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Nordstrom Names Ex-Target and Walmart CFO to Top Financial Post

Retail TouchPoints

Smith brings extensive experience in retail finance posts, including serving as CFO at Walmart from 2010 to 2014 and at Target from 2015 to 2020. At Nordstrom, Smith will be responsible for financial planning and analysis, accounting, tax, internal audit, treasury, investor relations and strategy sourcing.

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Amazon to open £500m robot-powered East Midlands warehouse

Retail Gazette

Amazon is planning to build a new £500m robot-powered “next-generation” warehouse in Northampton, East Midlands. The new warehouse will create 1,400 new jobs at its launch, with roles including engineers, HR and IT, finance specialists, as well as workers to pick, pack and ship customer orders.

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L’Occitane unveils privatisation offer from billionaire owner

Retail Gazette

The offer values the beauty and skincare company, that has been listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange since 2010, at £5.12bn, and looks to allow its current management team to focus on long-term sustainable growth as a private business. per share in cash. per share in cash.

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Meet the team behind The Body Shop’s potential owner

Retail Gazette

Posting on LinkedIn, he said last week: “Over the next few weeks, we’ll work together to develop a strategic plan that sets up the business for long-term growth. “If Raphael’s finance expertise will certainly come in handy as it was The Body Shop’s messy balance sheet and lack of funding that pushed it into administration.

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How Castlery came back from the brink to disrupt the furniture industry

Inside Retail

But being a banker for 10 years, I was very clear that financing model did not work. If you think about it, most furniture brands that started in 2010 to 2013 actually went bankrupt. IR : Looking forward, what are your plans? DE: It’s an interesting question. We were definitely inspired by that cohort.

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“A perfect storm”: How mochi ice cream brand Little Moons blew up on TikTok

Inside Retail

Howard Wong: I co-founded Little Moons in 2010 with my sister, Vivien. We spent two years perfecting recipes and the production process before leaving our finance jobs and launching Little Moons. So Australia was always a potentially great market for us – though we didn’t have any immediate plans to launch here. More flavours?

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Treasury Department Approves Nine More States for SSBCI Funding

Small Biz Trends

The American Rescue Plan had reauthorized and expanded SSBCI , which was originally established in 2010. In their application for the SSBCI program, the states plan to target key industries and small businesses looking for access to capital. This latest Treasury department funds now stand at more than $ 1.5 Image: Depositphotos.

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