\nCu doar 50 de ani \u00een urm\u0103, Arthur Ryan a pus bazele unuia dintre cele mai cunoscute lan\u0163uri de retail vestimentar din Europa, Primark, popular \u00een special datorit\u0103 pre\u0163urilor extrem de mici pe care le practic\u0103. De\u015fi acest model de business a avut un succes r\u0103sun\u0103tor, antreprenorul \u015fi-a asumat \u00eens\u0103 un risc major \u2013 func\u0163ionarea exclusiv prin magazine fizice. Ryan a murit cu doar un an \u00eenainte de venirea pandemiei de COVID-19, care avea s\u0103 zguduie compania din temelii din cauza lipsei magazinelor virtuale, f\u0103c\u00e2nd-o s\u0103 piard\u0103 teren \u00een fa\u0163a competitorilor din ce \u00een ce mai digitaliza\u0163i.<\/p>\n
\nArthur Ryan s-a n\u0103scut pe 18 iulie 1935 \u00een Cork, Irlanda. Ulterior, familia s-a mutat \u00een Dublin, unde el a urmat cursurile \u015fcolii Synge Street CBS. Dup\u0103 ce a emigrat la Londra, Ryan a lucrat pentru retailerul de mod\u0103 Carr & McDonald. S-a \u00eentors apoi \u00een Dublin \u015fi s-a angajat \u00een cadrul lan\u0163ului de retail Dunnes Stores.<\/p>\n
\n\u00cen 1969 \u015fi-a deschis, \u00een capitala irlandez\u0103, propriul magazin, Penneys. Cinci ani mai t\u00e2rziu, c\u00e2nd re\u0163eaua ajunsese la 11 unit\u0103\u0163i, a hot\u0103r\u00e2t s\u0103 \u00ee\u015fi extind\u0103 businessul \u015fi \u00een Marea Britanie. Ulterior, a fost nevoit s\u0103 schimbe numele magazinelor deschise \u00een afara grani\u0163elor Irlandei \u00een Primark, pentru a evita problemele legale cu lan\u0163ul american JC Penney. Cea mai important\u0103 schimbare \u00een parcursul businessului a avut loc \u00een 2005, c\u00e2nd Primark a achizi\u0163ionat un portofoliu imens de magazine Littlewoods.<\/p>\n
\nRyan a fost c\u0103s\u0103torit de dou\u0103 ori. Din prima c\u0103snicie a avut patru copii, iar din a doua, cu Alma Carroll, a avut o fiic\u0103. Antreprenorul a preferat s\u0103 duc\u0103 o via\u0163\u0103 departe de ochii presei \u2013 nu acorda niciodat\u0103 interviuri \u015fi rareori era v\u0103zut \u00een public f\u0103r\u0103 bodyguarzi, mai ales c\u0103 una dintre cele mai mari temeri ale sale era aceea de a fi r\u0103pit. El a murit pe 8 iulie 2019, cu c\u00e2teva zile \u00eenainte de a \u00eemplini 84 de ani.<\/p>\n
\nAnul trecut, lan\u0163ul de retail cu 78.000 de angaja\u0163i \u015fi 373 de unit\u0103\u0163i a \u00eenregistrat venituri de 7,79 miliarde de lire sterline (circa 8,75 mld. euro). \u00cen prezent compania, subsidiar\u0103 a multina\u0163ionalei Associated British Foods (ABF), are un portofoliu alc\u0103tuit cu preponderen\u0163\u0103 din produse fast fashion \u015fi pentru amenajarea locuin\u0163ei, la pre\u0163uri foarte mici, \u015fi este prezent\u0103 \u00een Austria, Belgia, Polonia, Fran\u0163a, Germania, Irlanda, Italia, Olanda, Portugalia, Spania, Slovenia, Marea Britanie \u015fi SUA.
\nRetailerul a fost grav afectat de pandemia de COVID-19, deoarece modelul de business dup\u0103 care func\u0163ioneaz\u0103 este bazat exclusiv pe magazinele fizice, care au fost \u00eenchise \u00een perioada de lockdown. Potrivit publica\u0163iei interna\u0163ionale Forbes, \u00een al treilea trimestru fiscal al ABF, \u00eencheiat la 1 martie 2020, v\u00e2nz\u0103rile Primark sc\u0103zuser\u0103 cu 75%, un declin mult mai abrupt dec\u00e2t al altor competitori, de pild\u0103 Inditex, ale c\u0103rui v\u00e2nz\u0103ri au sc\u0103zut cu numai 44% \u00een perioada 1 februarie-30 aprilie 2020, datorit\u0103 prezen\u0163ei \u00een online \u015fi a acceler\u0103rii procesului de digitalizare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Cu doar 50 de ani \u00een urm\u0103, Arthur Ryan a pus bazele unuia dintre cele mai cunoscute lan\u0163uri de retail vestimentar din Europa, Primark, popular \u00een special datorit\u0103 pre\u0163urilor extrem de mici pe care le practic\u0103. De\u015fi acest model de business a avut un succes r\u0103sun\u0103tor, antreprenorul \u015fi-a asumat \u00eens\u0103 un risc major \u2013 func\u0163ionarea […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[510,512],"tags":[255,18093,235,24812,272,5414,14111,83,438,10966,4669,17331,13308,18620,387,7251,5229,14847,461,19557,340,399,9184,8988,10210,8315,9638],"class_list":["post-186449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-actualitate","category-revista-bm","tag-antreprenori","tag-belgia","tag-business","tag-cauza","tag-companie","tag-cursuri","tag-deces","tag-deschidere","tag-europa","tag-exclusiv","tag-familie","tag-functionare","tag-irlanda","tag-lipsa","tag-magazine","tag-marea-britanie","tag-model","tag-pandemie","tag-pierdere","tag-practica","tag-preturi","tag-retail","tag-risc","tag-special","tag-succes","tag-teren","tag-virtual"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=186449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186449\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=186449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=186449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=186449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}