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Elf on the Shelf CEO on the Brand’s Unlikely but Enduring Success

Retail TouchPoints

Image courtesy The Lumistella Company The success of the brand feels like something of a Christmas miracle to Co-founder and Co-CEO Christa Pitts, who launched the Elf on the Shelf with her twin sister, Chanda Bell, and mother, Carol Aebersold, in 2005. Pitts: Well, at its core this tradition is extraordinarily simple.

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The Downfall of Sears, 5 Reasons Why it’s Struggling to Survive

Indigo 9 Digital

By Tricia McKinnon Did you know that at one time Sears was the largest retailer in the world? A few decades later when Sears merged with Kmart in 2005 the combined organization generated a substantial $55 billion in revenue. That insight was the impetus for Sears’, at one time, immensely popular, catalog. That was back in 1969.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 315 – 2023 Turkey5 Recap with Salesforces Rob Garf

Retail Geek

Episode 315 is a recap of Turkey5 (The five days from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday) 2023 with Rob Garf , Vice President and General Manager, Retail at Salesforce. Jason and Scot discuss the “Turkey 5” with their guest Rob Garf, VP and GM for retail at Salesforce. According to the U.S. in Q4 to stay on track.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 300 – Goodwill Finds CEO Matt Kaness

Retail Geek

In this interview, we cover the sale of ModCloth to Walmart, Matts’s subsequent work at Lucky Brand and Afterpay, and his new role as CEO at Goodwillfinds. Goodwillfinds.com is an e-commerce site, which sells previously owned merchandise, which has been donated to Goodwill.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 281 – Mark Mahaney, author and top internet analyst

Retail Geek

Episode 281 is a discussion with Mark Mahaney Senior Managing Director at Evercore ISI and author of Nothing but Net: 10 Timeless Stock-Picking Lessons from One of Wall Street’s Top Tech Analysts. I Nostalgia requires me to ask though I am staring right now at a pets.com. Dot-com boom.