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Burberry replaces chief executive and warns on profits

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Last updated: 2024/07/15 at 3:06 AM
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Fashion group Burberry has replaced its chief executive and suspended its dividend after warning that annual profits will fall short of expectations.

The company, which is best known for its trenchcoats, said Jonathan Akeroyd, who had been in the role for two years, is leaving immediately “by mutual agreement”. He will be replaced by Joshua Schulman, a former chief executive of Coach and Jimmy Choo.

Under Akeroyd, Burberry had sought to put “Britishness” at the heart of efforts to revive the brand and take it more upmarket. But the company has struggled to engineer a recovery in the face of a wider downturn in the luxury sector.

“Josh is a proven leader with an outstanding record of building global luxury brands and driving profitable growth,” said Burberry chair Gerry Murphy.

The 52-year-old American will join as chief executive on July 17 and be based at Burberry’s head office in London.

Burberry said that if the weak trading in the first quarter persisted into the second, the group would report an operating loss for the first half and that annual profits would be below expectations.

As a result of the deterioration in trading, Burberry said it would suspend its full-year dividend to strengthen its balance sheet.

The group said that with the exception of Japan, sales fell across all its markets in the first quarter of the year, with overall same-store sales dropping 21 per cent.

Akeroyd had been targeting sales of £5bn in the long term by selling more higher-margin leather goods, shoes and accessories, such as its Rocking Horse handbags.

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