{"id":610226,"date":"2023-02-21T01:49:59","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T07:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/21\/asda-retail-boss-towle-leaves-after-less-than-ten-months\/"},"modified":"2023-02-21T01:49:59","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T07:49:59","slug":"asda-retail-boss-towle-leaves-after-less-than-ten-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/21\/asda-retail-boss-towle-leaves-after-less-than-ten-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Asda retail boss Towle leaves after less than ten months"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"icon\" width=\"40px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fxempire.com\/assets\/btt-button.svg\"><\/p>\n<nav data-cy=\"quick-links-nav\"><\/nav>\n<div>\n<p><span>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"header\">\n<div>\n<p><span><span>Published<\/span>: Feb 20, 2023, 17:06 UTC<\/span><span>\u2022<\/span><span data-cy=\"article-estimate-time\">1<\/span><span><span data-cy=\"article-reading-time\">min read<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>LONDON (Reuters) \u2013     British supermarket group Asda said on Monday retail director Ken Towle is leaving the business less than ten months after starting the job.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><picture alt title=\"Depositphotos_24448463_S (1)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/responsive.fxempire.com\/v7\/_fxempire_\/2021\/10\/Depositphotos_24448463_S-1-3.jpg?func=cover&#038;width=60&#038;height=40\" alt title=\"Depositphotos_24448463_S (1)\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>LONDON (Reuters) \u2013     British supermarket group Asda said on Monday retail director Ken Towle is leaving the business less than ten months after starting the job.<\/p>\n<p>Asda, owned since 2021 by brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa and private equity company TDR Capital, said the departure of Towle, who was responsible for the group\u2019s over 600 stores, was \u201cmutually decided\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Britain\u2019s third largest grocer after market leader Tesco and Sainsbury\u2019s announced former Tesco director Towle\u2019s recruitment from convenience chain Nisa in January 2022 but he did not start the job until May.<\/p>\n<p>Asda also said on Monday it had appointed Aldi UK veteran David Hills as its new chief customer officer.<\/p>\n<p>Hills has been at the German-owned discounter since 2007 and is currently group director, marketing &#038; communications.<\/p>\n<p>Asda said acting chief customer officer, Sam Dickson, will continue in the role until Hills arrives later this year and will then assume a strategy role for the Asda and George brands.<\/p>\n<p>Asda had a tough 2022 but in November reported a return to quarterly sales growth, while industry data has shown its sales growth matching that of Tesco and Sainsbury\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by James Davey; editing by Barbara Lewis)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span><span> Don&#8217;t miss a thing!<\/span> <span>Sign up for a daily update delivered to your inbox<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-cy=\"latest-knowledge-articles\">\n<p><h2><span>Sponsored Financial Content<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class>\n<h3><b><span>Trade With A Regulated Broker<\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fxempire.com\/news\/article\/asda-retail-boss-towle-leaves-after-less-than-ten-months-1289629\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AdvertisementAdvertisementPublished: Feb 20, 2023, 17:06 UTC\u20221min readLONDON (Reuters) \u2013 British supermarket group Asda said on Monday retail director Ken Towle is leaving the business less than ten months after starting the job.LONDON (Reuters) \u2013 British supermarket group Asda said on Monday retail director Ken Towle is leaving the business less than ten months after starting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":610227,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23498,119423],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-610226","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-retail","8":"category-towle"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/610227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}