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Stuart Rose

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first: 2009-11-22
most recent: 2009-11-22
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“Sort of. I'll just go back very briefly. Philip, of course, had had a bid attempt at Mark Suspenser earlier in 2000, which was rebuffed. So this was the second attempt when he came back in 2004. We've never actually worked together, but we've known each other for quite a long time. And I had previously managed Arcadia, which was a business, a fashion business which Philip now owns, and took it from being pretty unprofitable to quite profitable, and sold it to Philip in 2003 for quite a lot of money, which was good for the shareholders.”
2009-11-22 · Desert Island Discs · Sir Stuart Rose · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“M&S is a company that never leaves you blood, so when I was working in other companies I was always seeing how they were getting on, looking at the stores, thinking to myself if I were doing this, what would I do? So when I came back, of course it was emotional, but it was also the fact that I'd never left, I never felt I'd left.”
2009-11-22 · Desert Island Discs · Sir Stuart Rose · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well, not a fortune in real terms, and certainly completely comparable with other companies. And it absolutely caught the public imagination. It put Marks and Spencer back on what I call shoppers' radar screens, and hopefully we can stay there”
2009-11-22 · Desert Island Discs · Sir Stuart Rose · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well, my first piece of music is ELO, and this is Mr. Blue Sky. This is what I call my M&S song. It's my M&S song that takes me very much back into the 70s when I was a young man in the business making my way, just got married, had kids, and it was a hot hit at the time. And I didn't really ever know, or imagine because one doesn't, that it would come back to me thirty years later when it was the song that we've used for our first TV ad when we rejuvenated the business back in two thousand four five. Steve Sharp, my marketing director, put together a great ad and this piece of music with it. So it's associated for those two reasons and I think it's a great piece of music.”
2009-11-22 · Desert Island Discs · Sir Stuart Rose · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well, I don't believe in retirement just because chronologically you reach the age of 60 on a Friday, let's say, that on a Saturday, Sunday you're useless on the scrap heap. I will definitely work. I either work at a company where I can use the skills that I've got, or I would like, possibly, to work in a smaller company, maybe with some young entrepreneurs and, if you like, be the voice of experience that can help them develop a brand. But absolutely right. I will not sit and watch cricket and lie on my deck share. I've got lots of things I'd like to do, and I see myself sort of dropping dead on the job.”
2009-11-22 · Desert Island Discs · Sir Stuart Rose · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Now, when I go from the business, I will go. I won't go back. I won't comment on the business. And I think it's absolutely right and proper you shouldn't manage from the back seat. You shouldn't be lingering. You should go.”
2009-11-22 · Desert Island Discs · Sir Stuart Rose · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“It's an immense privilege. I won't deny that I get a lot of pleasure from it, but that is balanced by the responsibility that goes with it, and I'm very conscious of that as well. But yes, of course, I've enjoyed my time. If somebody said to me again back to 2004, would you like another crack at it? Yes, please.”
2009-11-22 · Desert Island Discs · Sir Stuart Rose · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Yes, I'm very conscious, though, that life moves on. I'm very conscious that you mustn't outstay your welcome, so what I want to do for Mark is to get him saddled up, give him all the help that I can to make sure he's comfortable, his feet are under the table, what other metaphors we can come up with, and then move on gracefully. And that's what I will do. And it's probably the case that I'll be there through till the end of 2010, early 2011, and move on.”
2009-11-22 · Desert Island Discs · Sir Stuart Rose · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well, not exactly. But obviously I said that I would get the company through the recession having spent the previous two or three years repairing some of the infrastructure. And the next thing we have to do is to find a chief executive. And I'm delighted that we have this week announced a new chief executive, Mark Bolland from Morrison's, who I think is the man to take the business forward for the next decade.”
2009-11-22 · Desert Island Discs · Sir Stuart Rose · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source