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Sir Stuart Rose to get Tory peerage

Sir Stuart Rose, the former Marks and Spencer boss, who currently chairs Fat Face, is expected to behanded a peerage by the Conservative party. According to Sky News, Rose will announce as a new member of the House of Lords alongside 20 other new peers in the coming weeks. Rose, who was knighted in 2008 for his services to the retail industry,...

Design

Stuart Rose joins HSBC as retail adviser

Former Marks and Spencer boss Sir Stuart Rose has taken an advisory role with HCBC, Europe’s biggest banking group, to advise the bank’s clients in the retail and consumer industries. The retail veteran recently accepted a part-time role on the European advisory council in HSBC’s investment banking division, according to Sky News. The council...

Design

Sir Stuart Rose to join Fat Face board

Former Marks & Spencer boss Sir Stuart Rose is to replace Alan Giles as chairman of fashion and lifestyle retailer Fat Face when Giles steps down later this year. Giles, who has chaired the retailer for almost seven years, has announced that he will depart the brand on July 26. Rose, who has also been chief executive of Arcadia and last month he...

Fashion

Dressipi names Sir Stuart Rose as chairman

Former Marks and Spencer CEO Sir Stuart Rose has been named chairman of online fashion recommendation service Dressipi. Rose is joining the start-up online business in a part-time advisory role and will be working closely with co-founders Sarah McVittie and Donna Kelly to drive adoption of the service among “major” high street and online...