Mothercare has named Simon Calver as its new
chief executive, replacing Ben Gordon who left the business in
November. Calver joins the struggling maternity and nursery
specialist in April from Amazon-owned DVD rental
company Lovefilm, where he is currently chief
executive. Prior to Lovefilm, Calver was president and chief
operating officer of educational software development firm
Riverdeep. He has also held senior roles at
Dell and PepsiCo.
As part of its restructuring plans, some 46 jobs are on the line
at Game Group’s Basingstoke headquarters. The
retailer has also reshuffled some senior roles. Commercial
strategy director Tricia Brennan becomes chief commercial officer
while UK managing director Tom Devine becomes channel director.
Chief marketing officer Dave Hughes will leave the retailer next
month, reports MCV.
SuperGroup, the owner of the
Superdry brand delivered a 27.8 per cent growth
in retail sales in the 13 weeks to 29th January 2012. Retail
sales grew to £78.5 million, compared to £61.4 million
in the third quarter last year. The majority of the growth was
experienced during the run-up to Christmas, with the last three
weeks of January proving “challenging”. Due to the
January slowdown, profits for the full year are now expected to
come in at around £50 million-the lower end of market
expectations.
Cornish fashion company Seasalt has struck a
deal with John Lewis to design an exclusive
range for six John Lewis stores and online.
According to figures from Kantar Worldpanel, quoted in the
Independent, Amazon overtook
HMV as the UK’s favourite place to buy CDs, DVDs
and computer games. Amazon captured a 22.4 per cent market share
in the 12 weeks to 25th December, with HMV accounting for 17.5
per cent. The piece noted that HMV’s slip into second place came
due to its declining dominance on the high street.
Former Pets at Home chief executive Matt Davies
has joined the board of homewares retailer
Dunelm as a nonexecutive director.
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