Primark boss steps down after 16 years due to inappropriate ‘behaviour toward a woman’

Primark chief executive Paul Marchant has resigned following a company investigation into his behaviour toward a woman "in a social environment", the budget fashion chain's owner Associated British Foods announced Monday.

His resignation, which takes immediate effect, comes after he spent 16 years as Primark's CEO, overseeing its expansion in Europe and into the United States.

"Marchant cooperated with the investigation, acknowledged his error of judgement and accepts that...