2005 Fashion Omnichannel Payments 
365 Retail
JULY 5, 2022
Having led the management buyout of the business from Delhaize Group, Lionel increased the company’s digital offering, enhanced profitability and launched new store concepts. Under Henry Birch’s leadership, The Very Group broke the £2bn-sales mark for the first time in 2020 and, in 2021, delivered record revenue and EBITDA.
Steve Dennis
JUNE 17, 2019
When the company went through its second private-equity-led leveraged buyout in 2013 (note: I was the head of strategy and multichannel marketing during the first, in 2005), the new owners clearly overpaid and saddled the company with interest payments that constrain the company’s ability to execute a long overdue transformation.
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