Next

Nationality
British

CEO
Simon Wolfson (who is a Lord)

Sector / Main Business Area
Next is a British apparel and home products retailer and it often vies for the title of Britain’s largest clothing retailer with M&S, depending on how well (or badly) things are going

Listed / Private
Listed

Competitors
Include Jack Wills, M&S

Fun fact(s)/Brand(s)

Lord Wolfson has been Next’s chief exec since August 2001, when he was only 33. This made him the youngest chief exec of a FTSE100 company

Last reviewed/edited 

1st December 2020 PW