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Woolworths Group reveals new management lineup

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Hake joined Woolworths Group in May 2018 and was most recently its commercial director of merchandising and customer value in Woolworths Supermarkets. Ingram was Woolworths Group’s chief transformation officer in July 2018, overseeing transformation and customer-first strategy. Daniel Hake. Image source: Supplied.

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SurfStitch managing director stepping down this week

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Justin Hillberg, managing director of shared services of SurfStitch-owner Alquemie Group, is stepping down from his role leading the surf brand’s restructure at the end of this week. Hillberg joined SurfStitch as merchandise manager in 2014, before becoming general manager in 2015 and managing director in 2018.

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Managing organisational culture – beyond people skills

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The importance of a healthy culture in organisations initially focused on managing risk and workplace health and safety. These changes mean that the people skills of managers within organisations are more important than ever. Interestingly, this same model shows that the character of the manager affects trust.

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Silly Solly’s plans 10 more stores as it moves to franchise model

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We believe in the model, it’s been operating since 2018.” The Silly Solly’s brand has come full circle, now owned by Stanton and an Australian management team that reinvented the model in 2018. “We We experimented with a couple of stores and decided there was a need for this, ” said Stanton.

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Former Din Tai Fung operators fined $4 million for employment breaches

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The underpayment took place between November 2017 and June 2018, with the exception of one full-time employee who was underpaid for a longer period from July 2014 to May 2018, the Fair Work Ombudsman investigation shows. It was deceitful and unscrupulous.

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Valentino names new executives as it eyes online expansion

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Laurent Bergamo, joining the group in 2018 as GM of the Middle East, will take on the role of chief commercial officer, overseeing the commercial strategy of all Valentino’s markets and the brand’s global outlet business and retail performance & operation organisation.

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Restaurant Brands appoints Arif Khan as permanent CEO

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Khan has been acting group CEO since April and had spent several years in management at the business in his early career. Restaurant Brands is a corporate franchisee that manages multi-location branded food retail franchises. Restaurant Brands has appointed Arif Khan as its permanent group CEO, effective today.