Can Potts rescue Asda – or are its problems bigger than its new boss?
David Potts knows a thing or two about rescuing supermarkets. The question now is whether he can do it again.
The former Morrisons boss has been handed one of the toughest jobs in British retail, taking the reins at Leeds-headquartered Asda after years of falling market share, mounting losses and a bruising battle with the discounters. His appointment as chief executive allows Allan Leighton to step back into a non-executive chairman role, almost two years after returning to the supermarket he helped ... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
