Mitre 10 boss Neil Cowie to depart after five-year building boom

Tue, 05 Feb 2019

By Paul McBeth Feb. 5 (BusinessDesk) - Mitre 10 chief executive Neil Cowie will end a five-year stint in charge of the country's biggest hardware chain, having overseen a 50 percent increase in annual sales. Under Cowie's leadership, sales across the group's 40 Mitre 10 and 41 Mitre 10 MEGA stores increased to $1.5 billion in the year ended June 30, from $1.04 billion in the June 2014 year. Before he took over the reins, Mitre 10 generated sales of $944 million. "Neil has been a pleasure to work with – he has a real passion for retai...

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