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Sainsburyâs has hired the former boss of John Lewis Paula Nickolds to take charge of its near £8bn clothing and homewares division, in a move that underlines it ambitions to make its larger outlets feel like department stores.
Sainsburyâs said Nickolds, who will join its operating board, would be responsible for the commercial success of its £7.8bn general merchandise and clothing arm which includes the catalogue chain Argos and Habitat, as well as its Tu clothing.
The senior role is a coup for Nickolds who left John Lewis at the start of 2020 after a troubled three-year reign during which the department store chainâs profits fell sharply. Nickolds, who joined the John Lewis Partnership straight out of university, was the department store chainâs first female managing director.