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The Home Depot Promotes Insider to President and COO

Retail TouchPoints

As the company’s chief merchant, he has been responsible for all store and online merchandising departments, merchandising strategy, services and vendor management, marketing and in-store environment. A 20-year veteran of the company, Decker has served as EVP of Merchandising since 2014.

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The Road from Brand Safety to Corporate Responsibility

Retail TouchPoints

We’ve seen advertisers react quickly: pausing campaigns, pulling spend and using massive keyword lists to block content they don’t want to be associated with. Advertisers want brand safety, but today’s method of keyword blocking is like bringing in a sledgehammer when you need a scalpel. Check your tech.

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How Brands Large and Small are Leaning into the Amazon Effect to Compete

Retail TouchPoints

Since Amazon Prime’s inception 15 years ago, Amazon has only increased the annual membership cost three times — rising from $79 per year in 2005 to $119 in 2018. The purchasing power of $79 in 2005 equals about $109.90 He is the former Managing Partner of the $100bn Softbank Vision Fund in Silicon Valley.

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Renfroe to succeed Irby as Publix’ marketing VP

Mass Relators

Renfroe, 42, began her Publix career in 2005 as a marketing support associate in Lakeland, Florida. She became a field marketing coordinator in 2006, category marketing manager in 2010 and manager of marketing brand management in 2016. The 48-year company veteran will be succeeded by Malinda Renfroe.

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Regulation is Coming to POS Finance: Why Responsible Lending Will Benefit Retailers

Retail TouchPoints

As economic pressures and living costs surge, more people than ever are considering using point-of-service (POS) finance — such as buy now, pay later and installment loans — to manage their cashflow. It’s clear that there is a consumer-driven need for more flexible finance and smarter buying power. .

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Stockouts Are Costing You Money

Independent Retailer

Thomas Gruen and Daniel Corsten wrote an academic essay in 2005 titled “On Shelf Availability: An Examination of the Extent, the Causes, and the Efforts to Address Retail Out-of-Stocks.” One shocking conclusion was that 72 percent of traditional (product not on shelf) out of stock events are the result of poor store management.

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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. The discussion then turns to Amazon’s innovative advertising approach during a Friday NFL game, where shoppable ads were displayed via QR codes.