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FMCG : CEO Karl-Heinz Holland said to be leaving Lidl after ‘unbridgeable’ differences about future strategy

 

In doubt: Lidl had planned to increase the number of British shops from 600 to more than 1,30 | Fresh Marketing News | Scoop.it

Global chief executive Karl-Heinz Holland was said to be leaving Lidl after ‘unbridgeable’ differences about future strategy. 

Questions have been raised over Lidl’s plans to double its UK stores after the German company’s chief executive was replaced unexpectedly.

The group had planned to increase the number of British shops from 600 to more than 1,300. But yesterday global chief executive Karl-Heinz Holland was said to be leaving Lidl after ‘unbridgeable’ differences about future strategy.