The biggest people moves of 2020
16 December 2020
It has been a rollercoaster year for fashion retail in more ways than one. In a year of Zoom meetings, national lockdowns and unprecedented uncertainty, many businesses sought new leadership in a bid to help them conquer the many challenges of 2020.
Paula Nickolds exits the John Lewis Partnership
There were people moves aplenty at department store group John Lewis Partnership. Perhaps the highest profile was the news in January that managing director Paula Nickolds was to leave the business the following month as, part of the merger of John Lewis and Waitrose management. Nickolds had been due to take up the newly created role of brand executive director, overseeing both John Lewis and Waitrose. She joined the retailer as a graduate trainee in 1994.