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Nordstrom Financial Chief Bramman Steps Down; Insider Appointed Interim CFO

Retail TouchPoints

SVP and Chief Accounting Officer Michael Maher will step into the role on an interim basis while the company conducts an internal and external search for a permanent CFO. “As Maher has more than 25 years of finance and accounting experience and joined Nordstrom in 2009 as controller.

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Making High Conversion and High Security Play Nicely Together

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Upon finding them, suspicious chargebacks, account takeovers and bot attacks will likely appear in the gaps where your attack surface is weakest. Inside of that data, the first touch points to look at are a user’s IP address and the device they are connecting to the market with, as soon as they enter the website.

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Buy Now, Pay Later: The Gen Z Alternative to Credit Cards

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With the advent of Apple’s Pay Later offering, greater attention has been paid to the BNPL market. Market leaders such as Afterpay and Klarna forged new brand partnerships, and as their offerings became more visible, it quickly became an alluring option, particularly for the emergent Gen Z. The Bottom Line.

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How Vestiaire Collective’s new initiative drives fashion activism

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Launched in Paris in 2009, Vestiaire Collective is an app for luxury pre-loved fashion with an inventory of 3 million items that include 550,000 new listings every month. According to a report from ThredUp this year, the secondhand fashion market is expected to double in the next five years, reaching $77 billion.

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Cooler Screens Sues Walgreens for Ending Smart Door Agreement

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According to Cooler Screens’ account, all was going well in the initial years of the arrangement, which included a successful three -month pilot in 2018 at six locations, followed by plans to expand to 2,500 stores.

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Getting Retail Website Localization Right the First Time

Retail TouchPoints

The term localization for many retail professionals and marketers is closely linked to advertising localization — serving culturally appropriate advertising to key regional segments. the decline of the total retail market this year is expected to be double that experienced in the 2009 financial crisis. In the U.S.,

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Aligning Purpose with Profits: How Consumer Goods Companies can Unlock Business Growth by Integrating Sustainability into their Operations

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So as the tide of consumer preferences shifts, how can consumer goods companies ensure that their operations are truly sustainable to tap into this growing market and, at the same time, navigate the treacherous waters of ESG reporting? Jon Chambers is a Partner and Supply Chain Transformation Leader at IBM Consulting.

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