down nearly 20 per cent from $8.92 at the same time last year, in a climate that has seen a number of retailers struggle.

The company is trading nearly 34 per cent lower than its three-year high of $10.83 in April 2017.

Mr Birtles, who was with Super Retail for 18 years, will present the company's first-half results with Mr Heraghty on February 14.

Mr Heraghty joined Super Retail in 2015 and was previously group manager of underwear for Pacific Brands, responsible for Bonds.

Shortly after Mr Birtle's retirement announcement, online fashion retailer The Iconic nabbed Super Retail's sports division manager Erica Bertchtold, who had been tipped as a contender for higher duties at her former workplace.Brazil In The Short Strikes: The Ultimate Price Of Welfare – OpEd

April 28 will be a date to remember in Brazil. Even though some of the great media claim that there were only demonstrations around the country, it is to assume that, by a consensus or not, what happened here was a strike. A general strike, the first in 20 years, one of the biggest in the history of the country, highly cited in the social media (figuring the trending topics in the whole world for hours), spread over the 26 states and the Federal District. There were barely any buses or trains in the city of São Paulo. Diverse unions like the teachers’ and the bankers’ and the two main popular fronts were not only present, but