20:05
  Taking Britain out of customs union will harm jobs and growth, say business chiefs Business leaders have told Boris Johnson his Brexit plan risks causing severe damage to the Northern Ireland economy and has ramped up the chance of a no-deal departure.In an angry response to the prime minister’s plan to take Britain, including Northern Ireland, out of the customs union, representatives of companies in the province and across the UK said it put jobs and growth at risk. They also said it was
  
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• Sweet squabble: map of favorite movie candy by US state sparks debate

  02-10-2019 19:09
  Do Floridians really favor Dum Dums and Alaskans opt for wax bottles or is this all one big ruse? The internet is convulsedAn “unofficial” map showing the different candy preferences at cinemas for people in different states across the US has gotten some Americans very riled up.Shared by movie podcasters Lights, Action, Pod, the map has caused a stir online between those who are taking the post at face value, and those who see it as one big joke (what are Sixlets, and how could wax b
  
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• Tesco: tills and thrills

  02-10-2019 17:06
  Like Dave Lewis, investors may feel now is the right time to get out
  
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• Boots 'lifer' to replace Dave Lewis at the helm of Tesco

  02-10-2019 10:47
  Ken Murphy’s career began in his father’s shop before moving to Boots via Alliance UniChemThe incoming chief executive of Tesco, Ken Murphy, is a Boots lifer who started his career in retail working the till in his dad’s shop at the age of 15.The 52 year-old Irishman, who is a qualified accountant, has worked in health and beauty retail all his life. His first senior role was as finance director of pharmaceutical wholesaler UniChem which, following a string of mergers and tie-u
  
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• Boots 'lifer' to replace Dave Lewis at helm of Tesco

  02-10-2019 10:47
  Ken Murphy’s career began in his father’s shop before moving to Boots via Alliance UniChemTesco chief Dave Lewis announces surprise departureThe incoming chief executive of Tesco, Ken Murphy, is a Boots lifer who started his career in retail working the till in his dad’s shop at the age of 15.The 52 year-old Irishman, who is a qualified accountant, has worked in health and beauty retail all his life. His first senior role was as finance director of pharmaceutical wholesaler Uni
  
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• Tesco chief Dave Lewis announces surprise departure

  02-10-2019 08:28
  Ken Murphy from Walgreens Boots Alliance will take over as retailer’s boss next summerThe Tesco chief executive, Dave Lewis, has announced his surprise departure after five years at the helm of the UK’s biggest retailer.The former Unilever executive said he had completed the turnaround plan he set in train following the company’s 2014 accounting scandal and would leave the company in a “position of strength”. He will be succeeded next summer by Ken Murphy, a Boots l
  
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• Tesco chief executive Dave Lewis to step down

  02-10-2019 08:23
  Walgreens executive Ken Murphy to take over at the retailer
  
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• Tesco chief Dave Lewis to step down next year

  02-10-2019 08:23
  Former Walgreens Boots executive Ken Murphy to take over at the retailer 
  
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• Mulberry opens its 'most important shop in the world' in Milan – archive, 2 October 1989

  02-10-2019 06:30
  
  2 October 1989 Everything, from the company’s name to its packaging and publicity, revels in the ersatz fantasy of an identifiable English national identityIf there is some corner of a foreign field that is forever England, it’s on a corner of the Via Bigli in Milan. It’s being advertised in Class magazine, one of those Italian money-mags that make Vanity Fair look positively democratic.Over the next three months a page in Class has been reserved for the Mulberry Company, featu
  
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