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Internet Director Appointed
Internet Director Appointed.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n Liberty PLC\n14 September 2007\n\n\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n\n14th September 2007\n\n\n LIBERTY APPOINTS INTERNET DIRECTOR\n\n\nLiberty Plc, the iconic luxury brand and West End retail emporium, today\nannounces another senior appointment as part of its strategy to establish the\nbusiness as a major global luxury brand.\n\n\nGuy Hipwell, 37, has been appointed Director of Internet, Supply Chain and\nRetail Merchandising, effective from October 2007. His principal\nresponsibilities are to develop Liberty's e-commerce offer to reflect, in\nparticular, growing international awareness of the Liberty of London luxury\nbrand, streamline the Group's supply chain and assume control of the\nmerchandising function.\n\n\nGuy is joining Liberty from Harrods where he contributed significantly to the\ndevelopment of the store's merchandising and e-commerce divisions. Most recently\nhe was Director of Home Shopping and prior to that Controller of Merchandise\nPlanning. For the last two years Guy has also been a member of the store's\nmanagement board. Before that he was responsible for merchandising and\ne-commerce at Storehouse Group and Arcadia.\n\n\nGeoffroy de La Bourdonnaye, Liberty's Chief Executive, said: 'Guy is the right\nman to help develop Liberty's e-commerce platform and expand its customer base\nbeyond the flagship store. I am very proud to welcome such a highly experienced\nsenior executive whose expertise in both retail and the Internet will add\nfurther momentum to our plans to become a global luxury player.'\n\n\n Ends.\n\nContact:\n\nGeoffroy de La Bourdonnaye, Chief Executive, Liberty. Tel: 020 7734 1234\n\nBaron Phillips, Baron Phillips Associates. Tel: 020 7920 3161\n\n\n\n\n This information is provided by RNS\n The company news service from the London Stock Exchange\n \n ","length":2058,"tagName":"div"}]