Philip Green
Philip Green
Sir Philip Nigel Ross Greenis a British businessman, and the chairman of Arcadia Group, a retail company that includes Topshop, Topman, Wallis, Evans, Burton, Miss Selfridge, Dorothy Perkins, and Outfit. The BHS department store chain was formerly part of the group...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth15 March 1952
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The performance has given us the confidence to both pay the dividend and, more importantly, to continue the high level of investment in the business,
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The middle-market continues to be challenging, turnover being down 4 percent year to date.
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Most of the people in the company are happy.
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You know the Priory? I've got a permanent room booked there in case I ever think about it.
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I am delighted to announced that our third year, since acquiring the business in October 2002, has again produced an excellent set of results.
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I have been in this country long enough to know of the many gripes South Africans have against my country,
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Yesterday, the focus was very much on grief and trying to do what was necessary for the basic needs of those who were survivors. Today, now they've had a rest, they'll start to think about their travel plans.
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The fact that we have been supporting them, means that we could take the great move to show on our own - I put my best foot forward and I have never been afraid,
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You are forced to have the best data capture, the best information, when you have goods in hundreds of factories around the world, and the question is: 'Where is everything?' And how do you bring it all together?
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They already know all about brands... but what 16- and 17-year-olds won't necessarily have is experience of the world of work. The more that businesses get involved with schools, the better, because businesses sometimes complain that students don't have what they require to succeed in work.
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Good, bad or indifferent, if you are not investing in new technology, you are going to be left behind.
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I regard the recent barrage in the press as an unjustified attempt to discredit me and deeply disappointing. I believe the current atmosphere could only realistically lead to a bitterly and publicly fought takeover battle which, in my opinion, would now have a very damaging effect upon Marks & Spencer's employees and brand.
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If I come bumper to bumper with you on Monday, I'm going to punch your headlights out.
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This is my first match with my new partner, and we worked good together. I think we just had a lot of confidence coming into the match. We knew this was a real big one. We switched up the teams today and it worked really good.