The Most Important Retail Head in Europe

Earlier this week, Best Buy announced that Scott Wheway has been named CEO of Best Buy Europe - the new company created by the JV between Best Buy and The Carphone Warehouse. Wheway will take on responsibility for all of Best Buy Europe's operations, including The Carphone Warehouse's 2,450 stores across nine European countries, plus the 'big box' stores which are scheduled to be launched in the UK next year. Mr Wheway spent some 20 years in Tesco [and not just in the UK - his last posting for Tesco was in Japan], and was most recently the Managing Director of Boots the Chemist.