Asda boss Allan Leighton is the first confirmed speaker for LIVE: Retail Week x The Grocer 2026, with more big-name retail ...

The prospective refinancing underlines the scale of the challenge facing new chairman Allan Leighton, who replaced Lord Rose at the helm of Britain’s third-largest supermarket last week.

Chief commercial officer Darren Blackhurst has undone himself in the past with excessive war rhetoric, but his true style is trading, says, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants ...

Having made a sensational return to Asda as its executive chairman late last year, Allan Leighton will be headline speaker at LIVE 2026: Retail Week x The Grocer. The retail veteran, 71, was Asda’s ...

Asda has appointed former boss Allan Leighton as executive chair, as the struggling grocer looks to turn around its fortunes. Leighton will succeed Stuart Rose, Asda said in a statement on Saturday.

Leighton served as Asda CEO from 1996 to 2001, driving a turnaround with then chairman Archie Norman before the business was sold to Walmart for 6.7 billion pounds.

The Leighton Factor Stepping back into the ASDA story is Allan Leighton, who returns as chairman at a time when the stakes could not be higher. Leighton, who previously served as ASDA’s CEO ...

Pace, the struggling UK set top box manufacturer, has today announced the appointment of former Asda boss Allan Leighton as its new non-executive chairman. The Yorkshire-based firm said that ...

Set-top box manufacturer Pace Micro Technology PIC is hiring ex-Asda boss Allan Leighton as its new non-executive chairman. Leighton has joined the board immediately and is expected to take on the ...

Allan Leighton, who engineered the turnaround of supermarket chain Asda, is ready to take control of Britain's J. Sainsbury Plc. <SBRY.L> in the event of a takeover, provided the buying ...