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CIH Appoints New Buyer

Combined Independents (Holdings) Ltd (CIH), the electrical buying group, part of Euronics, Europe’s largest electrical buying group, has announced the appointment of Norman Bruce to Buyer, Brown Goods.

Norman joins CIH with a wealth of high street retailing and buying experience with his career starting out with Tesco, Play.Com and extending to buying and category management positions at GAME, Carphone Warehouse, Currys and WHSmith to name a few.

Norman says of his new appointment: “I am thrilled with this new opportunity. My buying and retailing experience stands me in good stead at CIH and as always, the focus is understanding the customer whilst driving profitable growth. I’m looking forward to developing new categories, differentiation  and exclusivity . It is an extremely exciting role and I am looking forward to working with the members and suppliers

“Norman is an exciting addition to our buying team. His extensive background brings invaluable knowledge of buying and high street retailing experience to the business and the team, and we wish Norman much success,” comments Stuart Cook, CEO, CIH.

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Image caption: Norman Bruce new Buyer, Brown Goods, CIH

About CIH:

Combined Independents (Holdings) Ltd (CIH) is an electrical buying group, part of Euronics, Europe’s largest electrical buying group, which operates in over 30 countries with an annual turnover of €19 billion. With around 500 members and approximately 1000 stores, CIH provides a range of services and benefits to support each independent electrical retailer, as well as exclusive ranges that the members’ customers are unable find anywhere else on the high street, or internet.

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17th July 2019

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