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Victoria Lockie to join Unitas as retail director

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Victoria Lockie, the former head of retail at Nisa, is to join Unitas as retail director, TalkingRetail understands. She left Nisa in May after 12 years with the company. The symbol group said at the time that Lockie had decided to step down from her…

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