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We’ve listed here some of the big players in the industry with links to their career sites.
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Tesco
• Retailer with 7,800 stores globally,
500,000 staff, £69 billion revenue
• Owns retail store brands including
Tesco Bank & Dunhumby
• Early careers includes apprenticeships,
internships, graduate opportunities
in retail, commercial operations
Kingfisher Plc
• Owns a range of Home improvement
brands including Screwfix, B & Q,
1,100 stores in 10 countries
• Employs 79,000 staff, £11 billion
revenue, HQ London
Next Plc
• UK multinational clothing company,
HQ Leicestershire, Revenue £4 billion
• 40,000 staff with 520 UK stores
• Current vacancies include Loss
Prevention Officers, LGV Drivers,
Trainee Buyers, Sales Consultants,
Stock Room Assistant, Complaint
Handler
Asos
• Online fashion and beaity retailer
with 4,000 staff, revenue of £1 billion
• HQ in London, Distribution Centre,
Barnsley
• Current vacancies include Assistant
Buyer, Junior Editor, Assistant
Graphic Designer, UX Architect
Co-operative Group
• 3,750 retail outlets, 70,000 staff,
revenue of £11 billion
• Services include food, funeral,
legal, insurance, electrical shop,
travel services, estates
• Jobs in distribution, warehouse,
administration and customer service
Marks and Spencer
• £10 billion multinational retailer,
HQ London, 83,000 employees
• School leaver management scheme
requires 2 A level or equivalent
• Large range of graduate entry
programmes in areas such as
marketing, human resources,
design, food technology, garment
technology and more
• Offices in London, Nottingham
and Manchester
Arcadia Group Ltd
• Brand retail company that owns
Burton’s, Topshop, Wallis, Topman,
Outfit, Miss Selfridge, Evans, BHS
• 2,500 outlets and concessions in
some major department stores
• £2.7 billion revenue, HQ London
and Leeds
• Sponsor the Fashion Retail Academy,
graduate opportunities in buying,
merchandising, digital, finance
Retail
Amazon UK
• Online retail company, global sales
of $88 billion, HQ Seattle USA,
183,000 staff
• Customer service centres in
Edinburgh, distribution offices in
Swansea, London area, Doncaster,
Peterborough, Scotland, 7,000 staff
in UK, (15,000 seasonal staff)
• Run graduate recruitment events,
own MBA programme, Career Choice
Programme that allows employees
to gain qualifications
John Lewis Par tnership
• Employee owned UK company 93,000
staff, 339 Waitrose stores, 41 John
Lewis stores, £10 billion revenue
• Apprenticeships in retail, customer
delivery installer, vehicle maintenance
• Graduate scheme and industrial
placements in retail, management,
technology, finance, merchandising
WHSmith Plc
• UK bookseller, stationer and newsagent
• 1,300 stores, 14,000 staff with
revenues of £1 billion
• Current jobs include Post Office Manager,
Store Manager, Junior Artworker