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Target Names New COO, Divvies Up Merchandising Responsibilities

Retail TouchPoints

He will wear both hats until Target names a new finance chief. Fiddelke began his career as a consultant with Deloitte and joined Target as an intern in 2003 after earning an MBA at the Kellogg School of Management. Current COO John Mulligan announced his retirement plans in October 2023.

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Why Online Marketplaces are Outpacing Ecommerce in a Post-COVID World

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According to Mirakl’s Enterprise Marketplace Index (“the Index”), while traditional ecommerce sites have experienced sharp growth, online marketplaces have grown at double the ecommerce rate: more than 80% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2020. So what’s driving this growth imbalance?

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Best of 2023: Is private equity ownership slowly killing retail?

Retail Gazette

The Issa brothers have also been looking at asset stripping options to combat its businesses’ growing debt piles for a while and were even understood to be pursuing the sale and leaseback of Asda’s £8.6bn property estate earlier this year. But why is private equity so controversial?

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Target names Michael Fiddelke COO

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Every time I walk into a store or collect my Target order from Drive Up or my doorstep, I know there’s a team hard at work making the magic happen – for me and millions of others across the country. He then attended Kellogg School of Management, where he earned his MBA and joined Target as an intern in 2003.

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Amber Specialty Pharmacy promotes three

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In the promotions announced on Friday, John Ortner transitions to senior vice president of Finance and chief administration officer. In his new role, Ortner will continue his current duties of leading all areas of finance and will also lead human resources and auditing. And Julie Zatizabal is now chief revenue officer. John Ortner.

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Dollar General promotes 18 executives

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. — Dollar General has promoted 18 executives to new roles at the company. Throughout her 12-year tenure at DG, Allen has led the Company’s strategy to attract and retain talent across her numerous HR roles, including organizational development, talent acquisition, corporate HR and retail HR.