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UK clothing retailer hires on new CEO for turn-around strategy

May 23, 2017

Jill McDonald, formerly chief of U.K. car parts player Halfords Group Plc., is being tapped by Marks & Spend Group to turn around its struggling clothing business.

She'll take the job come fall, according to a Bloomberg report, and has worked at British Airways and McDonald's Corp. Her background and experience boasts deep marketing and customer relationship management expertise, according to one analyst.