Stuart Rose news and archive

Asda appoints former Marks & Spencer boss Stuart Rose as chair

British supermarket chain Asda has named Lord Stuart Rose, the former CEO and chairman of rival Marks & Spencer, as its new chair, effective December 1. A retail veteran, Rose was appointed as chief of Marks & Spencer in 2004 and then went on to become executive chairman in 2008. He’s also held a number of executive roles at other big-name...

Business

Stuart Rose leads stay in EU campaign

Lord Stuart Rose, former chief executive of Marks and Spencer, is heading the cross-party campaign to keep the UK in the European Union. The Conservative peer has been unveiled as chair of ‘Britain Stronger in Europe’, the “in” campaign that is warning the UK public that leaving the EU would be a “leap into the unknown”. In a statement, Rose...

Design

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

World Retail Hall of Fame to honour Paul Smith and Stuart Rose

British fashion designer Sir Paul Smith and former Marks & Spencer chairman Sir Stuart Rose have been named among the new inductees to the World Retail Hall of Fame for the 2012 World Retail Congress. Each year, the Congress honours three retailers from around the world who they believe have made an outstanding contribution to their businesses...

Fashion

M&S says goodbye to chairman

Sir Stuart Rose will formally hand over the chairmanship of Marks and Spencer to former investment banker Robert Swannell on Tuesday. The 61-year-old became chief executive in 2004. He was recruited to turn round the retailer, which had seen its share price fall by a quarter in two years and was operating under the shadow of a possible bid from...

Fashion

London Fashion Week Moves Venue Again

London Fashion Week, the neglected sibling of the international fashion world, is moving venues again. This time, however, the move is to its original venue at the Natural History Museum, instead of in King's Road, Chelsea, or faraway Battersea. The British Fashion Council have secured a week between Milan and Paris fashion weeks in September,...

Fashion

London Fashion Week

The British Fashion Council announced that the next London Fashion Week, sponsored by the Evening Standard, will be held from Sunday 13th to Thursday 17th February in Battersea Park. The change of venue follows a decision in September by the Planning Inspectorate that it is not lawful for events such as London Fashion Week to be held at the Duke...

Fashion

Evening Standard Sponsors Fashion Week

London daily the Evening Standard is the new title sponsor of London Fashion week. British Fashion Council chairman Stuart Rose said: "Having a media partner as sponsor will bring considerable benefits."