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Friday, 17th October 2008 at 11:25 am

Senior Director quits Woolworths

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Simon Turner leaves troubled High Street store

One of Woolworths’ most senior directors has quit the company.

According to The Times, Simon Turner, who joined Woolworths from Tesco in January as retail and operations director, is understood to have left the retailer earlier this week.

He was appointed at the beginning of the year – a move hailed as a “champagne moment” by Trevor Bish-Jones, Woolworths' former chief executive.

Steve Johnson replaced Bish-Jones in September and last month widely criticised the performance of the struggling business when he delivered the group’s £99.7 million half-year loss.

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posted by AnotherWorld Oct 17, 2008 at 12:47 pm

According to the stock market RNS annoncement he was ousted along with Clare Tiney head of HR as the first stage of Mr Johnsons radical turnaround plans

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another one bites the dust

posted by stu Oct 17, 2008 at 12:47 pm

Are the sands of time finally running out for woolies

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Re: another one bites the dust

posted by Noob Oct 17, 2008 at 1:22 pm

The Sands of Time ran out ages ago. Followed by The Two Thrones, then Warrior Within.

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Re: Re: another one bites the dust

posted by Jack Black Oct 17, 2008 at 1:27 pm

And yet the retailer was able to sell Wii's discounted nice try but the Wii's went but everything else in store didn't...

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I heard a rumour that he tried to drown

posted by koti Oct 17, 2008 at 2:01 pm

himself in the pick and mix.

It makes your heart bleed to think anout all those melted hazelnut whirls.

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Classic department stores are a dying breed

posted by keatsmeister Oct 18, 2008 at 11:30 am

Woolworths have been in decline for some time, and I cringe when I look at my local stores. I'd love to know the margins on their product lines, as quite simply they are holding way so many lines in their stores, they end up placing themselves in direct competition with almost everyone, who will all undercut them in a particular area. Fighting on that many fronts is a losing strategy from the start.

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Re: Classic department stores are a dying breed

posted by Mattsurf Oct 22, 2008 at 12:11 pm

I run an indepedent toy shop and I look forward to the death of Woolies - not because I want the competition to fail, but because I think that Woolies is a bad retailer who add nothing to our high street. If Woolies fail, it may make the difference between success and failure for many independent high street shops who I believe contribute far more to the High Street than Woolies have for many years