Retail trade | Historic changing of the guard at Simons

After 26 years, Peter Simons leaves the presidency of the family business. For the first time since 1840, the retailer will not be run by a family member. A decision, taken in a “moment of lucidity”, which will undoubtedly remove a little “pressure” on the shoulders of the “still young” children of the businessman, he maintains.
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