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Should your tech chief be a jack-of-all-trades?
News Andrew Clarke, Group IT Director, Arcadia Group According to the latest CIO Jury, having a wealth of experience in the industry they currently work in is not essential. The poll was in response to a recent silicon.com... [27 Oct 2008]
Secure Computing Case Study: Arcadia Group
White Paper Arcadia Group Limited, the largest clothing retailer in the United Kingdom, boasts over 2,500 retail outlets throughout the UK. With over 3,000 IT users, it was important for Arcadia to maintain a... [11 Jul 2008]
Andrew Clarke
CIO Profile Andrew Clarke joined Arcadia as group IT director in October 2006 where he is responsible for all aspects of IT. Before joining Arcadia, Clarke spent more than 11 years at HMV where he was also group IT... [11 Jun 2008]
Gareth Hill
CIO Profile Prior to this, Hill was IS director at Philip Green's UK retail group Arcadia for six years - initially joining as the ecommerce development director - and has also had stints at Arthur Andersen, IBM and Rex TrueForm... [11 Jun 2008]
Businesses delay Vista plans until 2009
News Andrew Clarke, group IT director for retail group Arcadia, said the company has no plans to upgrade within the next 24 months. Andrew Clarke, group IT director, Arcadia Group Most plan to stick with the... [28 Nov 2007]
How Topshop.com survives the Kate Moss effect
News Parent company Arcadia Group's IT director Andrew Clarke told silicon.com he expects traffic on the company's site to spike again as shoppers gear up for Christmas. Clarke estimates £13.8bn will be spent by the UK's 27... [22 Nov 2007]
Gareth Hill
CIO Profile Prior to that Hill was IS director at Philip Green's UK retail group Arcadia for six years and has also had stints at IBM, Rex Trueform Clothing and Arthur Andersen. What they say about him: "Reckitt Benckiser CEO Bart... [06 Jun 2007]
Online shopping tops £10bn
News He noted over the last 12 months a number of leading brands, including Arcadia, Dunelm, Ikea, Oasis, Superdrug, Waterstone's and Wickes, have launched transactional websites. Although high street retailers are in the... [25 May 2007]
Fashion giant improves business reporting
Case Study Fashion giant Arcadia is moving over to a new set of business intelligence (BI) tools to improve the scalability and flexibility of its business reporting. The largest independent fashion retailer in the UK - with 150... [29 Jun 2005]
5 years ago… ANL invests in Zoom for £15m
News The free Internet service provider (ISP) and portal company - launched by retail group Arcadia on 15 June - already receives its news content from ANL and offers ecommerce from Principles, Dorothy Perkins and Red or... [27 Jul 2004]
Branson 'best of British' business leaders
News Philip Green, BHS/Arcadia Group: 5.3 per cent Cross-channel motorist and eccentric head of the Virgin business empire Richard Branson has been voted the number one business leader in the UK. Branson, who has turned his... [21 Jun 2004]
JD Edwards hits the high street with Arcadia deal
News JD Edwards will also provide document management technology, enabling Arcadia group to scan invoices that can then be processed via the OneWorld technology. Arcadia Group owns high street brands... [03 Jan 2001]
Freeserve wannabe Wanadoo: What the deal means
Comment Bertrand Schmidt, CEO at French start-up Arcadia, agreed, claiming it marks another stage in France Telecom's march into the UK which began a few months ago with the purchase of mobile phone company Orange. [07 Dec 2000]
Dot-coms fail service test as retailers fight back
News Jo Mosaku, a director at fashion e-tailer Zoom.co.uk - a joint venture between clothing group Arcadia and Associated Newspapers - said: "Many pure play dot-coms didn't do their homework. This finding was made by... [31 Aug 2000]
Harrods 'concerned' over credit card company migration
News GE Capital also provides credit card call centre facilities for retailers Arcadia and Debenhams. Harrods has made public its concerns over credit card operator GE Capital's decision to move operations to Delhi. [11 Aug 2000]
