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Michael Ward extends tenure at Harrods

Harrods managing director Michael Ward has agreed to extend his tenure and remain with the luxury department store until the beginning of next year. Ward, who was due to retire from his position this summer, after serving 11 years at the luxury retailer, has agreed to stay on until the end of Harrods’ financial year, to assist in overseeing the...

People

Harrods Managing Director to step down

Michael Ward, current managing director at Harrods, is set to step down from his role and exit the company this summer. According to reports from Sky News, Ward will be leaving his position after a decade at the head of one of the world's most iconic department stores. An announcement concerning his impending exit is said to have been made...

Fashion

BRC Retail Symposium talks Multichannel

At the 2011 British Retail Consortium Retail Symposium, the focus was on the suffering of the high street and the growing power of multi channel, as industry insiders started to recognise that perhaps physical stores in big town centres in our ‘new retailing’ world were no longer vital. Speaker Philip Clarke, chief executive of Tesco, heralded...