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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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How Natori Used AI to Sharpen Retargeting and Achieve a 943% ROAS

Retail TouchPoints

He compared the level of interest of a consumer who had simply seen a Natori ad on social media to one who had “gone to the website, added something to their bag and abandoned the cart. That’s much more useful [data] than the first consumer. We aren’t blindly retargeting every user,” said Natori.

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Contactless payment limit to jump to £100 in October

365 Retail

Shoppers will be able to pay up to £100 using their contactless cards from October 15, trade body UK Finance said. Contactless payments were first capped at £10 in 2007. When contactless cards were first introduced in 2007, payments were capped at £10. Jonathan Brady/PA).

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Retail appointments of the week

Inside Retail

Doug Herrington has been named CEO of Amazon’s new Worldwide Amazon Stores business, which was formerly known as Consumer, and John Felton has been named the leader of the Operations business. He launched AmazonFresh in 2007 and has served on the e-commerce company’s senior leadership team since 2011. “I

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Global Shop Solutions Controller Achieves 15-Year Milestone

Global Shop

When independent accounting contractor JoAnn Agee closed the year-end books for Global Shop Solutions in 2007, she had no intention of going to work full time for the global provider of ERP software for manufacturers. Agee also excels at changing financial processes in ways that benefit employees throughout the company.

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International Women’s Day: 7 activist female founders

Retail Gazette

In 2007, she banned fur from all her lines and campaigned for the government to ban the sale of fur in the UK. LDC helps more than 200 designers connect with consumers with a passion for sustainable fashion via its online marketplace and pop-up locations.

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BJ’s Wholesale Club taps Bob Eddy as CEO

Mass Relators

“Our management team is comprised of seasoned executives with deep talent and a breadth of experience in the retail and consumer industries. Eddy joined BJ’s in 2007. Prior to that, he served as senior vice president of finance from 2013 to 2016 and as vice president of accounting and financial reporting from 2012 to 2013.