Profile John Lyttle : A nice Lyttle earner

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Name: John Lyttle

Age:51

Appearance: trim, greying, and dressed in smart-casual clothes

Newsworthiness: the Offaly native has just taken over the online fashion retail giant Boohoo

John Lyttle has been described as “the richest shopkeeper you’ve never heard of”.

It’s not a wild exaggeration. Over the last two decades, Lyttle has risen steadily through the ranks of some of Britain’s biggest high street fashion chains. Now he has taken over as chief ...