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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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Amazon Appoints Insider as CEO of Worldwide Stores

Retail TouchPoints

Amazon has named 17-year company veteran Doug Herrington to the renamed role of CEO of Worldwide Amazon Stores, filling the position left vacant by former CEO of the Worldwide Consumer Dave Clark. Since 2015, Herrington has served as Amazon’s SVP of the North America Consumer.

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Bunnings MD Mike Schneider: “I have the best retail job in the country”

Inside Retail

Paul Zahra: You’ve been at Bunnings for 16 years and held various roles since becoming managing director in 2016. I think if my memory serves me correctly, Paul, we both spent a bit of time at Target! So) I answered an ad in the newspaper for a job at a retail bank. Here is an edited excerpt from their conversation.

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Who is Peter Ruis, the man tasked with reviving John Lewis?

Retail Gazette

A force to be reckoned with Starting his career as a buyer, Ruis has a strong background in fashion with stints at M&S, Ted Baker and Levi Strauss earlier in his career, and more recently led businesses including Jigsaw and Anthopologie. It’s not just at John Lewis where Ruis has led a transformation.

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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. billion consumers are shaping shopping trends.

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Amazon names new head for global stores

Mass Relators

He will succeed Dave Clark, the former CEO of Amazon Worldwide Consumer, who is leaving the company to serve as CEO of the supply chain software start-up Flexport. “Doug has been at Amazon for 17 years. . “Doug has been at Amazon for 17 years. Doug Herrington. Doug and I have worked together on S-team since 2011.